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Hiking & Backpacking

Backpacker’s Checklist

The checklist here includes the essentials for camping in the backcountry. I’ve also included some hot tips and links to necessary gear which can keep the load to a minimum and yet not compromise the gear’s performance. This checklist can be modified and adjusted as necessary. Backpacker’s Checklist of the Essentials: _____ Backpack _____ ...

Essential Gear for Day Hikes

A day hike may include distances of up to 30 kilometres, and ensuring you carry the right equipment is as important as careful planning and a full understanding of your proposed routes. With a little poetic licence to expand on the topic of essential gear by including some additional important considerations, a proposed checklist ...

Create a Checklist for Your Next Hiking Trip

Are you in the mist of planning a hiking adventure for yourself, a group of your friends, or your family? If you are, have you made a hiking checklist for yourself? If you have yet to make a hiking checklist for yourself, you may want to think about doing so. Hiking checklists are ideal ...

Hiking Gear Packing Tips

More and more people today enjoy the simple, wholesome fun of hiking. Hiking is an affordable, yet healthy and emotionally rewarding way to spend a vacation or a long weekend and you dont need to visit a travel agent. Hiking boots are the most important part of your hiking gear. The right footwear will ...

How to Break in New Hiking Boots P2

Breaking in hiking boots is something you do slowly. The first thing you need to do is buy the right boot. You need to buy a good boot, a good fit, and a boot that is designed for hiking. A good boot does not have to be the famous brand name or have a ...