PE and HEALTH

• Frontcountry - planned campground
• Backcountry - locations that cannot be explored with a motorized vehicle
• Thomas Hiram Holding - father of modern camping
• In 1894, one of the first campsites was held on the Isle of Mann
• Essensials in camping

  • clothes
  • sleeping bag and pads
  • tents
  • Cooking and Eating Utensils
• Clothes - first line of defense so that the body can maintain an appropriate core temperatur.
• Hypothermia - dropping of the body’s core temperature
• Layering of clothes

  1. Base layer
  2. insulating layer
  3. Wind and rain barrier layer
• Sleeping bag - provides warmth and comfort for a good rest at night
• Camping Pad - cushion and isulator against the coldness of the ground
• Tents - protection from the rain, wind and bugs
• hiking - man made trails
• Alpinism - such as climbing the alps
• Romeo Roberto “Romi” Garduce - filipino to climb the seven summits of the world.
• 7 summits

  • ASIA - mt. Everest
  • SOUTH AMERICA - mt. Aconcagua
  • NORTH AMERICA - mt. Denali
  • AFRICA - mt. Kilimanjaro
  • EUROPE - mt. Elbrus
  • ANTARTICA - mt. Vinson
  • INDONESIA - mt. Puncak jaya
• Trekking - more days and nights in the outdoors
• Jose Oyanguren and Señor Real - first two attepmts to reach the higest peak
• 30-60 minutes - pre conditioning of the body
• Aerobic activities - true or false : TRUE
• Backpack - everything one will be needing is carried in this pack
• Hiking shoes - well defined trails and shorter hikes
• Hiking boots - longer and rougher terrain, high cut
• Back packing boots - longer treks carrying heavy loads
• Trekking poles - knee problems, 135cm
• 1894 - first campsite held
• Toilet paper - emegency aid except,