What's with all this rain!? I'm hoping it'll be over with soon so we can get some hiking in. For now though, here are some background questions to help us plan things in the future. If you could all take some time and answer them, that'd be great! My answers are listed after the questions.
1) What's your skill level?
2) What kind of terrain do you prefer?
3) What length (miles) of hike do you prefer?
4) Do you prefer an afternoon or morning hike or all-day hikes (or multi-day)?
5) How far are you willing to drive?
6) How familiar are you with hikes in your area?
7) Would you like to lead/organize hikes?
8) Any other special considerations or requests? (disabilities, dogs, children, etc.)
My answers:
1) moderate
2) i like a pretty good challenge, on shorter hikes - rocky/steep, but i enjoy gentler paths too
3) 3-10 miles, depending on time and terrain
4) partial-day hikes generally fit my schedule better, but if planned in advance i'm up for all-day or multi-day hikes.
5) I'd say 30-45 mins for a partial day hike, up to 1 1/2 to 2 hours for a whole day hike, longer for a multi-day or camping thing
6) I'm familiar with what town and state parks are nearby, but I definately still need the trail maps!
7) I'd be interesting in organizing & leading hikes, but I'm interested in seeing what other people come up with too
8) I'd love to do photo-hikes, which would be sort of slower paced as there'd be lots of stops along the way to take pictures
1) What's your skill level?
2) What kind of terrain do you prefer?
3) What length (miles) of hike do you prefer?
4) Do you prefer an afternoon or morning hike or all-day hikes (or multi-day)?
5) How far are you willing to drive?
6) How familiar are you with hikes in your area?
7) Would you like to lead/organize hikes?
8) Any other special considerations or requests? (disabilities, dogs, children, etc.)
My answers:
1) moderate
2) i like a pretty good challenge, on shorter hikes - rocky/steep, but i enjoy gentler paths too
3) 3-10 miles, depending on time and terrain
4) partial-day hikes generally fit my schedule better, but if planned in advance i'm up for all-day or multi-day hikes.
5) I'd say 30-45 mins for a partial day hike, up to 1 1/2 to 2 hours for a whole day hike, longer for a multi-day or camping thing
6) I'm familiar with what town and state parks are nearby, but I definately still need the trail maps!
7) I'd be interesting in organizing & leading hikes, but I'm interested in seeing what other people come up with too
8) I'd love to do photo-hikes, which would be sort of slower paced as there'd be lots of stops along the way to take pictures
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Re: Hike Planning
Sat, May 20, 2006 - 2:02 PMHi Diana
I'm glad there is some activity stirring hopefully some of the other members will get the hikiing bug soon and show some interest. But in answer to your survey ( a good idea btw)
1. our skill level is moderate at a fairly rapid pace.
2. easier terrain or rolling hills is prefered, but an occassional challenging hike with some climbing is nice too.
3 we like to do between 5 - 10 miles and occassionally more
4. Sunday afternoon is best for me -anytime on Sat is next.
5. with gas $ I'd like to do as much as possible close to Manchester bu would go up to 1 hr away.
6. I know of a few trails in the area but I haven't done a lot of hiking here in Ct but there is plenty of maps and directions to many trails around the state so finding places shouldn't be too difficult.
7. I only lead or organize (anything) if nobody else does - (Idon't take on responsibility unless Ihave to). But will if necessary to get something happening.
8. Bird watching hikes would be interesting, but generally I like to set out and stay on a steady pace with little stopping.
Also to calculate the make up of the group and pontetial interestes, I'd be curious to know the age range of the membrs. I'm in the 50 - 60 age group.
so if the any of the group is interested let's set up a hike for the weekend of june 3 - 4 . I'll let you pick the trail and time - I'll do it only if necessary!
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Re: Hike Planning
Wed, May 24, 2006 - 5:25 AMI think that my husband and I will be camping that weekend out at Macedonia State Park in Western CT. We could probably arrange to do a day hike there on Saturday, if people are interested. I know it's kind of far.
Here's the park website:
dep.state.ct.us/STATEPARKS...cedonia.htm
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