'Hiking' reminds me of all these silly troops passing in parade. I thought the prussian goosestep was exausting until I saw a recent clip of North Koreans and then some former Soviet Bloc troops pass in review. John Cleese in his 'Ministry of Silly Walks' couldn't do better and I wonder if they were watching last year's Rose Parade when some of our African American marching bands boogied down Pasadena. Dawdling along the trail is the mark of a experienced outdoorsman. You SEE things. Our friends over at www.bushcraft.uk.com have a recent tutorial on pottery. Their scottish regiments know how to march properly too <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />