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		<title>Selecting Hiking Socks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ You wouldn&#8217;t naturally think so, but selecting socks is even harder than buying boots. There are so many good models and manufacturers of good boots. If you find ones that are sturdy and fit well, you&#8217;ll probably be pleased. But, socks? That&#8217;s tough.
Socks are socks, right? Not when it comes to hiking, no. Sports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navigation Using GPS Devices</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GPS is an acronym standing for Global Positioning System. Though there are lots of components, the essential parts are a series of satellites and the units people carry. Three satellites are used to locate your position across the Earth&#8217;s surface and another can be used with them to calculate your altitude in a process called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navigation by The Stars and Sun</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are times while hiking when it&#8217;s a good idea to be able to fall back on traditional navigation techniques.
Modern maps, compasses and especially GPS units are great. But you can lose your maps, break your compass and run low on batteries. Also, GPS units don&#8217;t always work &#8211; sometimes the signal gets blocked by, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking Techniques &#8211; Beginner &#8211; Part2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Happy Camper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hiking over ordinary terrain requires being able to keep up a steady pace for several hours, with short rest breaks (10 min or so) in between once per hour. But creeks, steep or slippery slopes and hikes at high altitudes can make that almost impossible. In short, your technique has to be tailored to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Maps &#8211; Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Happy Camper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even experienced hikers will rely on maps or GPS units to navigate along trails and through wilderness areas. In fact, it&#8217;s the MORE experienced hikers who tend to do this and the beginners who think they can just wing it.
Amateurs will often reason that they can stick to well-traveled trails and forego the hard work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using a Compass &#8211; Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Happy Camper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The old-fashioned practice of using a compass is rapidly giving way to GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation. But, compasses are still often cheaper and it&#8217;s a good idea for hikers to be familiar with how to use one.
Thousands of years ago humans first observed that a certain kind of metal floating on a leaf in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking Techniques for the Beginner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Happy Camper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hiking is not exactly like walking in the park. Gravel and soft dirt, hills, creeks and other natural features make maintaining a good rhythm over a long distance a real challenge. Also, for anything longer than a few hour hike, most will want to carry a backpack. That makes hiking distinctly different from just a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Started</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Happy Camper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hiking sounds like, to use a very old phrase, a cakewalk &#8211; something easy. You lace up some boots, slip on some shorts and a shirt and you&#8217;re on your way. What could be easier?
Certainly, some hikes are that easy. And they should be. Not every hike has to be a three-day outing in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Lost and Getting Out of It</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Happy Camper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting lost is among the top potential problems for beginning hikers.
It&#8217;s easy to step into the forest a few yards and lose your bearings. You may step a few more yards in the direction you think you came and get still farther away from your trail. Or, you may misread a map and wind up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exercises For Hikers &#8211; Beginner Level</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Happy Camper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first things someone new to hiking should do is get in shape. That&#8217;s especially true if you&#8217;ve been sitting on the couch for the last few months or more. Hiking most obviously uses the leg muscles, but virtually every muscle group is involved. Also, it requires very good cardiovascular and lung capacity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Etiquette on the Trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Happy Camper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
&#8216;Pack it in, pack it out&#8217; is a long-standing rule among fair-minded hikers. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing With Blisters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Happy Camper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ouch! You&#8217;ve been on the trail for a few hours and you&#8217;re on your way back. Unfortunately, you still have a few miles to go and you just noticed you&#8217;ve got blisters. That turns a pleasant hike back into torture.
Blisters are caused by friction between your skin and your sock, and hence from the wall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying Hiking Boots</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Happy Camper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training For Beginning Hikers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Happy Camper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once you&#8217;ve achieved some basic fitness as preparations for a good hike, there are a few other things that will help you get completely ready. General fitness is great, but there are specialized activities that are appropriate to hiking, another specialized form of exercise.
Walking barefoot around the house and yard is not a bad idea. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safety Tips for Hikers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hiking isn&#8217;t typically dangerous. Much more often it&#8217;s a great pleasure, even an adventure. But you&#8217;re outside, sometimes far from &#8216;civilization&#8217; and you can get injured or worse. It pays to heed some common sense safety tips.
Tip #1 &#8211; Don&#8217;t travel alone
Like any rule, there are exceptions. If you&#8217;re just going for a stroll in [...]]]></description>
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