BrokeMountain helps you spend less time guessing and more time outside. You’ll find practical trail guides, gear advice you can actually use, and checklists that make planning your next trip easier, whether it’s a weekend hike, your first backpacking trip or a new set of tyres for your mountain bike.
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- Hiking Guide: what to wear, what to pack, and how to choose and fit hiking boots.
- Gear Buying Guides: tents, sleeping bags, stoves and camp chairs, compared honestly.
- Mountain & Destination Guides: Machu Picchu, Everest Base Camp, Havasu Falls, Australia and more.
- Mountain Bike Gear: tyres, brakes, pedals, lights and tools for every kind of trail.
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- What to Bring When You Go Hiking: The Complete Checklist
- How Should Hiking Boots Fit?
- What to Wear Hiking in Any Season
- Best Budget Backpacking Tents
- Mountain Bike Tyre Pressure Guide
- Elevation of Machu Picchu: How to Prepare
- Accessible Europe Travel Checklist
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We write for hikers, campers and riders who want straight answers. Each guide explains how to choose, not just what to buy, so you can make the right call for your budget, your body and your terrain. We update our guides regularly and say plainly when something has changed.
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