HIKING - PROPER HIKING
ATTIRE
Going hiking for the first time?
What to wear? The following tips may be of help:
Cold Weather - Dress in layers
so you can add or remove clothing as the weather climbs and falls.
Basic hiking attire includes waterproof gloves, scarf, hiking boots,
jeans, wool shirt, wool socks, sunscreen (yes, even in the winter),
sunshades and lip balm.
Warm or Hot Weather - Brief isn't
always best with the sun biting at the sensitive areas on your body.
Those 'behind the knees' and 'back of the neck' sunburns hurt like
the devil.
Basic hiking attire includes hiking
boots, cotton socks, cotton shorts, cotton shirt, sunshades and
sunscreen. A tube of lip balm is also savvy. As a note,
cotton tends to breathe and is therefore cooler on the skin. Be
sure that the garment is 100% cotton.
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