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editor — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:00:00 +0000

RUCKSACKS Rucksacks now come in two varieties: daysacks and backpacks. Women can get away with wearing a daysack: small, delicate affairs with room inside to carry the merest of basic equipment for a short hike around the local common (mobile phone, replacement make-up, emergency chocolate bar, emergency nail file, emergency tweezers – in fact, anything they like as long as they qualify the item with the word ‘emergency’). Many female hikers feel they are going back to basics with a daysack, and might feel a little vulnerable without a handbag the size of a buffalo. Hikers whose rucksacks pull them

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Hiking Trail Map

editor — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 21:00:00 +0000

FOOTWEAR There was a time when hikers could only buy one type of hiking boot: a huge clodhopper of a thing that weighed more than twice their own body weight, took six years to ‘break in’ and mould to their feet, and only caused blisters when there was a vowel in the month. Things have changed. Not only do today’s boots feel like slippers as soon as you slip them on, but they can be three-season or four-season, lightweight, fabric, breathable, and come with anti-clogging soles or traction control. This makes life difficult. Walk into an outdoor gear shop and

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