If you’ve ever finished a long trek with sore knees, you may have wondered whether all those kilometres and steep descents are slowly damaging your joints. It’s an understandable concern. Trekking involves thousands of steps, uneven ground, steep climbs, and often long downhill sections. Add a heavy backpack and several hours on your feet, and…
There’s a strange thing that happens on a trek. You spend weeks looking forward to it. You wake up early, travel for hours, walk uphill, sweat through your clothes, and finally reach the point you’ve been aiming for. Then, sometimes, you realize you’ve spent most of the day thinking about one thing: “How much longer…
Seeing wildlife while trekking can be one of the most memorable parts of being outdoors. A deer appearing between the trees, monkeys moving through the canopy, birds calling from the trail, or even spotting a larger animal in the distance can make a trek feel completely different from an ordinary walk. But there’s an important…
Choosing your first trek can be surprisingly difficult. A trail might be described as “easy” online, while someone who doesn’t regularly exercise finds it exhausting. Another trek might look intimidating because of its distance but turn out to be manageable because the trail is relatively flat. The problem is that trek difficulty isn’t determined by…
A trekking backpack can feel perfectly manageable when you first put it on at home and surprisingly heavy a few hours later. That’s because carrying a backpack on a trek isn’t the same as carrying it around your house. Every extra kilogram has to travel with you over every climb, descent, rock, and uneven section…
Your first trek doesn’t require months of preparation. For a reasonably manageable trek, the week before your trip can make a surprising difference. The goal isn’t to suddenly become extremely fit in seven days. Instead, it’s to make sure your body, gear, food, route, and mind are ready for what you’re about to do. A…
