Provisions: Guide for items to buy, consume, read to enhance experience
A guide for what you need to buy, read or consume to enhance your recreation and travel experience
Buy
Montane Grand Tour 50 Women’s Backpack
$198; www.montane.co.uk
Many women backpackers complain – justifiably – that many backpacks don’t fit their curves. The English outdoors company Montane has tried to address it with the Grand Tour 50, which is reasonably lightweight (2.68 pounds) but substantial enough for a week-long mountain trek. The women’s version features a smaller torso and narrower shoulder straps.
Buy
Salewa Mountain Trainer L Shoes
$199; www.salewa.us
Sometimes, a hiking boot is too much and trail-running shoes too little. What to do? The show manufacturer Salewa has bridged the gap with a boot/shoe hybrid. At $199, it’s pricy, but it features a leather upper (inside and out) and rugged but not overpowering tread on the soles.
The List
“Chicago’s Top 10 Peculiar Museums”
Intrepid Lonely Planet staff writer Karla Zimmerman sussed out weirdness in Chicago:
1. International Museum of Surgical Science
2. American Toby Jug Museum
3. Busy Beaver Button Museum
4. Leather Archives and Museum
5. Money Museum
6. Logan Hardware Vintage Arcade Museum
7. Newberry Library (example: first folios of Shakespeare)
8. Oriental Institute
9. Chicago Sports Museum
10. National Museum of Mexican Art
Compiled by Sam McManis
This story was originally published April 2, 2016 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Provisions: Guide for items to buy, consume, read to enhance experience."