Mountaineering, hiking and camping prepared for some hardships,

discomfort and risk along the way.

MOUNTAINEERING Going With a Guide
 Mountaineering, also called  If you're new to mountaineering,
mountain climbing, the sport of one way to jump right into the sport
attaining, or attempting to attain, is to hire a guide service. Most
high points in mountainous regions, novices opt for something a little
mainly for the pleasure of the less ambitious and use a guided
climb. climb to learn basic skills in
 Although the term is often loosely climbing
applied to walking up low
mountains that offer only moderate Physical Benefits of mountaineering
difficulties, it is more properly
restricted to climbing in localities More powerful Thigh muscles
where the terrain and weather  Your legs will become more toned,
conditions present such hazards although this isn’t one of the main
that, for safety, a certain amount of muscles that will become stronger.
previous experience Your legs are used to push you up
 Climbing mountains embodies the froleg holds and further up the
thrills produced by testing one’s mountain, but it’s not a ‘very
courage, resourcefulness, cunning, strenuous’ workout for them.
strength, ability, and stamina to the
utmostin a situation of inherent Stronger Back and neck.
 Your neck will develop stronger
muscle groups around it because
you’re always looking around you
and up and down as you climb. The
nature of the sport also means your
HOW TO CLIMB AMOUNTAIN? back gets nice workout too!
Physical Preparation
 Mountaineering can involve a lot of
gear, and unless you plan to hire
porters or pack animals, you’ll
probably be carrying it yourself. In
order for your adventure to been Improved Cardio.
joyable, your body needs to be in  Because it’s a low impact cardio
good working order. Running, exercise, your breathing and heart
cycling and swimming are good rate will improve as well as your
ways to prepare your stamina etc.
cardiovascular system.
Psychological/Emotional Benefits of
mountaineering
Mental Preparation
 Mountaineering requires more than Better goal setting.
athleticism and technical climbing  To climb mountains you must set
skill. It takes a different mindset goals and move towards them.
from sport climbing close to
civilization. You must commit You’re more aware of yourself
more time and energy to complete  It requires you to be more aware of
an alpine climb, and you must be the space around you, and how
 you’re moving your body through What are the tipswhen packing your
it. backpack for hiking?
1. 1.Avoid hiking alone.
It can relieve stress. 2. 2.Tell someone where are you
 When you’re climbing, nothing else going to hike and the time or day of
matters. It’s much the same effect you return.
ect. that skydiving has on you, 3. 3.Stay on marked trails.
because you’re so focused on the 4. 4.Always carry a raingear andturn
moment and what you’re doing back in bad weather.
right now. 5. 5.Dress in layers; avoid cotton.
6. Carry plenty of water; never
More confidence assume that the stream water is safe
 If you can climb up a mountain, to drink.
you can do anything. Things that 7. A celluar phone may not working
seemed like a big deal before, the wilderness but if they do, hive
(public speaking, confrontation, job details about yourlocation
interviews) now don’t seem .
How to save yourself when you are lost
Better perseverance inhiking?
 When you’re climbing you always 1. 1.Stay put; just stay where you are.
want to get to the top, and you’ll 2. 2.Make a shelter.
keep trying to get there. That’s 3. 3.Stay warm and dry.
what makes it such a good sport 4. 4.Be visible and be heard
because it teaches you, life skills as 5. Seek an open space rather
well thanstaying in tree-covered places

DIFFERENCE OF HIKING AND

TREKKING
HIKING Hiking involves a long energetic walk in a
Hiking is an out door activity which natural environment on hiking trails or
consists of walking in a natural footpaths for a day or overnight.
environment, often in mountainous or Trekking involves a long vigorous hike in
scenic terrains. wild natural environment for multiple days.
It can be done off
hiking trails.

TREKKING
• This outdoor activity is a longer
What are the essential gears in hiking? journey on foot compared to hiking.
1. Backpack The activity is quite challenging,
2. Water allowing the trekkers to pass
3. Food through an uncharted paths.
4. Firestarterandmatches Sometimes, this will take within a
5. Knife few days or weeks. Usually,
6. Map andcompass undeveloped places are explored in
7. Flashlight trekking where there is a close-up
8. Raingearandclothes view of the wonders of nature.
9. First-aid kit
10. Insect TYPES OF TREKKING
Tea House Trek
  In this kind of trekking, you keep the more your overall strength and
on enjoying the trek in the daytime fitness improves.
and later have food and rest in the
nearby accommodations. It is also 3. IMPROVES YOUR MENTAL
known as a relatively cheaper kind HEALTH
of trek. Food and rest and other  Get away from the stress of
services will be served by the tea everyday life and escape to the
house. And you do not have to outdoors. Stress, depression and
worry about it at all. Furthermore, anxiety have a way of building up
you can also get familiar with the when you’re cooped up indoors too
local dishes and cultural food long. Hitting the trail helps to put
varieties. your life in perspective and take
Camping Trek your mind off your worries. The
 This is the kind of trek where world around you has a way of
trekkers have to carry all the demanding your attention, which
equipment for camps and food by can ease any stress you may have
themselves you will be resting on built up.
the camps that are organized by
your trekking team. And the food 4. HIKING AND TREKKING BURNS
will be cooked by the team as well. CALORIES.
 Looking to lose weight? Or tone
WHAT ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS your muscles? Forget the gym and
OF HIKING AND TREKKING? hit the trail instead. Hiking burns
between 440 and 550 calories per
1. IT LOWERS THE RISK OF HEART hour according to Livestrong
DISEASE AND IMPROVES YOUR research. Imagine how many
BLOOD PRESSURE calories will an overnight hike or a
 Hiking and trekking are both week-long trek burn. Burning
amazing for your health! A study calories helps you lose weight and
conducted by the CDC tone your muscles.
recommends that you walk at least
an hour a day, five days a week. 5. IT MAKES YOU CREATIVE.
This reduces the risk of you having  On top of all the physical and
a stroke in half! Hiking and mental boosts, hiking and trekking
trekking regularly improves your can also make you more creative.
heart and blood pressure, It’s true! Spending time outdoors
minimizing the chance of stroke. and soaking all the Vitamin D from
Keep that blood pumping! the sunlight can improve your
mind. Vitamin D, “the sunshine
2. BETTER OVERALL FITNESS vitamin,” increases attention span,
 These activities do amazing things and improves our ability to focus.
to your muscles. Build up strength Put a creative spin on our problem-
in your thighs, lower leg muscles, solving skills. Vitamin D is also
hip muscles and hamstrings. It also great for maintaining healthy bones
builds your endurance. Hiking and and teeth, supporting your immune
trekking are both weight-bearing system and boosting cardiovascular
exercises, which build up bone health.
density. Trekking also boosts your
core strength as you hike with a
heavy backpack. The more you do,
 5. 4.Money – to buy extra food
TREKKING CHECKLIST orequipment.
These items should be on your trekking 6. 5.Tent – used as temporaryshelter
checklist: in camping.
✔ Hiking backpack 7. 6.Sleeping pad– used as a padfor
✔ Weather-appropriate clothing (think sleeping and to protect youfrom
moisture-wicking and layers) stone cushions
✔ Hiking boots or shoes
✔ Plenty of food What are the safety tips for camping?
✔ Plenty of water 1. 1.Pack a first aid kit.
✔ Navigation tools such as a map and 2. 2.Bring emergency supplies.
compass 3. 3.Before leaving, check
✔ First-aid kit weatherreport.
✔ Knife or multi-too 4. 4.Learn the ABCs of
treatingemergencies.
CAMPING 5. 5.Arrive early.
 is an outdoor activity participated 6. Check for potential hazards.
in by people called campers who 7. 7.Build are and make sure that itis
campers who want to enjoy nature always attended to.
while spending several days and 8. 8.Pitch your tent on a safe spot.
nights in a particular campsite 9. 9.Watch out for bugs and beware of
encountering wildlife.
10. 10.Always practice CLAYGO

Orienteering
Why go camping? • It is an outdoor activity that
1. Its fun requires you to follow a specific
2. It makes you appreciate the sequence of pre-set course with the
convenience of modern life. help of navigating devices,
1. 3.It is a great opportunity to have specifically maps and compass to
some bonding with your loved go through an unfamiliar terrain.
ones. Aside from physical, this activity
2. 4.It helps people to become aware requires mental toughness to be
of our natural world. able to reach the expected
3. 5.It helps you enjoy simple destination.
pleasures in life.
What are the benefits of orienteering?
What are the basic things and equipments 1. The great thing
in camping? about orienteering for children is
1. 1.Pocket knife– to cut bondage or that they get to:
rope. 2. Compete against themselves as well
2. 2.Whistle – to give signal toothers. as others
3. 3.Flashligts with new batteries–to 3. Learn how to read a map
serve as a tool when passing into a 4. Learn compass skills
dark area of the camp. 5. Solve navigation problems
6. Exercise the brain as well as the
body
4. animals. Also it can help holdbroke 7. Be in the outdoors
n equipment and used asclothes- 8. Explore the countryside
line. 9. Work as part of a team
Orienteering glossary of terms • Scale - The relative size of objects
• Compass - A tool to help navigate, shown on a map.
using all points of direction. • Strategy - A plan or action created
• Checkpoint card - A resource card for completing a task.
which is taken around the course • Symbol - A sign, shape or object to
and ticked off once the children represent something else. Usually
have arrived at each checkpoint. used to simplify maps.
• Boundary - The edge of the space
being worked in, for instance, a line
that follows the edge of the
playground. A boundary is chosen
to support health, safety and class
management.
• Control - This is what contestants
are looking for when orienteering.
They can be a combination of
letters or numbers.
• Course - The course is the route
chosen for the controls to be visited
in. Children’s activities can be
differentiated through the order
controls are visited.
• Linear - All the controls on the
map must be visited in the order
shown. This is usually in numerical
or alphabetical order.
• Location - This term can be used to
describe the space being worked in.
or the specific placing of an object
within the activity.
• Orienteer - The person taking part
within the orienteering activity.
• Orientate - To find your way
around the course in relation to the
map.
• Orienteering a map - This is
making sure that your map is the
correct way round or orientated so
that the features on the ground and
on the map are in the same position
to where you are looking. Each
time you change direction, you
should re-orientate your map so
that the features match up with
what is on the map. Map
orientation can also be done using a
compass, by making sure that the
north lines on the map point the
same way as the north of the
compass.