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their website Avalon business.org that's Avalon business.org. Hello welcome to another episode of Papa Bear Heights. Today we're going to talk about winter

hiking skills. What do you need to know before you venture out into the woods in the

winter? You need to be a little bit more prepared when you're heading out there in the cold winter weather.

Things can go bad really fast.

Experienced hikers, I know from my own experience experience can have mishaps and accidents.

Being prepared, literally could be a life and death situation.

We have with us today the past president of the Catskill 3,500 club and a past

secretary of the Catskill 3,500 club. They're both 3,500 club hikers and

winter hikers and our hike leaders. I'd like to welcome Tom and Lori Rankin.

Tom, Lori, welcome to the show. Thank you. Thank you.

So start off by in your class what is the first topic or issue you discuss with your students when you're teaching this class to people?

The first thing we talk about is how very important the conditions

are in winter. In summer you can say it's not the most perfect weather day and it's okay to still go hike

But in the wintertime the conditions are extremely important so we talk to people about checking the weather not

only for where they are but for where they are going hiking because they have to

travel to get there.

And then also looking at the weather and the conditions at the trailhead

where they may start their hike

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