Our author always thought hiking was for pensioners. Until she was left on her own in the wilderness and had to find her own route far away from the paths. A cross-country test in the highest mountains of Scandinavia
For several weeks our author wandered through Norway in the pouring rain as a teenager. To this day the biggest fail of his outdoor life - but a tough test of an unexpected kind.
The second warmest winter of all time has made the outerwear market in the US suffer, but the urban camping trend has led to a healthy increase in turnover.
