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Frenchmans cap advice pls 7-Jun-2011 At 6:52:23 PM climbingfool

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if you re-consider the timing and do it in the summer, once you get to the loddens, remove all footwear until you get to the bridge after the loddens. doesnt matter what you wear on your feet, they will get wet, muddy and chances are sucked off yer feet many times. we bagged our shoes and went barefoot and had nice warm socks and shoes at the hut. no cuts, punctures, stubbed toes etc. its all mud with a few sections of sand.

we saw a french lad who only wore scuba booties and got to the summit and back to the upper hut from the highway in one day.

we also saw a few parties actually attempting to get through the loddens without getting their feet wet. when we passed them they were trying to dig out a boot removed by muddy suction. they arrived at the lower hut 7 hrs after us in the dark and very wet, frustrated, hungry and muddy.