The Essential Guide to Equipment and Techniques.
This is a guide to the skills and techniques needed to enjoy walking for pleasure. It will help you prepare for whatever journey you choose, be it an overnight hike on a well-worn trail or a multi-day trip into the back country.
For some, hiking is about a ramble along forest tracks, or a stroll across moors or open grassland, but for others, it is about forging a path through unknown territory, traversing mountain passes and steep valleys and enduring varying degrees of hardship.
All hikers will agree, though, that there is nothing to beat the feeling of setting off with a pack on your back and a long walk ahead.
