Great Walks

THE GAITERED COMMUNITY

face it. Gaiters are never going to be the sexiest piece of clothing in your outdoors wardrobe. Like a puritan quest for covering up, gaiters are in their essence, functional. I first came across gaiters when I joined my bushwalking club and saw one of the old-timers wearing shorty-shorts and sporting a pair he’d knocked up on the trusty Singer. They were simply

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