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Let's say you're hiking a trail that is 5 miles long, with 1,500 feet of vertical gain and loss. You plan to carry a 20lb backpack, and your base pace is 3mph. 5 miles at 3mph should take you 1.66 ...

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“Choose ones depending on different factors, such as hiking environment, temperature, shoes, backpack weight, and trail length,” he says. A good pair of hiking socks should keep feet ...

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It would draw much more attention to ... making it “more backpack-able” and accommodating to thru-hikers. Thru-hiking is when hikers walk the entire length of the trail at one time, something ...