Trail & hiking safety for families
Getting out into the wild and hiking are good green adventures for families. These sorts of trips are eco-friendly, great exercise, and healthy but if you’re going as a family, one with kids, there are some special safety precautions you need to take.
Don’t go as an entire family of newbies. One or more of the adults in the group should have been backpacking and hiking before. It’s not as simple as it looks, and issues like setting up a tent, lugging packs, how much water you’ll...
July 22nd, 2009 | Jennifer | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: basic first aid class, camping, eco-friendly hiking, experienced hikers, green adventures, green vacation, hiking, Hypothermia, into the wild
Travel Green – Travel Into the Wild!
Now first things first, I’m not suggesting you go all nutty and head into the wild unprepared such as in the amazing, but ultimately badly ending book into the wild. Don’t do that. However, getting out into the wild is not only a greener travel excursion than hanging at a tourist trap, but it’s fun, educational, and an adventure.
According to Wilderness.net, “Wilderness is the land that was – wild land beyond the frontier…land that shaped the growth of our nation...
July 15th, 2009 | Jennifer | Read More | Comments: 3Filed under: backpack, Benefits of wilderness, camp, canoe, climb mountains, eco conservation, eco travel, Eco-benefits of a wilderness, hike, into the wild, National Wilderness Preservation System, raft, ride horses, ski, stargaze, take pictures, travel green, view wildlife, wilderness vacation
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