'News and comment' (Brit. Birds 90: 581) revealed birders' troubles with Back-packers' Syndrome. The cause--being overloaded with technical equipment--is peculiar to our hobby and is, therefore, a new condition. If we are to be welcomed into the group of physical ailments such as Guitarists' Nipple, Cellists' Scrotum and Hang-gliders' Bottom--all genuine medical syndromes--we need to find a suitable name

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