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main_5569700We include here a series of tutorials on a wide range of topics related to hiking in the outdoors. These range from selecting equipment such as day packs, hiking boots, clothing and socks to reading trail markings and dealing with a lightning thunderstorm or being lost in the woods. We also cover some of the other dangers in hiking such as meeting a bear or coyote. Some tutorials try to explain concepts such as reading an elevation profile or a topographic map and selecting a gps. Others cover equipment use such as using a hiking pole or packing a backpack. Videos are included where appropriate.
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1 How to Read Bruce Trail Markings | TorontoHiking Tutorials 1210
2 How to Survive a Lightning Storm | TorontoHiking Tutorials 1275
3 How to Select a GPS Unit | TorontoHiking Tutorials 794
4 How to Survive Being Lost in the Woods | TorontoHiking Tutorials 1093
5 How to Read an Elevation Profile | TorontoHiking Tutorials 736
6 What Are Latitude and Longitude? | TorontoHiking Tutorials 1044
7 What is the Niagara Escarpment? | TorontoHiking Tutorials 1244
8 What Are Dangers of West Nile Virus? | TorontoHiking Tutorials 595
9 How to Choose a Daypack | TorontoHiking Tutorials 953
10 What to Pack in your Backpack | TorontoHiking Tutorials 627
11 How Does Deet Work? | TorontoHiking Tutorials 1499
12 How to use Google Earth | TorontoHiking Tutorials 660
13 How to Read Topographic Maps | TorontoHiking Tutorials 783
14 How to Survive a Meeting a Coyote | TorontoHiking Tutorials 951
15 How to Survive Meeting a Black Bear | TorontoHiking Tutorials 786
16 How to Select & Use a Hiking Pole | TorontoHiking Tutorials 676
17 How to Recognize Hiking Injuries | TorontoHiking Tutorials 501
18 How to Poop in the Woods | TorontoHiking Tutorials 1029
19 What Is the Bruce Trail? | TorontoHiking Tutorials 965
20 Hiking Video Tips | TorontoHiking Tutorials 683
21 Is Lyme Disease in Ontario? | TorontoHiking Tutorials 536
 

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Our tutorials include:

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  • hiking terms

  • injury advice

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