Hiking

Backpack Buying Tips
There are so many choices available for backpacks today that before looking at the details it can be helpful to get a general view. Consider first how much you intend to carry. To a significant degree, that will be determined by how long you intend to hike and in what conditions. An overnight trip in an [...]

Basic Safety Tips for Hikers
Hiking isn't typically dangerous. Much more often it's a great pleasure, even an adventure. But you're outside, sometimes far from 'civilization' and you can get injured or worse. It pays to heed some common sense safety tips. Tip #1 - Don't travel alone Like any rule, there are exceptions. If you're just going for a stroll in [...]

Buying Hiking Boots
One of the best investments a hiker can ever make is in the selection of good boots. From the negative side, nothing (short of a catastrophic accident) can make a hike go bad as easily as a bad pair of boots. On the positive side, good boots give you the support, comfort and traction you [...]

Etiquette on the Hiking Trail
People who live in urban environments sometimes seem to forget why they came to a wilderness area to hike: peace and quiet, and great scenery. To enjoy that themselves, and to allow others to, hikers generally adopt a few common sense guidelines. 'Pack it in, pack it out' is a long-standing rule among fair-minded hikers. [...]