If you car camp, you'll have more options (think coolers packed with all sorts of delicacies and cast iron pans for campfire desserts), but if you decide to make it a longer excursion (think a few days on the Appalachian Trail or along the Pacific Crest Trail) light is the way to go.

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Light-middleweight Hope, 27, has followed their trail, taking another young Welsh boxer - Swansea light-welterweight James Todd - along with him.

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"Camping can range from setting up a tent in the backyard to car camping to a light hike into a meadow off a trail, " says Michele Orr, REI's director of merchandising, whose company sells all the gear and gadgets a camper could desire.

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The trail begins with two hours of a light track until you reach the Carrasqueira, a steep wall of stone crossed with the use of ropes and helmets.

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No wonder businesses are so reluctant to hire: When you don't know how steep the trail ahead of you is, it's usually better to travel light.

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