Anyone have experience with back packing hiking or hitchhiking? Ive been seeing lots of people hiking rivers and mountains some have travel gear and seem to be fit. Are these people runners and or hobby joggers or just walkers?
Anyone have experience with back packing hiking or hitchhiking? Ive been seeing lots of people hiking rivers and mountains some have travel gear and seem to be fit. Are these people runners and or hobby joggers or just walkers?
I've done a number of wilderness backpacking trips. Yosemite a number of times. Had hoped to get to Grand Tetons this year before a DVT/PE had other plans for my summer.
All of my trips were WELL past my competitive runner days and done off 15-30 mile weeks running. No specialized training.
For Tetons I was running even less, lifting heavy weights (5x5) and using a GoRuck bag on my dog walks.
I don't think you need much running to do it comfortably. Most people I know are just hikers but fairly active.
It's a great way to see nature. I'd highly recommend keeping weight between 20-30 lbs.
pghickster wrote:
I've done a number of wilderness backpacking trips. Yosemite a number of times. Had hoped to get to Grand Tetons this year before a DVT/PE had other plans for my summer.
All of my trips were WELL past my competitive runner days and done off 15-30 mile weeks running. No specialized training.
For Tetons I was running even less, lifting heavy weights (5x5) and using a GoRuck bag on my dog walks.
I don't think you need much running to do it comfortably. Most people I know are just hikers but fairly active.
It's a great way to see nature. I'd highly recommend keeping weight between 20-30 lbs.
Wow, I would be one fast mofo if I could keep my weight in that range. Don't hate on it, fatties.
I have climbed in all the mountains of northeast U.S. except for Maine.
If you're young you do not need any special training. If you're old you need to pay attention to your heart and not stop suddenly. Either way you will not lose any training in a week.
20-30 pound backpack will see you for a weekend. For a week it's more like 50 pounds. An external frame backpack will make it easy, though it looks gross.
Probably not even hobby joggers. If they run it's to save time when getting into shape for hiking.
You don't need to be insanely fit to do most backpacking trips. There's certainly a lot of backpackers/hikers that also run, but very few are in tip top racing shape. It seems like most are into casual trail running. If you're capable of running decent/good age-group times in a competitive local race, you're already fitter than most hikers. Being moderately strong helps. Depends on how long you're gonna be gone and how much gear you're carrying, but, you can get your pack well under the mentioned "20–30lbs" without breaking the bank. No matter what, the weight is going to wear on you. Practicing your squats and deadlifts and beefing up your shoulders and back will certainly help though.
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