Hiking
Facts, tips and ideas about Hiking — and how to find people for it.
Did you know?
Around two hours a week in nature is linked to noticeably better wellbeing — easiest to reach with company.
Source: White et al., Scientific Reports (2019)In Japan, "forest bathing" is treated as preventive health care — and time under trees really does calm you.
The European long-distance path E1 links the North Cape with southern Italy — over 8,000 kilometers through Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
Source: Wikipedia
Good to know
The most beautiful hiking trails are the ones someone recommends. Not Google.
Tip
Always pack more water than you think. And a banana. Both save hikes.
Layering counts double when hiking: better one layer too many that you open at a break than one too few and getting wet. You can regulate heat, not cold.
Inspiration
The mountain won't call you. You have to go to it.
A small challenge
A trail neither of you has walked — the weekend would have room for it.
Break the ice
“If you could hike anywhere tomorrow — where?”
“Do you have a route you walk again and again — what draws you back?”
Right now
Spring is calling — the forests are green again and the trails are clear.
Autumn hike: colourful leaves, crisp air, thermos in hand.
Not every line here is sourced. Where a source is named you can read it up; the rest is collected knowledge.