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By Dave Anderson, on February 7th, 2011
 Expedition Planning
Associated Director of LittlePo Adventures, Dave Anderson, has just published a new book titled Expedition Planning. Expedition Planning is written for hikers, backpackers and other people who love the outdoors and want to plan their own extended expedition in the backcountry. The book provides detailed information about how to plan and Read More…
By Szu-ting Yi, on December 14th, 2006
I am planning a 10-day major excursion with Andrea Deaton for our club, the Appalachian Mountain Club. Besides the air travel days, we include 3 day hikes followed by a 5-day backpack in Yosemite National Park. Since we will only camp, whether we can find a close-by shower facility poses as a constraint Read More…
By Szu-ting Yi, on October 26th, 2006
The tension between slow hikers and fast hikers easily burns the whole group down. I know, because I experienced the frustration looking at the person in front of me disappearing behind the branches. I know, because I was left behind with blisters hiking alone in the dark with tears. I achieved the solitude I was looking for, but, why wasn’t I happy? The regulations of AMC (Appalachian Mountain Club) sponsored trips state clearly that, “the group pace is the pace of the slowest hiker.” Surprisingly, my limited leading experience has told me that asking a fast hiker to slow down is usually more difficult than asking a slow hiker to speed up. 千萬不可小看瀰漫在飛毛腿健行者，和慢郎中健行者之間，情緒大戰的暗潮洶湧，不好好處理，整個健行隊伍的氣氛會破壞無遺。我個人也嘗過眼睜睜地看著前方的隊員，消失在樹叢間，再也找不著伊人在何方的挫敗；也曾經一個人在天色已暗之後，拖著磨人的水泡，踽踽獨行。是啊，我到戶外不就是想少見些人，多些獨處時光嗎？怎麼我心裡兒一點兒也不快活？ 阿帕拉契登山協會，清楚的列出這項條例：參加健行的隊員，應該以最慢的健行者的速度，作為整個團隊的行進速度。有趣的是，從我目前尚屬有限的領隊生涯，學到的經驗是：讓飛毛腿走慢一點，有時比要求慢郎中走快些，還要難上數倍。 Read More…
By Szu-ting Yi, on January 25th, 2006
 This weekend I am going to lead an overnight backpack in the Catskills. As always, I conducted a trip write-up for reference. While I was completing the write-up, I kept thinking maybe it would be a good idea to talk about the general trip planning process – So, here it comes. The information this article provides is specialized to a 2-5 day backpack; however, most of the principals apply to other activities too. 這個週末，又要帶隊了，在Catskills，是一個兩天一夜的登山健行之旅。當然，這次也不例外的，寫了一份行前計畫書。一邊寫，一邊想，也許應該來聊聊策劃戶外活動的過程，因此，這篇文章就誕生了！在寫這篇文章的時候，心裡想的活動型態，主要針對二到五天的backpacking行程，當然，一些基本的概念，對於別種活動型態，還是可以說的通的。 Read More…
By Szu-ting Yi, on December 8th, 2005
 身為戶外活動的領隊，除了事前對行程的安排做妥善的規劃，如何挑選同隊有福同享、有難同當的伙伴，也是相當重要的。 試想，一個三天兩夜的backpacking之旅，代表有超過60個小時，你隨時都看到同隊同伴燦爛的笑臉，或是煩惱的哭臉；吃也在一起，睡搞不好也睡在同一個帳棚。大概除了個人方便的時候，才可以享受一角三五分鐘的清靜時光。同隊的伙伴能不慎選嗎？ Read More…
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