Oh Yeah! Erster Advent, drinnen einkuscheln & lineares Hiker-YT gucken😁 Immer Sonntag 18 Uhr eine neue Folge der 3staffeligen Ost-Thru Serie über Fabians Hike von der Saale Talsperre nach Rügen zum Kap Arkona😍 @extremspaziergaenger auf YouTube. #hikinggermany #longdistancehiking #ostthru

チャンネル登録者数34万人を誇るYouTuber、John Daub さんの『ONLY in JAPAN』 にて、信越トレイルの動画が公開されました✨️
秋山郷・出口屋さんのご主人によるマタギのお話などもあり、見ごたえある内容！

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#LongDistanceHiking
#HikeMoreWorryLess
#HikingJapan
#JapanTrails
#VisitJapan
#ExploreJapan
#NationalScenicTrail
#LongTrailHiking
#TrailCulture
#ShinetsuTrail

I can regularly be found walking in the hills with at least some of my children in tow. All four have been regularly walking from a very young age. The youngest two currently have four multi-day walks under their belts: the Weavers’ Way and the Boudicca Way in Norfolk, the Cumbria Way, and a 54-mile stretch of the South West Coast Path (from Land’s End to Perranporth). The eldest two walked the Pennine Way and Wainwright’s Coast to Coast at similar ages. And more recently the Southern Upland Way and Cape Wrath Trail. Rhossili Down Here are my tips on how to make walking with young children safer, more accessible and less stressful for everybody – whether you’re planning a day walk or a multi-day adventure. ## 1. Wait for the right weather Of course we check the weather forecast before we set off. However, when we’re walking with the children, we are prepared to postpone the walk if the forecast is poor. It took us a year before we got the magic combination of school holidays and decent enough weather to walk the Cumbria Way. (It finally came along in October half term 2018). Still happy in the rain The odd rain shower isn’t a problem. as long as the children are dressed for it. Nothing kills a walk quicker than cold, wet children. The main weather considerations are wind speed, wind direction (ideally we want it on our back) and night-time temperatures if we’re camping out. ## 2. Get decent kit We spend as much consideration on outdoor kit for the children as we do for ourselves. However, we need to balance this against our low-cost philosophy, and the irritating thing about children is that they grow out of things so quickly! Walking the Pennine Way North to South in 2012 There are ways to make this more cost-effective: * Look after the stuff and pass it down to the next child. We have two boys and two girls, so anything we buy has to work for both genders. No pink, sparkly items! * Spend money on the gear that really makes a difference – decent waterproofs, boots and sleeping bag. * Look out for suitable walking clothes in charity shops. Trousers need to be quick-drying and light, and you can nearly always find second-hand fleece jumpers. * Buy gear bigger than they currently need it – even boots. A pair of thick walking socks can counter-balance the bigger size. * Check adult sale rails for XXS sizes. These are often the last items to sell, and can fit a child with a bit of creative pulling-in and rolling-up! ## 3. Get child-sized backpacks When our children first started walking, we carried all their gear. However, it wasn’t long before they wanted to carry their own bits and pieces. We started off with waist packs for them, and they just carried their snacks and gloves. Now they’ve graduated to their own backpacks, and it’s important to make sure that the pack fits them. We’ve found that the bags designed for running are a great size for children. Check the waist strap can be tightened enough though – hip belt pockets can be a problem, as they can stop the belt being tightened enough around a skinny child! The children walking the South West Coast Path with their own rucksacks Isaac is now using the Outdoor Research Isolation HD 18L backpack, and this is big enough for him to carry his waterproofs, sleeping bag, drink, hat, gloves and snacks. It fits him really well – he’s a tall 6 year old. Isaac says, “it’s very comfortable and I can fit lots of things in the rucksack.” Rhiannon, a tall 8 year old, is using the North Face 35L backpack. This is a brilliant lightweight rucksack that will last her for years. Rhiannon says, “it’s very useful as it takes weight off my mum and dad when I can carry my own things. It has a comfy shape when you’re wearing it.” ## 4. Feed them! OK, this sounds obvious – but I am always amazed by how much the children eat during / after a long walk. I will order an adult portion of a meal for them, thinking I can then finish off any leftovers, but there never are any! Adult-sized lunch while tackling the Weavers’ Way in Norfolk Pack LOADS of snacks. Our children particularly enjoy being in charge of their own snacks, and being allowed to choose which one they eat when we stop for a break. If it’s a multi-day walk, I tend to allow them to eat anything they like as they are burning so many calories. It also serves as an incentive to go walking. Salt and vinegar hula hoops for breakfast? Go ahead. ## 5. Build resilience This means taking every opportunity to walk. To school, to the shops, to the swimming pool… walk everywhere. I appreciate this is made easier for us as we live on the outskirts of a small town. However, we found that getting the children fitter really made a difference to their resilience on a long walk – and their enjoyment of it. Up in the hills – and loving it! ## Conclusion The more the children got used to walking as something we do all the time, the easier it became. It can be frustrating at the start, though – walking my two-year old to nursery and back used to take FOREVER. But I worked on the principle that if he never walked it, he’d never get quicker so we stuck it out! Food bribery (see tip 4) and doing exciting things, like walking in the dark helped. Walking on the beach at night – doing something unusual adds to the children’s fun So there you are – no rocket science, I’m afraid, but hopefully a few practical tips that might help someone else to get out into the hills with young children. Make sure they’re warm, dry, well-fed and fit enough, and they will enjoy every minute. This is my 18 year old daughter wild camping with me on my Pennine Way walk All my children have enjoyed being out walking and wild camping from an early age. As they’ve got older they now go off on hiking trips on their own and often join me on mine. Hiking in the Lake District with my teenage son ## Further Reading Isle of Wight Coast Path with children Weavers’ Way with children Boudicca Way with children Cumbria Way with children South West Coast Path (from Land’s End to Perranporth) with children Pennine Way with children Wainwright’s Coast to Coast with children Cape Wrath Trail with my son 22 Southern Upland Way with my son 23 Wildwalkinguk is a blog run by myself and my family. I pay for its running costs myself. I do have some Amazon affiliate links and adverts on the site. If you click on these adverts or links and buy what you need (it doesn’t have to be the item I’ve linked to), the company will pay a small commission to us. 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Today I discovered this wonderful #blog about #hikingstanceHiking with and without #children. It makes me wonder if I had found it earlier if I still would have gone to the Thames Path this summer or tried something different.

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Three hikers sit on a rocky ledge looking at the rocky plain with a small lake and the rugged mountains ahead. Their backpacks are scattered around the rocks in front. Pinchot Pass.

Two backpackers descend steep switchbacks through rocks at Pinchot Pass.

One of my hiking buddies, trail name Cedar took this photo of me in the high Sierras. I am facing away from the camera carrying my trekking poles in a vast plain with low vegetation that has turned brown with the autumn chill. There are rocky mostly treeless peaks in the distance with a dusting of new snow. The sky is blue.

Two backpackers are silhouetted in the distance as the descend a rocky trail. Some tall firs li e the trail and the sun is lighting up a tall peak in the distance that has fresh snow. The sky has streaks of grey and white clouds.

20 years ago OTD on our #pct #thruhike we did #pinchotpass 12,090 ft and #glennpass 10,054 ft and saw epic scenery! Over a pass, down a valley, up another pass! #longdistancehiking #backpacking #sierras. Thanks to my hiking buddies the VIPs and @tapirsmith.bsky.social

Two people wearing backpacks stand on a rocky ledge with a mountain and lake far in the distance. The mountain is rocky with snow patches and no visible vegetation. The entire scenery has hints of dry grass in the valley below but is primarily grey rock. The two people are smiling and the younger one wears a green safari hat. He has his arm around the woman (me). I have on a white Mariner’s baseball cap. We are both wearing long-sleeved polypropylene shirts, hiking shorts, and trail runners.

OTD in 2005, @tapirsmith.bsky.social and I were at Mather Pass (12,068 ft) in the southbound portion of our #pct #thruhike. That’s #splitmountain behind us. What a day! #backpacking #jmt #longdistancehiking #sierras

Five smiling hikers sit on a rocky lichen covered crag. The lichen is red and green. Rocky peaks are in the background.

Four people wearing backpacks (I’m on the right) pause high on a ridge with a treed valley far below. Photo by Skittles.

Four backpackers begin a hike across a snowfield with high mountains in the distance.

A young man wearing a baseball cap, marmot wind shirt and zip off pants sits on a lichen covered rock on the edge of a cliff. There is red and green lichen on the rocks and rocky treeless mountains in the distance. Photo by Skittles.

OTD in 2005, our southbound #pacificcresttrail #thruhike gang left #sonorapass. A stunner of a day! #pct #longdistancehiking #backpacking @tapirsmith.bsky.social in fourth photo. Two photos are mine, two by Skittles.

Strap on your hiking shoes and get moving on one of these challenging yet beautiful hiking trails around the world.

Discover 5 Of The Best Long Distance Hikes Around The World: https://bit.ly/3N0uiAu

#hiking #hikingtrails #travel #adventure #adventuretravel #longdistancehiking #hike #hikers

Two backpackers stand alongside a paved trail in the sunshine. A rocky and snowy peak is to their left with a few evergreen trees in the middle distance. The backpackers are standing behind a sign that says “Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail Number 2000. Canada 550 with an arrow pointing left and Mexico 2180 with an arrow pointing right. This means we were over 1200 miles into our hike.

20 years ago OTD, @tapirsmith.bsky.social and I reached #mthood and the #timberlinelodge for pizza and ice cream in the southbound part of our #pct thru-hike. #backpacking #longdistancehiking

An image of mountains in Glacier National Park, with the ALDHA-West logo and the Triple Crown logo. The body text says "Triple Crown of Hiking Award" (PCT + CDT + AT). Apply now! Deadline is August 31. And it includes the link to the application website: https://www.aldhawest.org/triple-crown

Triple Crown Applications Are Open! Have you hiked the AT, PCT, and CDT from end to end?
Now’s your chance to be officially recognized. Apply by August 31 to join the 2025 award class!

www.aldhawest.org/triple-crown

#TripleCrownOfHiking #ALDHAWest #LongDistanceHiking

534 miles down! watch @ tinyurl.com/mythic-ep22 💪 this wraps up my #pct miles completed in recent years but i'm coming back to finish the trail starting June 2025!

continuing my #pacificcresttrail recollections ~ days 36-40 south/northbound in #oregon in 2024 #pcthiker #hiking #longdistancehiking

my #pct adventure continued in 2024, just not up at stehekin as i’d planned! 🚶‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏼‍♀️ watch @ tinyurl.com/mythic-ep20

continuing my #pacificcresttrail recollections ~ days 34-35 southbound in #oregon ~ as i prepare for my return in 2025!

#pcthiker #hiking #longdistancehiking

feeling the love as i make it to stehekin! ❤️ watch @ tinyurl.com/mythic-ep17

continuing my pacific crest trail recollections from 2022 ~ days 30-33 northbound in washington ~ as i prepare for my return in 2025!

#pct #pcthiker #pacificcresttrail #hiking #longdistancehiking #washington

tackling pct section "k" -- a tough one!
watch @ tinyurl.com/mythic-ep16

continuing my pacific crest trail recollections from 2022 ~ days 26-29 northbound in washington ~ as i prepare for my return in 2025!

#pct #pcthiker #pacificcresttrail #hiking #longdistancehiking #washington

Back to walking. Today i start in Sand City at mile 8,386.

#WalkingThroughThePain® #WalkingThroughThePain #selfproduced #documentarian #backpacking #ChronicPainWarrior #fibromyalgia #FibroSucks #NotStuckInBed #LongDistanceHiking #JourneyOf10000Miles #MorroBay #SmugglersCave #CannabisIsMedicine

gaining confidence on trail!
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continuing my pacific crest trail recollections from 2022 ~ days 21-25 northbound in washington ~ as i prepare for my return in 2025!

#pct #pcthiker #pacificcresttrail #hiking #longdistancehiking #washington

Im TRAIL MAGIC gab’s in den letzten 3 Ausgaben die Rubrik „Dieses Internet“, in der ich Hiker-Blogs, YT-Kanäle oder Podcasts vorstelle, die ich mag. Jetzt gibt’s eine neue Seite, die mich total begeistert🤩 Katharina hat eine wunderbare Art zu schreiben! #longdistancehiking #longdistancecycling

going solo & finding my trail legs! https://tinyurl.com/mythic-ep11

continuing my pacific crest trail recollections from 2022 ~ days 14-20 northbound in washington ~ as i prepare for my return in 2025!

#pct #pcthiker #pacificcresttrail #hiking #longdistancehiking #washington

#thruhiking #backpacking #pct #cdt #jmt #arizonatrail #longdistancehiking #ultralight #triplecrown #hiking #wilderness #camping #mountains #outdoors #aldhawest #gear

St. Jean Pied de Port - the Camino Franćes (850 km) start in this wonderful place in the French part of the Pyrenees and lead to Santiago de Compostella Galicia Spain.

St. Jean Pied de Port - the Camino Franćes (850 km) start in this wonderful place in the French part of the Pyrenees and lead to Santiago de Compostella Galicia Spain.

St. Jean Pied de Port -Camino Franćes (850 km) start in this wonderful place in French part of the Pyrenees and lead to Santiago de Compostella Galicia Spain.
#camino #caminosantiago #caminodesantiago #caminofrances #pilgrim #utreia #pilgrimage #france #stjeanpieddeport #longdistancehiking #hiking

St Jean pied de port in french Pyrenees. View from an historic Bridge to the historic houses both sides of river „Nive“

St Jean pied de port in french Pyrenees. View from an historic Bridge to the historic houses both sides of river „Nive“

St. Jean Pied de Port - the Camino Franćes (850 km) start in this wonderful place in the French part of the Pyrenees and lead to Santiago de Compostella Galicia Spain.
#camino #caminosantiago #caminodesantiago #caminofrances #pilgrim #pilgrimage #france #stjeanpieddeport #longdistancehiking #hiking

Howdy trail nerds. Question for you: have you met someone and exchanged trail names only to lose contact with them and not have a way to look them up?

#thruhiking #trailname #longdistancehiking

Episode 38: The 88 Temples of Shikoku Part 2 Mountain to Glen The Podcast · Episode

EPISODE 38, which is Part 2 of Robert's interview with Ronald Yoshida, is out now. Ron continues to share his experiences on his journey to complete his walk to all 88 Temples of Shikoku 🥾🥾🏯🇯🇵

#88templesofshikoku
#Shikoku
#shikokupilgrimage
#longdistancehiking

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So I created a feed just now for #thruhiking, #longdistancehiking and some of the long distance trails. I left the AT off, since there are so many other feeds that include it. It is populating with only new posts since it was created. You can see it here:
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ロング・ディスタンス・ハイキングがもたらすのは、トレイルを造り、守り、育てる意識。 THE NORTH FACEの2024SSシーズンテーマは「EXPLORATION OF CURIOSITY－好奇心の探求－」だ。クライマー、トレイルランナーからアーティストや研究者まで、好奇心が向かう先は人それぞれだが、人々が好奇心に突き動かされて何かを探究する素晴らしさを伝えようとしている。このテーマを体現するアクティビティの一つとしてTHE NORTH FACEが注目するのが、大自然のなかを...

The North Face さんの ON THE EDGE『ロング・ディスタンス・ハイキングがもたらすのは、トレイルを造り、守り、育てる意識。』が公開されました。

『TRAILS』の利根川真幸さんとともに、信越トレイルクラブ事務局の鈴木栄治が語っております。

www.goldwin.co.jp/tnf/mountain...

#信越トレイル
#ハイキング
#ロングトレイル
#ロングディスタンストレイル
#ロングディスタンスハイキング
#hiking
#hikingculture
#longtrail
#longdistancetrail
#longdistancehiking

戸狩トレイル | 戸狩温泉 初心者でも気軽に戸狩の自然と文化にふれ合える「戸狩トレイル」morinoie.jpg　長野県と新潟県の県境を走る関田山脈の尾根上にある「信越トレイル」は、自然のなかで里山の文化を感じながら歩く国内屈指のロングトレイルであり、なるべくありのままの自然の状態を残すために、コースの整備は最小限にとどめられています。

とつぜんですが、「戸狩トレイル」を知ってますか？

がぜん興味がわいてきたでしょう？

リンク、貼っておきますね。

ところで、信越トレイルと繋がっているんですよ。

れんぞくして歩くこともできますね。

いいでしょう？

るんるん♡

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#信越トレイル
#長野県
#戸狩温泉
#信州
#ハイキング
#ロングトレイル
#ロングディスタンストレイル
#ロングディスタンスハイキング
#hiking
#hikingculture
#longtrail
#longdistancetrail
#longdistancehiking