Great report Wildman.

Your notes in #4 and #5 should be well heeded by many. There are not too many people who would be able to walk very far if their body, especially legs and feet were not in top condition, not to mention having to carry a 20-30 lb pack also...
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Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

John Lubbock