Hiking Technique, Equipment,
Training, and Logistics
Fashionplate Dan Bedore
Alabama Hiking Trail Society's Annual Conference
March 24 - 26th, 2017
Camp McDowell, Nauvoo, Alabama
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Dan's Hiking Background
| Days |
Miles |
| Hiking |
1,523 |
23,672 |
| Paddling |
77 |
846 |
| Bicycling |
74 |
3,301 |
| Total |
1,674 |
27,782 |
Image: Map of Dan's Hikes
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Day Hiking
10 Miles?
1 Meal ? |
Backpacking
100 Miles?
No Resupply? |
Long Distance
1000 Miles?
Resupply |
Training
Skills
Knowledge |
None to Great |
Navigation
Food Budget
Foot, Skin Care |
Gas Station Resupply
Nutrition |
Strategies
Planning |
None to Great |
Maps
Weather
Medical |
Rest Days and Breaks |
Logistics
Resupply |
None?
Shuttle?
Restaurant? |
Shuttle?
Restaurant? |
Mail Drops
Purchase
Caches
Transportation |
| Equipment |
None to Great |
Same as Long
Distance? |
Same as
Backpacking? |
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Why Do We Hike?
• Beautiful Views, Wildlife, Plants, Ecosystems
• Historic Areas, Sites
• Peace, Contemplation, Thinking, Spiritual, Religious
• Recover from Traumatic Event
• Exercise
• Sense of Accomplishment, Bragging Rights
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You Don't Get A Million Dollars When You Finish,
And You Don't Get To
Be President,
So Make Sure You're Accomplishing Your Goals Every Day
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Gear You Want or Need
• No Gear for a Simple Day Hike
• Full Backpacking Gear for a Multi Day Hike
• Optional Gear You May Want:
• Cameras
• Bird Books and Binoculars
• Climbing Equipment
• Entertainment: Books, Computers, Music
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Knowledge, Skills
• Skills Are More Valuable And Lighter Than Equipment
• If You Really Know How To Use a Compass, You May Not Need It
Skills Trips
• Pick a Rainy Weekend to Start Camp Fires, Hike Soaking, Creeks?
• Hike to Every Listed Feature on a Topo Map
• Find North by Compass, Sun, Stars, Moss, Topography
• Rent and Try Equipment
• Flip and Right your Canoe
• Practice Whatever You Worry About
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Costly ≡ Better?
• Cheap and Expensive Compasses Both Point North
• Cheap Plastic Fiber Jackets Are Warm
• It's Easy To Replace a Cheap Sleeping Bag
• Costly Gear is Usualy More Functional and Durable
• But NOT in Proportion to its Cost Ratio
• Experience is Free and Fun, and Enables You to be Safe
and Comfortable With Less Than Optimal Equipment
• No Gear is Always Optimal
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Water Borne Disease
• Disease is a Numbers Game
• Immune System
• Carrier Similar to Humans?
• Fecal to Oral Transmission
• Wash Hands When Dirty
• Wash After Meeting Sick or Dirty People or Camps
• Wash Hands Before Eating
• Sun / Dry / Disinfect
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| Water Borne Diseases |
| Type |
Size
μm or
micron |
Name |
Genus |
Species |
| Viral |
.02-.2μm |
Hepatitis A |
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) |
| Polyomavirus |
Polyomavirus |
| Bacterial |
.2-5μm |
Campylobacteriosis |
Campylobacter |
jejuni |
| Cholera |
Vibrio |
cholerae |
| Dysentery |
Salmonella and others |
| E. coli |
Escherichia |
coli |
| Leptospirosis |
Leptospira |
spp |
Otitis Externa
Swimmers Ear |
Various bacteria and fungi |
| Salmonellosis |
Salmonella |
typhimurium and others |
| Typhoid Fever |
Salmonella |
typhi |
| Protozoal |
1-15μm |
Amoeobiasis |
Entamoeba |
histolytica |
-Cryptosporidiosis
-Crypto |
Cryptosporidium1 |
-parvum
-hominis
-canis
-felis
-meleagridis
-muris |
| Cyclosporiasis |
Cyclospora |
cayetanensis |
-Giardia
-Giardiasis
-Beaver Fever |
Giardia |
-duodenalis
-intestinalis
-lamblia |
| Kingdom Animalia Parasites |
Not Common among US Long Distance Hikers |
Ascariasis |
Ascaris |
lumbricoides |
Schistosomiasis or Immersion
(Snail Host) |
Schistosoma |
spp |
Dracunculiasis or Guinea Worm Disease
(parasite of Copepoda) |
Dracunculus |
medinensis |
Taeniasis
Tapeworms |
Taenia |
spp |
| Fasciolopsiasis |
Fasciolopsis |
buski |
| Hymenolepiasis or Dwarf Tapeworms |
Hymenolepis |
nana |
| Echinococcosis or Hydatid Disease |
Echinococcus |
granulosus |
| Coenurosis |
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| Enterobiasis |
Enterobius |
vermicularis |
| Type |
Size
μm or
micron |
Name |
Genus |
Species |
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Collect Cleanest Water
• Map: Where Does the Water Come From?
• Water: Turbid, Tinted, Smelly?
• Can you Carry Water?
• Discuss Good and Poor Sources
• CDT Has Many Dirty Sources
• Clean Bottles, Dishes, Gear - Sun Dry?
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Disinfecting Water
Settling, Straining, Lakes
| Filters | Slime? |
| Chemicals Taste? | Toxicity |
| Ultra Violet | Reliability |
| Boiling | Taste, Time, Fuel |
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Tick Borne Disease
| Bacterial-Includes Spirochetal | -Lyme Disease-Lyme Borreliosis |
| -Tularemia-Pahvant Valley Plague-Rabbit Fever
Deer Fly Fever-Ohara's Fever |
| Relapsing Fever |
| Rickettsial | Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
| Q Fever |
| Ehrlichiosis |
| -Parasitic-Protozoal | Babesiosis |
| Viral | Colorado Tick Fever |
| Tick Borne Encephalitis |
| Other | -Tick Paralysis-Tick Ataxia |
| Pajaroello Tick Bites |
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Insects, Ticks, Rodents
• Tick Checks, Talk to Others
• US: Insect Borne Disease is Rare
• Rodents
• Ticks, Fleas
• Scat
• Saliva
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Shelters
• Shelters, Campsites Concentrate Use
• Concentrate Rodents
• Toilet Sites
• Food Garbage
• Dish Rinse Garbage In and Near Water
• Wash Downstream, Drink Upstream
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Contact Dan
| E Mail: | danshike@yahoo.com |
| Web Site: | www.bedore.org |
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