Hello, welcome to another episode of Papa Bear Heights.

Today we're going to start part of what's going to be a series of episodes concerning

or addressing how to somebody who's just starting out and hiking or a person sitting at home saying

well I'd like to get out and hike I'd like to walk around some more and take nature in but I just

don't know if I'm physically fit enough or do I have the right equipment or what exactly do I need to get

out and hike and where can I go do it?

So we're going to first talk about what's most important?

Well I would say if you're just starting out and just now wanting to get out and hike

Know your limitations and by knowing your limitations I, if you're a couch potato and carrying a few extra

pounds, you're probably not ready to go up into the out of Rondex or taking on any type of hikes that have any great deal of elevation change or require

a lot of miles to hike.

You might want to start off in some local parks, look for hikes or trails where you're not far from your car.

You don't want to push yourself too hard. Nothing will discourage you more from pursuing your interest in hiking than having a few bad experiences.

Going out and getting blisters or just hiking so far that you just, you can't get yourself out of bed the next day because your muscles are sore

You'll have opportunities to do that once you become an experienced hiker trust me

But starting off make sure you only bite off what you can chew. Meaning, look at

some local hikes, relatively flat ground. Everybody has parks near them. Start off with that. Or if you are, if you

are somebody who's physically fit and say for example you're, you're somebody, you're an avid

5K runner or a biker you like cycling you might be ready to

to maybe jump into the deep end of the pool maybe you're ready for those

most strenuous there's more strenuous or more challenging hikes.

You know again know your fitness level, don't push it too far and I would say even if

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