Hiking Techniques Thursday, March 3, 2011 Basic Hiking is Walking and thus does not require any great technical knowledge. However, there are a lot of things that separate a good hiker from a great hiker and those are the Basic Hiking Techniques. Once Hiking crosses over into all mountain travers

101+Hiking tipsThursday, March 3, 2011 I was asked to present a talk titled 101 Plus Hiking Tips and am sharing these tips here. Credit for these should go to many sources as I have followed the advice of many fellow hikers. Special mention should be made, however, of the experienced hikers th

Backpacking 101Thursday, March 3, 2011 The Backpacking & Hiking Guide for beginners features backpacking basics and hiking instruction and guidance for the beginner backpacker and backpacking and hiking equipment requirements. Many of the backpacking basics that you will need to know in order

Backpacking LinksThursday, March 3, 2011 You don't have to be a wilderness survival expert to go off tramping in the woods, but a person needs to have a sound grounding in the basics of the outdoors. It's the hiker's or backpacker's responsibility to obtain the necessary knowledge, preparation

HikingThursday, March 3, 2011 Whay should you hike- It's elegant and egalitarian! Think about a hike: Low overhead and anyone can do this! No set of wheels to buy and master, as in bicycling, skateboarding, motorcycling, Indy 500 auto racing ... no ball to control - as in golf, tenn

Trail DatabaseThursday, March 3, 2011 It's big, it's strong, it's free, it wears hiking boots and roams the globe ...... it's definitely Traildino!In fact we're two, and we simply enjoy walking long distance hiking trails. It is a perfect way to ‘get away from it all'.To choose a destination

Trans Canada TrailThursday, March 3, 2011 At the heart of the Trail’s promotional efforts is the difficult task of trail-building. People just like you are working side by side with professional tree-fellers, earth-movers, fence-installers and boulder-shifters. Helping communities develop the cap