HOPE finals

• Hiking essentials

  • Backpack
  • Footwear
  • Trekking poles
  • Identification card
  • Cellular phone and other means of communication
  • Money
  • Flashlight and batteries
  • Folding knife
  • Trail water
• Backpack


  • Very important during a hike
  • Carries everything needed
  • Small pack for day hike
  • Large pack for trekking
• Footwear


  • Most important equipment for long walks
  • Hiking shoes are lighter and more flexible but offer less support
  • Hiking boots offer more support and protection but are heavier
  • Backpacking boots are tough and can cope with all terrain and weather but are heaviest
• Trekking poles


  • Maximum length of 135cm
  • Often made into two or three sections
  • Can be retracted or extended as necessary
  • Essential aid for those with knee problems
• Identification card


  Any kind of identification to carry during a climb
• Cellular phone and other means of communication


  Bring extra batteries for multi day trips
• Money


  • Bring extra cash or ATM card as backup
  • Be discreet counting cash in public places
  • Leave all necessary items in wallet
• Flashlight and batteries


  • Bring extra bulbs and batteries
  • Can add petroleum jelly to prevent water seepage
  • Bring extra unit as backup
• Folding knife


  Small and compact knife that can be folded into handle
• Trail water


  • Must be accessible during trekking
  • Can be in Lexan plastic, polyethylene, terephalate bottle (PET) or hydration bladder with hose and bite valve
• Hiking


  Long walks on man made traits in the country side that will just take a day or two or even less than a day
• Trekking

  An outdoor activity of walking for more than a day
• Camping


  An outdoor activity involving overnight stays away from home in a shelter
• Types of footwear


  • Hiking shoes
  • Hiking boots
  • Backpacking boots
• Hiking shoes


  • Lighter compared to boots and more flexible but offer less support
• Hiking boots


  • Give more support and have more protective features than the hiking shoes because they have higher cut with slightly stiffer material
• Backpacking boots


  • Used for longer treks carrying heavy loads
• Basic orienteering skills

  • Orienteering map
  • Basic map reading
  • Thumbing the map
  • Relocating
• Footwear is the most important equipment especially for long walks
• Mountain


  An elevated portion of the earth's crust, generally with steep sides that shows significant exposed bedrock
• Internal frame backpack


  • Back pack with a design to make the weight of the bag closer to the body's center of gravity
• External frame backpack


  • Backpack with a design to holds weight of the bag away from the body, allowing air to circulate and prevent too much sweat on your back
• Mt. Apo is one of the highest mountains in the Philippines that is located between the borders of Ifugao and Nueva Vizcaya in northern Luzon
• Don Joaquin Rajal attempts to reach the peak of Mt. Apo


  1870
• Jose Uyanguren successfully reaches the peak of Mt. Apo


  1880