Hello and welcome to forum.adventurejunkies.africa. If you want to improve your outdoor/adventure & backpacking skills then you have landed in the right place. Here you’ll find various content that has been thoroughly explored, discussed, and documented by like-minded, experienced Outdoor Enthusiasts — Biophilic; Outdoorsman; Nemophilist; Nature freak; Nature enthusiast; Outdoor enthusiast; Nature lover; Camper; Rambler; Walkers. While there are plenty of other hiking and camping groups and forums, many of which have a much more active user base, here you can expect quality over quantity. Feel free to browse and submit.

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ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ᴡᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ?
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦.𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚.𝐜𝐨𝐦?

If you’re an experienced Outdoorsman who continually seeks self-improvement, almost anything you ask or post will be insightful and welcomed. If you’re just starting out or trying something new then head over to the appropriate forums to first learn the basics #ultralight, #africantrails, #campingandhiking, #hammocks, #bushcraft, #survival, #southafricantrails, #mountaineering, etc.).

𝐖𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
Please post and share personal experience, results from your trials and experiments, or anything else you learned from hands-on experience. It’s fine if you need to link to your own blog or video channel. 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒈𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔 and ‘𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏’ posts that can be found on many sites or blogs.

𝐁𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬
Descriptive titles make your content clear for the rest of us. Not only that, but your submission will show up in search results from outside 𝐀𝐃𝐉𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀 as well! If you title your submission “𝑨 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒊 𝒊𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒆”, can guarantee you’ll have more visitation than had you titled, “𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅.” Oh, and if you link to an autoplay video or .pdf download please make a mention in the title to the benefit of your viewers, for example: “[𝒑𝒅𝒇] 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆” or “𝑻𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒔 [𝒚𝒐𝒖𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒆]”

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ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴡᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ?
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𝐀. 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐦
I said above that it’s fine to link to your blog, Flickr, video channel, etc but do not simply advertise or spam for subscriptions. If you have something that fits within the context of 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦.𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚.𝐜𝐨𝐦, link to that page with a descriptive title and we won’t have a problem!

𝐴.𝟏. 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔
If you feel your product belongs in 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦.𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚.𝐜𝐨𝐦 then message #𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐫 #𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐆𝐮𝐲 and we’ll develop a game plan. If you do not, or try clever product placement, you will find just how short is our tolerance for spam.
(!!) 𝑁𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐼 𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈@𝒂𝒅𝒋𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂.𝒄𝒐𝒎 𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝐷𝑉𝐸𝑅𝑇𝐼𝑆𝐼𝑁𝐺 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒.

𝐁. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮
Instead, post meaningful and thought-provoking questions and articles that benefit a wide array of readers. And refrain from posting photo albums unless they demonstrate instructions or are part of a product review.

[𝐍𝐎]: “𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐫” “𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 [𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬]?”
[𝐘𝐄𝐒]: “𝐌𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬” “𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐖𝐑 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧?”

𝑪. 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔
Simple questions can be best answered through a google search. And simple articles or information do not add to the collective knowledge.

[𝐍𝐎]: “𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬/𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥?” “𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫”

𝐃. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬
Please do not give us a list of requirements or conditions and expect us to find the right product for you. Nothing is more insulting to this forum than someone who can’t do their own shopping.

[𝐍𝐎]: “𝐈’𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝐅”

𝐃.𝟏. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤 “𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭…?”
There is no best, but there may be a best for you. Search google, field test reports, and product reviews on retail websites; and endeavor to test the product in a brick-n-mortar store with amazing return policies, especially footwear.

𝐃.𝟐. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭
Instead, request information on a component (a fabric, a material, a design, etc) that is employed across multiple products. By understanding the components you automatically know the pros/cons across a huge variety of products.

[𝐍𝐎]: “𝐈’𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 , 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬?” “𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐢𝐥?”
[𝐘𝐄𝐒]: “𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐱 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬?” “𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?”