I guess you learn lots when you make lots of mistakes. Don’t worry, I’m alive and not injured (just a couple of scratches). Here are some tips on how not to go hiking based on a recent hike I did.
- Don’t go out until 2:00am the night before, and then hang out with people at the hostel for another hour watching the Olympics
- Bring more than 2 liters of water
- If you’re going alone, for goodness’ sake, tell someone where and when you’re going
- If you’re in Canada on a trail that’s not incredibly popular, you should probably bring bear spray
- If you did a big hike yesterday and you know your left knee has issues, you should probably take it a little easy today
- Just because you’re climbing a mountain and there’s a path that goes upwards does not mean it’s the correct path
- If you don’t see anyone passing you in either direction for a good hour, you’re probably not on the correct path
- If there are shrubs and branches that should have been trampled to death on the path you’re on but they’re very much alive, it’s probably not the correct path
- If the path is slippery going up because it’s covered in loose rocks, it will be more difficult to go down safely. And it’s probably not the correct path
- If you google the trail and it says it’s difficult and to read up on it beforehand, you should read up on it beforehand
- Just because you can doesn’t mean you should
awaywithjay 