Just reading this thread after a holiday and I'm amazed at the average age of respondents to the OP.
Does this reflect the general age of members of this forum, or is it only the more senior ones (with a couple of exceptions) that have the time to submit answers?
TBH I've always imagined the forum to have a good mix of ages, with plenty of young all-the-gear, technically clued-up hiking fanatics, politely sniggering to themselves at the old-fashioned views of us oldies (oops, I've included myself there) but it now looks as if I was mistaken.