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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 02:23:55 +0000</pubDate>


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        <title>Re: Backpack advice</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?messageID=20856894#20856894</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Hi Kerrie22: <br />...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 02:01:12 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 18, 2013</jf:date>
        <jf:author>phxtraveler</jf:author>
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        <title>RE: Good &amp;#38; Reasonably-priced Front-loading backpacks?</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?messageID=20856605#20856605</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[You are going hitchhiking, not backpacking.  Backpacking as in going into the wilderness with a tent, etc.<br />...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 19:52:05 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 18, 2013</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Nauta</jf:author>
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        <title>RE: Hiking shoes</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Are you a woman wearing men's boots?  I ask because I know that quite a few women buy men's hiking boots believing that they cannot get their size in a woman's boot.  If that is the case, they will not fit properly.  Usually it is the WIDTH of the boot...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 19:48:28 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 18, 2013</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Nauta</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Good &amp;#38; Reasonably-priced Front-loading backpacks?</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?messageID=20856386#20856386</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.sunnysports.com/Catalog.aspx?op=gcsSearch&#38;Term=redwing" target="_newWindow">http://www.sunnysports.com/Catalog.aspx?op=gcsSearch&#38;Term=redwing</a> 50#!1]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 16:47:12 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 18, 2013</jf:date>
        <jf:author>backlasher</jf:author>
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        <title>RE: Hiking shoes</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?messageID=20855626#20855626</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Some people may need more length than a thumb width, but if you don't have that, your shoes are too small.  Different lacing techniques can work wonders, but the boot still needs to be the correct size for your foot.]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 02:48:46 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 17, 2013</jf:date>
        <jf:author>tomtraveller</jf:author>
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        <title>RE: Hiking shoes</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Thanks Tom ...... so it isn't the norm.  I'll check them out over the weekend and see where the issue is.]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:29:23 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 17, 2013</jf:date>
        <jf:author>DubinNYC</jf:author>
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        <title>RE: Best rucksack for hand luggage only</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The woman in front of me in the queue at Gibraltar recently was having great trouble. Her bag sat slightly above the top of the box and the staff were not happy. At the last moment the woman thumped it and it dropped enough to fit in.]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:21:08 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 17, 2013</jf:date>
        <jf:author>blackers</jf:author>
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        <title>RE: Hiking shoes</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Your toes should not be hitting the front of the hiking shoe/boot on the downhill.  If you are standing on level ground, there should be about a thumb width between your big toe and the front of the shoe/boot.  If not, you need a larger shoe/boot.  If...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:25:40 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 16, 2013</jf:date>
        <jf:author>tomtraveller</jf:author>
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        <title>Hiking shoes</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[So, I have a pair of Merrell hiking shoes/low cut boots and when walking on level or up hill ground, they're great, and fit fine.  But going downhill I get sore/irritated big toes (nails) with prolonged walking.<br />...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 02:12:32 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 16, 2013</jf:date>
        <jf:author>DubinNYC</jf:author>
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        <title>RE: Best rucksack for hand luggage only</title>
        <link>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?messageID=20853944#20853944</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[So if he scrunches it up, he should be ok?]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:01:01 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 16, 2013</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Dick_N_Larger</jf:author>
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