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• Outdoor recreation: provides opportunities for people to be active, relax, develop friendships, spend time as a family etc.
• Active outdoor recreation: provides an alternative option for people who do not want to participate in organized traditional sport
• Hiking: a challenging recreational activity but easier than trekking and mountaineering.
• Physical hiking: is tough ranging between 2 to 8 hours
• 400m: general rule of thumb that you can hike
• Trekking: is between hiking and mountaineering
• Trekking: these trips usually take two or more days
• Trekking: more challenging than hiking because you will be walking for multiple days in a row
• Treks: usually start in one place and end in a different one.
• Mountaineering: an outdoor recreation activity of walking, hiking, backpacking, and climbing mountains.
• Mountaineering: most challenging and more technical variation of trekking to higher peak often over 5000 meters
• Bible: having the word of god for our journey in life is an absolute must for us
• Hiking shoes: lightweight hiking shoes are advisable. Your shoes should fit very well with a pair of heavy wool socks.
• Fleece jacket: a good and wind resistant jacket is required, can be pullover but a zippered jacket allows more versatility for controlling body temperature
• Pants: a pair of fleece pants, wool pants, and soft-shell pants that are roomy and allow freedom of movement
• First aid kit: each person should bring any special medications
• Sleeping bag: this should be a mummy bag with synthetic fill or down fill with a dry loft shell.
• Assorted stuff bags: this should be waterproof and assorted sizes
• Expedition pack: size and style of pack depends on the adventure, that you will be going on.
• Toiletry kit: toothpaste, toothbrush, or personal medications and other personal items such as dental floss, wet wipes, a small container of waterless hand sanitizer and lotion.
• Cup, Bowl, and spoon: a plastic insulated mug is best along with a bowl with lid or large nalgene jar with lead and lexan spoon.
• Pocket knife: the victorinox knives are tested most specifically the scissors and also the leatherman multipurpose tool.
• Headlamp: good for reading and rummaging through gear during the night.
• Cameras: this item is a must, pictures are the only way to describe what you have seen or done.
• Water bottles: nalgene wide mouth one quart
• Sun glasses: high quality polarized with UVA and UVB protection.
• Bandanas: colorful silk or cotton kind
• Socks: outer socks should be high-quality wool or a synthetic blend
• T-shirt: polypro or some other synthetic
• Lightweight underwear: this includes long underwear tops and bottoms
• Watch: for synchronizing all activites and items on the itinerary
• Mountaineering: can be both rewarding and thrilling activity but can also face physical challenges
• Dehydration: a state that happens when the loss of body fluids mostly water exceeds the amount that is taken.
• Hyperthermia: a condition of the body being over heated
• Hypothermia: the condition when a body loses more than it produces causing your temperature to drop below 95F'