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Setting Out Make sure that the outing is not beyond your training and experience and that you are physically fit enough. Ensure that your equipment is suitable - always include weatherproof clothing. Equipment and Provisions The weight of your pack should not exceed one third of your body weight. With experience you will draw up your own checklist of equipment. Begin by obtaining one from an experienced hiker or a book on hiking. Pack clothing in waterproof bag s. Hiking Techniques Do not leave the group without arranging with the leader. Beware of loose rocks - for own safety and those below. Dislodging of rocks and throwing of stones is strongly discouraged. You will have to carry out all your rubbish - bring a bag for it. Do not burn or bury rubbish. Take precautions against sunburn. Leave farm gates as you found them. Toilet The rules of personal sanitation are simple. Adhere to them: Carry a trowel. Walk a good way away from any shelter, camp, path or water. Dig a small hole. Remove stones if necessary. Cover the hole completely, so that when you have finished a passer-by would not suspect that any digging has taken place. As a final precaution, place a rock over the dug area. But please note that a rock alone is not adequate. Children should be trained from an early age, and supervised for many years. A small child will readily enter into the spirit of the determination that no one must ever know they have been in that spot. Washing Never pollute streams with soap or toothpaste. Never swim in a stream which supplies a farmer with his drinking water. Never wash your hair in a stream, or stand in it soaping yourself all over. If you do not like washing in a billy, carry an ice-cream container or a small washing bowl and wash in this. Litter Take home all your litter. Be meticulous and pick up every bottle top, drink can ring, sweet paper, silver paper, cigarette end .. everything. Keep a plastic bag in your pack for this purpose. Note that orange peel does not rot and therefore counts as litter. Apple cores do rot but should be well hidden. When you leave your camp, or any area, check that no evidence is left show that you were there. Feel about these things so strongly that you automatically pick up any litter left by |
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