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Plan Your Safe Hiking Vacation
ost of the outdoor
survival situations that Second, always carry a few basic
occur can be prevented items with you in case you have
with a little preparation and to spend the night on the trail.
planning. A survival situation is Take a garbage bag, a lighter, a
something that can happen to whistle, a pocketknife, and a
anyone, regardless of his or her water bottle. This is the minimum
experience or expertise in number of essential items you
hiking. Survival situations don’t should bring with you whether you
always arise because someone is are hiking for a day or for a
inexperienced or reckless. If you week or longer. These items
want to have the best time you address the basic needs from
can on your hiking vacation, shelter to water and heat.
while keeping yourself and your Depending on your outdoor
family as safe as possible, there activity, level of skill, and the
certain steps you can take. climate you plan to hike in, you
may need to carry more extensive
First and most important, be sure equipment.
to leave a travel plan with
someone at home. A travel plan Third, be sure to pack something
lists the possible locations you you can turn into a shelter
expect to cover while on your quickly. A garbage bag is an
hiking vacation. It does not have example of such an item. It can
to be a detailed list. You can be easily made into a shelter.
use a map and just mark the spots Just cut a slit in the middle of
on it where you plan to be. If the closed end and pull it over
you leave a travel plan, then your head. This is a great
searchers will have an idea of solution to the problem, and a
where to look for you if you bag is easy to pack in a pocket.
become lost. It only costs a few pennies, and
it may save your life. at least three fire-making
Hypothermia can occur even in resources with you. Having a
50-degree weather, so it is lighter is always a good idea,
critical that you have a way to but having only one source of
make a quick shelter should the fire making while hiking is
need arise. inadequate. Lighters may get wet,
and then they won’t light
Always carry a wool cap in your anymore. Also carry a spark rod
vehicle and your daypack. Eighty and windproof matches in your
percent of your body heat leaves pocket or pack. You are like to
you if your head is exposed. You make a fire in rainy or otherwise
must always protect your head bad weather. While this can be
when you are hiking. If you don’t tricky, it can be done. Just
have a cap, use a sock or a collect dead twigs from
bandanna. You can wear anything evergreens like pines, firs, or
on your head as long as it keeps spruces. These trees have a lot
your head warm. of resin so they will catch fire
faster than other types of wood.
Finally, make a habit of carrying
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