Do you go hiking?

wishesuponastar · Nov 26, 2015

My hubby and I started hiking recently on a mountain. We are enjoying it very much. We are both overweight so it is helping us lose weight too.

Yesterday, he said while we were hiking he wants to get a walking stick meaning buy one so then I started looking on the trail for one. I found two tree sticks that will work perfectly!

We usually take the trail that is 2 miles long.

bigbabyblues · Nov 26, 2015

Our family likes to hike. It is usually a day trip for us, but we go several times a year. There is one local park that has a two-mile trail, but it just loops around the park.

Flight · Nov 26, 2015

Hiking is awesome! Fresh air, great exercise, fantastic views!!!

I have found nice walking sticks throughout the years just by keeping my eye open while on the trail.

ronandannette · Nov 26, 2015

Never done anything I'd consider a "hike" and I'm curious about what makes a hike different from a walk. Please educate me.

xlxo · Nov 26, 2015

With black friday around the corner... I too have been looking at poles or sticks. One thing I'm debating about is the various types of poles. I might need to purchase more than one. Treking vs Nordic vs weight/balance support. How you plan to use the pole and tips appears to make a difference.

Jaya · Nov 26, 2015

Walking sticks make hiking so much easier; I don't get tired as quickly. I use one or two (if it's a long hike or particularly steep). I have light-weight telescoping sticks that I got at a sporting goods store. I can collapse them and stick them through the straps of my day pack if I don't need them for a while.

chartle · Nov 26, 2015

If you are going up and down hills (mostly up) you will find 2 short adjustable hiking poles with handles and straps to really help. When I use my 2 poles, cheap ones I got from Walmart, it takes weight off my knees and I find its about 25% easier up hill.

chartle · Nov 26, 2015

xlxo said:
With black friday around the corner... I too have been looking at poles or sticks. One thing I'm debating about is the various types of poles. I might need to purchase more than one. Treking vs Nordic vs weight/balance support. How you plan to use the pole and tips appears to make a difference.

Can't see first video.

Maybe its this one.

I never knew this, but I've been using my trekking poles half way between trekking and Nordic.

Micca · Nov 26, 2015

If by "hiking" you include the walk from the Boardwalk Villas to the International Gateway entrance at Epcot, then yes. :earboy2:

Gumbo4x4 · Nov 26, 2015

ronandannette said:
Never done anything I'd consider a "hike" and I'm curious about what makes a hike different from a walk. Please educate me.

If I go to the paved riverfront walking/biking path, I call that a walk. If I go on a trail in the woods, up & down hills, no pavement, I call that a hike. Just my definition

Really enjoy it either way, don't do either nearly often enough.

NHdisneylover · Nov 26, 2015

We hike fairly often--it is a very pleasant way to get some fresh air and exercise.

I do not have a walking stick, btu DS does and I borrow it sometimes--it has a shaper metal tip that helps get some grip sometimes.

jdb in AZ · Nov 26, 2015

Several years ago I took my kids hiking on a mountain near a retirement community. Gotta love the elderly athletes who were out hiking, tho their "hiking sticks" were old mop handles.

bcla · Nov 26, 2015

Adjustable hiking poles can help a lot, especially when backpacking with a heavy load. They should be shorter for going uphill and longer going downhill. Some have anti shock features built in the make them more comfortable to use.

dotfurio · Nov 26, 2015

I like to go hiking. We don't go as often or far as we used to since our youngest outgrew her backpack carrier. She'll go for short stretches but tires out way before we do.

Mickeypooh99 · Nov 26, 2015

We hike a lot. We live near a recreation area, and there are miles of hiking and mountain biking trails. I have 2 boys who like hiking with me. When we plan vacations they prefer places we can hike. They actually went to glacier national park (without me) last summer. They hiked 62 miles in 6 days. At home we usually do 2-4 miles depending on how much time we have available.

Now my DH and my boys have taken up mountain biking. That's a little too into intense for me.

elaine amj · Nov 26, 2015

I love hiking. And I have found the cheap $3 hiking sticks work just as well as the $30-$40 ones. I'm sure they get better in quality in the higher price ranges (mine aren't very durable, it doesn't retract enough to completely fit in a backpack, etc) - but even the cheap ones do the job.

I like the hiking sticks for balance (I am clumsy) and endurance (it really does make it easier). I do admit that even though I keep mine in my car, I don't pull it out all the time - only for major hikes. My regular easy 1-2 hr hikes I tend not to think abut it.

ronandannette · Nov 26, 2015

Gumbo4x4 said:
If I go to the paved riverfront walking/biking path, I call that a walk. If I go on a trail in the woods, up & down hills, no pavement, I call that a hike. Just my definition

Really enjoy it either way, don't do either nearly often enough.

Well then, apparently I have hiked! Who knew... :wave2:

bcla · Nov 26, 2015

Nothing quite like a creek crossing without a bridge or even where you're up to your belly button in water.

It's not my photo, but I've done this. It's the Virgin River Narrows at Zion NP. Many bring sticks and they highly recommend boots with ankle support. Some outfitters will supply wooden stick and special neoprene water boots that constrict the ankle to reduce the chance of a sprain on the rocks.

elaine amj · Nov 26, 2015

bcla said:
Nothing quite like a creek crossing without a bridge or even where you're up to your belly button in water.

It's not my photo, but I've done this. It's the Virgin River Narrows at Zion NP. Many bring sticks and they highly recommend boots with ankle support. Some outfitters will supply wooden stick and special neoprene water boots that constrict the ankle to reduce the chance of a sprain on the rocks.

Looks like some crazy fun. But what on earth do the hikers do with their soaked through hiking shoes? I absolutely detest hiking in squishy shoes. So much so that I bought really thin running shoes that don't retain much water and dry fairly quickly. I use those on adventure races when I know I will end up in mud/water at some point of time.

hopemax · Nov 26, 2015

We hike, but we aren't super serious. We live about 2 hours from Rocky Mountain National Park, so we try to go a couple times a summer, and we've done other hikes in various national parks. We'll do hikes up to about 6 miles. Any longer and I start worrying about needing a bathroom, so that's what I mean about not being super serious. We bought a set of poles from REI, and we use them a lot. We're both overweight too, and my knees and ankles need extra support (good shoes/boots are a must too!)

As for what makes a hike. Is it a dirt and rocky path, are you climbing over boulders, crossing small streams, is there elevation gains, room for someone to pass you, or is Those type of things. A walk is usually paved, or maybe a flat, dirt path, wider.

This is a pic (though not mine) from one of our favorite trails - Angels Landing at Zion National Park

Definitely not a walk, lol!

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