{"id":8961,"date":"2013-02-22T04:52:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T04:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/22\/whats-your-hiking-rating\/"},"modified":"2013-02-22T04:52:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T04:52:27","slug":"whats-your-hiking-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/22\/whats-your-hiking-rating\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Your Hiking Rating?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Rate Yourself as a
Hiker<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/caption>\n

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Know your capabilities before you sign up to go hiking. Leaders are
encouraged to screen prospective hikers to make sure that each participant can
finish the hike. Screening is important, because someone who can\u2019t finish a hike
puts himself in danger and ruins the enjoyment for all.<\/p>\n

In the screening a leader might ask \u201cWhat is the most challenging hike you
have done in the past year?\u201d Answer this question for yourself, using the
guideline below. Then sign up for hikes that you know you can
finish.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Neighborhood walk, mall walk, or park nature trail.<\/td>\n"D"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trail hike of at least 3 miles, at least 500' of climbing.<\/td>\n"C"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Off trail hike of at least 3 miles, at least 500' of climbing.<\/td>\n"C"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trail hike of at least 8 miles, at least 1500' of climbing.<\/td>\n"B"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Off trail hike that lasted over 6 hours, plenty of climbing.<\/td>\n"B"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
None, but I\u2019m on the varsity football team.<\/td>\n"B"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trail hike of at least 16 miles, at least 3000' of climbing.<\/td>\n"A"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All day, off trail, in a rugged wilderness. God only knows how many miles we
walked or how much climbing we did.<\/td>\n		"A"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

Arizona Trailblazer hikes are rated using the ABCD<\/a> system.<\/p>\n

If you aren\u2019t sure of your abilities, start with an easy "C" hike. Then don\u2019t
overdo it when you advance to the next level of difficulty. Avoid skipping
levels.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calendar of Events<\/a><\/td>\nMap
Ratings<\/a><\/td>\n		Arizona
Trailblazers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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updated April 9, 2010<\/em> <\/td>\n\u00a9 Copyright 2010 Arizona
Trailblazers.  All rights reserved. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rate Yourself as a Hiker Know your capabilities before you sign up to go hiking. Leaders are encouraged to screen prospective hikers to make sure that each participant can finish the hike. Screening is important, because someone who can\u2019t finish a hike puts himself in danger and ruins the enjoyment for all. In the screening … Continue reading “What’s Your Hiking Rating?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiking-and-backpacking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}