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Hiking from Your Own Home
Picture this. You are stuck at home knee deep in householdchores. Your mind wanders from taking out the trash to hikingon a scenic trail with heart pumping terrain. You are an avidhiker and yearn to strap on your hiking gear and hit the trails.Unfortunately, a hiking trail adventure is not in the cards foryou today, but you can find the next best thing by logging ontoyour computer. The Internet is filled with interesting websites dedicated tohiking and outdoor sports. Many hiking websites are packed withinformation about hiking gear, trails, and hiking vacation. However, you want more then just basic information. You desireto connect with other hikers. You are hungry for moreinformation, experience, and the friendship of other hikers. Seek no further than hiking discussion boards and forums on theInternet. You can swap hiking stories with pals from around theglobe. Discussion boards and forums allow you to ask hikingquestions and receive many insightful answers and perspectives. Most importantly, you will feel a part of the hiking communityeven when you are unable to make it out to the trails. There are a myriad of hiking discussion boards and forums toparticipate in. New forums pop up everyday as more and morepeople link up to the global community on the Internet. Somediscussion boards and forums are free while others require asmall fee. The key is to take advantage of the personalizedforums and learn from fellow hikers. Often times you will hearthe "true" story regarding hiking gear, trails, and vacations. For example, you are interested in taking a hiking trip outWest. You've scanned through different websites forinformation, but you want an insider's guide to the trip. Readthrough discussion boards as many forum members can provide anunbiased account of their trip as opposed to a hikingadvertisement that depicts the hiking vacation as spectacular. The "true" story may not always be negative, in fact it may bebetter then advertisements claim. You can also garner tips fromthe discussion board to make your hiking adventure the best itcan be. Following are two hiking message boards to get you started. Mountain Zone.com: http://forums.mountainzone.com/mz_tools/forum/ Thisinformation intensive website about hiking and other outdoorsports has a great discussion board. The two main topics of thediscussion board are hiking and gear. If you go into the hikingforum you will discover topics ranging from snowboarding tohiking trails. You are allowed to post a message to the boardsonce you create a free user name and password. Trailplace.com: http://trailplace.com/portal/forum_display.php?id=6 This is anAppalachian Trail resource site. Discuss everything you'll needwhen hiking the trail. They also present a forum for hiking ingeneral. The message boards are used frequently and will supplyyou with ample information. You can still feel connected to the hiking world even when youare sitting in your living room. Keep yourself current onhiking news, trails, and gear. The Internet brings hikers fromevery region of the world together. Join in the fun and log onto your computer right now. Monica Marty is a hiking fan and the webmaster of http://hikingtrailfinder.com/ where you will find a directory and information on Hiking
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