Originally Posted by gsingjane Originally Posted by

Yeah, not to open up this whole big debate again, but backpacking is the only sport I've ever heard of where a big percentage of the participants engage in no physical preparation for the undertaking. I just have never participated in any other sport where people didn't train for it beforehand, and still have trouble wrapping my head around why backpacking should be so different. Okay, maybe it doesn't make sense to spend 8 hours a day in the gym or on the roads, but NO conditioning work ahead of time? When you are over the age of 20? Yikes, I don't think so!



Jane in CT