If you want to hike farther, faster, and higher, training for an outdoor trip is a good way to avoid injury and ensure your body is ready for the trek.
Wojciech Celiński / UnsplashAs I huffed up the side of New Hampshire’s Mount Liberty in the fog, I couldn’t recall an ascent ever being so taxing on my muscles or my mind. It was the second summit of my first day backpacking thein the state’s White Mountains, and the 32-mile trail was giving me a solid thrashing.
That’s largely because I essentially hit the trail—a trail with eight peaks over 4,000 feet—straight “off the couch,” or with little to no specialized training for such an arduous adventure. In hindsight, all of my discomfort and mental anguish could have been avoided with just a little preparation and hard work.
Mitigating my discomfort would have been reason enough for me, but training before a strenuous outing is about more than gaining the ability to go farther faster with less pain; it’s also about minimizing risk.
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