There are many mountains, all with different heights and obstacles and so it is easy to accommodate anyone's hiking level of experience, beginner to expert. Research the place that you are planning to visit on your hiking trip.
If you haven't done anything physical in a while, you really should try to get in shape before taking a long hike or a backpacking trip. Times when the bulb of your flashlight dies out, or the spring inside the flashlight falls out and gets lost while you were changing the batteries, seem to happen in the worst times. When was the last time you went to sleep listening to crickets and bullfrogs, an owl hooting or the soulful cry of the loon.
As you get used to it, you will quickly find you are losing weight and gaining a lot of definition in your body. On the days of really terrible weather, we would try to put up with it, but sometimes went home. When you're in the middle of the woods, remember, you can't go to back to the outfitter to get more stuff.
So the next time that you get the opportunity, go for a hike. Many people have come to love mountain climbing from complete obsession to fun hobby.
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