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2 years ago I tried doing a "supplement vacation". After a few days I started getting lots of "skipped heart beats". I knew that those had previously been improved by adding magnesium to my list. I stopped by a supplement store, bought a...
In the world of hiking, 100km days aren't THAT unusual.
FKT (Fastest Known Time) hikers will walk 65 - 80 km EVERY DAY for a month.
Off the top of my head, I know of one hiker that walked 188km in 24 hours.
If you want to take your trekking poles, you HAVE to check your bag. If you want to take any kind of knife you have to check your bag.
A good thing to look at is the Zpacks Airplane Case. If will hold most backpacks for travel. Then it can be...
"Owner just..looking. Drug sniffing owner decided to get as agressive as his mutt"
My guess is....not every Spaniard has the "true camino spirit", or wants peregrinos around.
Or people could always carry a full water bottle with a "Sport Cap". A well squeezed water bottle with a small diameter hole in the top could spray out to about 15 feet. Dogs HATE getting water in their face.
Bears are a different. They're not use to tangling with humans and don't know that humans can't fight. And bear spray is MUCH more potent than any spray designed for dogs (like what the mailman carries).
The only time I've used pepper on a...
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