Hiking is great fun, blisters are not. In this article I will try to address both avoidance and treatment of foot blisters.
The basics
Foot blisters form because of the combination of sweat, friction and heat. Though everyone can get them, some people seem to be much more prone to blisters. These people need to take special [...]

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Hiking is one of my favourite pastimes. I particularly like long hikes, as that is the only real way to get away from civilization, these days. On long hikes I always find water to be a problem. On a trail it is just not worth drinking dodgy water. If you get diarrhea that far from [...]

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Freeze dried food is good for hikers because it is compact, lightweight and mostly tasty.
So how is it made? Well you take the food and you freeze it. Then you heat it, so rapidly, that the water in the food turns directly into a gas. Then you vacuum pack the food removing the gas. [...]

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