The title says it all! This article is about minimizing muscle soreness when you hike - key word, MINIMIZE (not eliminate). So don't go following the advice of this article and whine that your muscles were sore yet you did everything I said.
While out on your last guided adventure (or any of your guided hikes for that matter) did you ever wonder what your guide was thinking about throughout the time you spent with them? - besides their astonishment of your natural prowess in the great outdoors as you are...
OK, so you're looking to travel into the backcountry on your own. Either you have no friends or family and you are truly alone in this world, or the thought of being with your friends and family in the backcountry causes an uncontrollable twitch in the entire left side...
All of us are, or were, beginners to backpacking at one time or another. You are not born with experience and skills, you try, fail, practice, try again, make a mistake, try again, and so on. It is an ongoing, but wonderful practice that just makes you better. But...
What is the perfect campsite? This is a difficult question to answer since you can't always just find a flat piece of ground and take that as your space. Use area restrictions, terrain, water sources, crowds just to name a few play a big part in selecting THE spot. But...
Yosemite National Park is one of the busiest of the national parks - seeing over 5 million visitors per year and the majority visiting from May to September each year. Once you are there, it will become immediatley apparent why this is the case - it is effing amazing! It...