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Is there a good resource or tutorial on how one would prepare and execute one of these hikes? I would love to try a multi-day hike, but I have zero experience camping / backpacking. Where to get started? Are there hikes for complete novices that e.g. go from town to town with places to stay overnight?
https://www.notion.so/backpacking-aaf9b1959c57448ca86b9b481a...
Note: backpacking is ALL about preparation. Make a good list and you'll be good.
Is there a good resource or tutorial on how one would prepare and execute one of these hikes? I would love to try a multi-day hike, but I have zero experience camping / backpacking. Where to get started? Are there hikes for complete novices that e.g. go from town to town with places to stay overnight?
Is there a good resource or tutorial on how one would prepare and execute one of these hikes? I would love to try a multi-day hike, but I have zero experience camping / backpacking. Where to get started? Are there hikes for complete novices that e.g. go from town to town with places to stay overnight?
Is there a good resource or tutorial on how one would prepare and execute one of these hikes? I would love to try a multi-day hike, but I have zero experience camping / backpacking. Where to get started? Are there hikes for complete novices that e.g. go from town to town with places to stay overnight?
Here's my backpacking list: https://www.notion.so/backpacking-aaf9b1959c57448ca86b9b481a... Note: backpacking is ALL about preparation. Make a good list and you'll be good.
What? Why?
> matches ... lighter
Why both? I just bring two lighters
> Selfie stick ... hiking poles
I find the more stuff I bring, the more frustrated I get unpacking and packing each night and day. Of course there’s the weight thing, too, but anyway try to pack your things in cloth or plastic baggies for separation. I use the zippered pouches that are sold for this purpose in luggage when traveling.
Also don’t forget a trash bag!
> bells
This is great if you are hiking where bears are active. We call them bear bells for this reason.
- Camino de Santiago, Spain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago
- Via Francigena, follows a Roman road in France and Italy
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20181203-a-1000-year-old-roa...
- Hadrian's Wall, follows the ruins of said wall built in Roman times in Scotland
https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_US/trails/hadrians-wall-p...
Is there a good resource or tutorial on how one would prepare and execute one of these hikes? I would love to try a multi-day hike, but I have zero experience camping / backpacking. Where to get started? Are there hikes for complete novices that e.g. go from town to town with places to stay overnight?
This will teach you what you need and what you’ve forgotten to bring without much risk.
You will also learn what kind of meals you want to prepare and carry, which is really important.
Is there a good resource or tutorial on how one would prepare and execute one of these hikes? I would love to try a multi-day hike, but I have zero experience camping / backpacking. Where to get started? Are there hikes for complete novices that e.g. go from town to town with places to stay overnight?
Here's my backpacking list: https://www.notion.so/backpacking-aaf9b1959c57448ca86b9b481a... Note: backpacking is ALL about preparation. Make a good list and you'll be good.
Is there a good resource or tutorial on how one would prepare and execute one of these hikes? I would love to try a multi-day hike, but I have zero experience camping / backpacking. Where to get started? Are there hikes for complete novices that e.g. go from town to town with places to stay overnight?
The next step would be doing a hut/refuge to hut/refuge hike in the Alps. A hut/refuge is a hotel with a restaurant, private rooms, dorm rooms. They are hundreds (thousands) of them throughout the Alps. You can arrange them yourself for multiday hikes. There are an infinite number of routes, but a good starting place would be this publisher of guidebooks: https://www.cicerone.co.uk/. Likewise, you only need to carry your lunch, but you do need more clothes because mountain weather can be unpredictable and dangerous.
I've personally done the "Tour de Vanoise" which I think is easy enough for novices and the "Stubai Hohenweg" which was definitely harder and scarier.
Actual backpacking (tent/sleeping bag, etc) is harder because you need more equipment but a good way to start in the United States might be by doing a group trip with The Sierra Club or a local club (meeetup.com) or commercial trip (REI?). I've done many Sierra Club trips.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long-distance_footpath...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_cross-country_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-distance_trail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long-distance_hiking_t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-distance_trails_in_the_Un...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GR_footpath
First, you think you have a neat idea, but minutes later you have a Herculean task at hand ;)
Is there a good resource or tutorial on how one would prepare and execute one of these hikes? I would love to try a multi-day hike, but I have zero experience camping / backpacking. Where to get started? Are there hikes for complete novices that e.g. go from town to town with places to stay overnight?