Explore Your Inner Winter
Hiker
AMC Worcester Chapter
November 5, 2009
Presented by: Charlie Arsenault, Pat Lambert, Steph
Keimig
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Agenda
• Introductions
• Purpose of the workshop and hike series
• Screening
• Fixin’ to get ready to get out there in
winter!
• Hydration & Nutrition
• Fixin’ to get ready for the next hike!
• Gear, gear, and more gear!
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Introductions
• Hiking Chair: Charlie Arsenault
• Vice Chair: Pat Lambert
• 4 Season Hike Leader: Steph Keimig
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Why a workshop on winter hiking?
• Appalachian MOUNTAIN Club
• No club rule that we can only hike in
spring, summer, and autumn
• One of club missions: To get members
OUTDOORS
– Even in the winter
• “This is New England, it snows”
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Hike Series
• Build up from easier to harder winter hikes
– Easy to moderate series
– Moderate to hard series
– Progress thru experience
• Opportunity to obtain the proper gear and get
comfortable using it
• Preference will be given to workshop
participants
• Non-workshop attendees – space available
basis
• See the Appendix & web hike series
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Screening
• Purpose:
– Safety and fun
– To ensure that all participants know what to
expect on the hike
– To help ensure that all participants of are
similar ability / experience so that they can
stay together as a group
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Fix’n to Get Ready to Hike!
• 2 most important pieces of gear that
everyone of us possesses even if we have
never hiked in winter….
– Brain
– Body
• We’ll talk about the body first…
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Fix’n to Get Ready to Hike!
• “…there’s an undeniable relationship
between fitness and fun on the trail: The
fitter you are, the more fun you have. End
of story.” (Nate Goldberg, Summer Hiking Center at
Colorado’s Beaver Creek Resort)
• Winter hiking consumes a vast amount of
energy; Breaking trail
– Physical conditioning more important in winter
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Fix’n to Get Ready to Hike!
• Kick up your fitness routine
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