In Part One of this article I discussed what you should wear to go hiking.  Now I will finish up with some more of my hiking observations. How to reduce the number of times you tip over! Proper footwear discussed in Part One Get a walking stick.  Some people have two walking sticks or ski poles or poles specifically for hiking.  I have one walking stick and it has a little shock absorber (cool!) but no chrome or racing stripes (bummer!)  I am too dangerous with two sticks.  I will start adjusting something or lean over to pick something up and those two poles get waving around in the air.  Either that or a drop one and it slides down a hill.  I am not proud of it but I am lazy so I generally pull out my helpless and distressed female act at these times and get somebody else to go get my stick for me.