Hiking

[Colonel_Reb]

Tom, I hope your family situation does get resolved soon. Its great that you have made a commitment to being active in the outdoors! I've only been on the App Trail once and it was really cool. It was back in 2004 and I hiked up to and around Clingman's Dome on the Tennessee/North Carolina line. Actually had a bear bump up against my SUV in the middle of the night at Balsam Mountain campground in SMNP during the same trip. I hope to hike more of the App Trail some day.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

I took the wife & kids on 2+ mile (small) trail walk at the local park today. I wanted to do a mountain hike, but I'm feeling a little under the weather.My wife & I might sneak in a mountain hike while the kids are in school one day this week.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Good stuff, Dixie!

 

[DixieDestroyer]

The wife, our youngest son & I went down and hiked up Kennesaw Mountain (National Park) yesterday. I'd went to the gym & train legs + cardio in the morning (before the hike), so the ol' "wheels" are a little sore today.

I'm trying to hike/trail walk at least 3-4 times a week (with the family), plus stay in the gym 5-6 days a week. Holding 335-340 now

, and want to get back down to 265-275 by Christmas. At 6'8 with a very large frame, I'm not sumo-ish, but still need to cut some lbs/bf%.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

I'm planning on taking a 2-3+ mountain trail hike tomorrow. I'm wanting to up my cardio training in October, and walking inclines always get my HR up quite nicely.

 

[thesilentkiller]

Every December i go on Hiking with my friend, its just awesome. Cant wait until the end of December 1 week to get going.

 

[FootballDad]

Ahhh, hiking. Something I miss! Most of my life living in California I was a frequent hiker, since I lived right at the base of the foothills, and in addition to that, I was an avid cyclist, regularly climbing the roads and trails. Now that I live in MO, their isn't anything to hike! In SoCal, it was nice to be able to ride/hike above the smog!

 

[Tom Iron]

thesilentkiller,

Welcome to castefoot ball Sir,

Just a bit about hiking/walking. I'm not a hiker. I wish I were, but because of different combinations of things in my life, there's very little chance I'll ever be a hiker. But I've always been a man who spent a lot of time outside. Now I walk every day, bar none. There are extremely few days I don't do some walking. Even if it's only 3-4 miles. Usually, I walk around 10 miles a day. In all weather. I purchased the clothes I need to walk in this area in inclement weather (N., N.J.) and I use the gear all the time. If a walkers extremetries, head, hands and feet are comfortable, he'll be fine. The best foul weather gear I've found up to now is Gore-Tex (do you know of better gear?). I have the jacket with hood, pants, and shoes and gloves. All Gore-Tex.

Try to get out for a good amount of time each day. It's very good for a man to walk. When I lived in NYC (most of my adult life), I walked to work if I was working in Manhattan, worked outdoors all day, but I did take the subway home. It's great walking in the city in the early morning over the bridges when it's cold.

Tom Iron...

 

[whiteathlete33]

Hey Tom I'm from NJ.  What part of NJ are you from?  I live in Wallington.  It is a small town right next to East Rutherford and Giants Stadium.

 

[Tom Iron]

whiteathlete33,

I'm in Belmar on the shore.

Tom Iron...

 

[Pollyanna]

Here at the southern Oregon coast we have so many trails along with amazing views. Alternately, there are several trail heads leading to redwood forests withing a few miles, so you have a choice of coast or wooded/forest trails. The weather does get rainy, but a little water won't kill ya and the temperatures generally don't get too cold.
Edited by: Pollyanna