Month: May 2012

Hiking Equipment – Choose it wisely

A hike of 5 to 10- hour a day can make anyone know that hiking is full of adventure. Be it either a trek for a few weeks or an excursion for a single day you will come to know that you may expect only unexpected things while on a hike. So many different experiences may await you that you may not know what to happen on a particular day. Here comes the significance of hiking equipment, which would be as important as the air you breathe, and this is so as to equip you well to face the many varied situations during the trail.
Here follows a series of must-have hiking equipment for you to take during your next hike:

Backpack and Rain Cover

You may certainly not forget to get a backpack. There would not be anyone courageous enough to go without a backpack for a hike. This pack may certainly contain everything: all that make you befitting the wilderness of the place you go. Even though we never forget about getting a backpack, we usually don’t think about taking a rain cover along with the various hiking equipment we plan to take along with us.

We may think: “Why to get out if at all it is raining?” You may later realize that rainy days make you get adapted to rains and are inevitable while you go for longer hikes. So, you may better get equipped with a rain coat for your day hiking as well.

Food

Is it required to pack food during the journey? You will go out not for more than an hour or two. What is the purpose of it?

It is always well and good to pack some food with you when you plan to go for day hiking. Although your hiking is supposed to end in 2 hours, any side trail you may interested to go would make you end up wandering in the wild forests for more than 5 hours or so. It is possible you may get hungry and not any food available near by. So definitely it is better to add some packed food into your list of hiking equipment.

Boots

One of the important points to note down while selecting this particular equipment is that, every pound of boot is probably equivalent to 5 pounds of weight at your back. This is how the body works; you may feel it funny. The weight on one side should complement that on the other; otherwise it complains. Your boots should suit the nature of the trail you are supposed to travel. While a pair of sneakers is enough for some trails, some others really need with heavy hiking boots designed specially for it to travel. The choice is yours.

Gaiters

If at all you would like to get accustomed to rains, these are essential. These are same as rain cover. The purpose of gaiters is to avoid water from running along your legs and entering into your boot tops.

You may be well aware of the time you might have wasted on waterproofing your boots taking much effort to seal the big opening of your boots through which your legs fit into.

Socks

It would be better if you be packed with two pairs of socks. A sock having an outer wool and an inner polypropylene combination is most recommended and advisable in order to keep your feet warm and to keep away moisture and every hiker has to be necessarily equipped with this item along with his list of equipment.

Camping Tents for Families

Coming together is still seen as an essential part of life and the camping trips support this idea. Family camping tents provide the finest accommodation to a family to spend some quality time together. A tent is a main equipment for any camping activity. Various types of tents are available in the market. If you want to go on a camping trip with your family, go to the market and purchase an ideal family camping tent for the accommodation.

Most family camping tents provide an excellent accommodation to you with well ventilation, and fast and simple set up. Some of the common features of these tents are standing room, easy entrances, and large windows. Many companies provide an easy to setup tent package with much space and long lasting stability. You can also experience a home away from home environment in the family camping tents.

You can find floorless screen rooms in the tents, which are ideal for bug free food coking and eating in the fair weather conditions. If the foul weather makes threats, just unroll the part of the fly that enfolds the screen room and keep on dining in the dry zone. The screen room of a camping tent contains a huge zippered door. You can stake it down in the front to drive your TV under it to save it from the weather. An inner zippered door provides entre to the main tent from the partition room.

Generally, the family camping tents can provide a shelter to three or more than three people. These tents are larger and they have many features. You can put them in your car and you do not want to carry them on your back very long.

Camping can help build up a mood for natural exploration in many people. Many people prefer to enjoy all of the luxuries of life during their camping activities and some of the people choose living rather a rough lifestyle in the camping. The family camping tents are available for both the types of people for their pleasure trip in the open air.

The outside materials of these tents are made of a fabric that is quite strong but easy to pack or collect. The family camping tent manufacturers provide a complete set of instructions with the tent to help campers. With the help of such brochures, anyone can erect a tent quite easily in very less time.

The family camping tents are available with all the items that are required to set up a tent. These items can be the poles, bolts, and tent lines. With these items, you can set up your tent at any location in few minutes. If you want, you can also create a small-enclosed porch type of room in front of your tent.

If you go to a tent shop, you will find there many brands of tents. The costs of these tents will differ according to the brand and it will be difficult for you buying a camping tent, if you are new to this market.