Hiking Introduction

I have not always been a hiker. I suppose my motivation for hiking is part the physical part, part GPS data collection and of course the feeling of reward once achieving a goal. The rewards are found on a hopefully well maintained trail, in the great outdoors, with all the sights and sounds that mother nature has to offer. Some positive team building experiences were while attending military NCO academies on a land navigation courses, finding waypoints using only a map, compass and pace count. So a good hike fills that need. In recent history, my longest hike has been an 8 mile round trip, and the shortest about 2 mile round trip. In both cases I’ve packed 2 liters of water. The shorter hike, 2 liters is too much, longer hike (8 miler RT) I ran out ½ to the end. Lesson learned, good thing I was at the end. Another liter will not add that much more weight.