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M Post-Trip Assessment of Lightweight Gear for Long Distance Hiking

by Roger Caffin

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Article Summary:

From the middle of May 2007 the author and his wife Sue spent three months walking across France, mainly on the GR7 and GR5 tracks. Before going I listed the gear we would be taking. I thought it might be of interest to go through our gear list and comment on just how well the items worked. An unexpected feature of the trip was the very wide range of bad weather encountered

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