> Nobody goes on walks in [the very specific part of California I happen to live in] There, that reads better. California is the home of backpacking (US meani

> Nobody goes on walks in [the very specific part of California I happen to live in] There, that reads better. California is the home of backpacking (US meaning) in a very real sense. (To whom it may concern: please don't respond to this saying that wearing a backpack in the wilderness is older than John Muir. I know about Otzi as well.)