aksoutherland
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- Aug 12, 2013
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Well, I went and joined one of thos Nation Wide Clubs known for group hiking among other things.
There was a hike scheduled for this past weekend, so I signed up figuring it would be good to meet up with other hikers and maybe learn a few things from individuals with more experience.
The morning of the hike I gathered up all of my gear, filled my hydration pack, checked the batteries in my GPS and headed out to meet to the group.
The leader showed up an hour late, sounded like he had a rough morning.
While waiting on the leader to show up, other members started to show up, at 35, I was almost the youngest out there. There was one person younger than myself, she was with her mom and about 10 years old.
About an hour late the hike commenced.
After about 40 minutes we had only gone a quarter mile. The lady with her daughter split, so I explained that I would like to get a good pace going as this is also for exercise as well, and I went ahead of the group.
I did manage to get in a good 6 miles and enjoyed the hike I was on, it was peaceful, and very relaxing.
Is this normal for hiking groups, or was this a one-off experience?
There was a hike scheduled for this past weekend, so I signed up figuring it would be good to meet up with other hikers and maybe learn a few things from individuals with more experience.
The morning of the hike I gathered up all of my gear, filled my hydration pack, checked the batteries in my GPS and headed out to meet to the group.
The leader showed up an hour late, sounded like he had a rough morning.
While waiting on the leader to show up, other members started to show up, at 35, I was almost the youngest out there. There was one person younger than myself, she was with her mom and about 10 years old.
About an hour late the hike commenced.
After about 40 minutes we had only gone a quarter mile. The lady with her daughter split, so I explained that I would like to get a good pace going as this is also for exercise as well, and I went ahead of the group.
I did manage to get in a good 6 miles and enjoyed the hike I was on, it was peaceful, and very relaxing.
Is this normal for hiking groups, or was this a one-off experience?