At this point you are probably thinking "What stupid girls why would you do the difficult trails when you could just take the beginner trails."
I would have to respond with "Well when you are as experienced and daring as the four of us, you don't make your self look bad by doing it the easy way"
Now that I am basically one of the most experienced hikers in the Country (I would say the world but I am to modest to admit how truly awesome I am) I feel it is my responsibility to give helpful advice for those of you who want to one day become this amazing at natureness.
- The car drive to your hiking destination should be fun and full of old school music. It is absolutely necessary to only play songs that existed in the 90's. And you have to take the always important car pics.
We are very classy ladies so it is totally realistic to assume that your car pics will never look quite this good
- The most important aspect of hiking is your outfit. Vanka and I are very fashionable hikers, because you never know who you will meet in the middle of no where. It is essential that you don't only wear cute shorts and a top, but wear classy earrings. There is not reasons to not look cute even if you are facing the wild.
- Never leave home without your handy dandy sunscreen. Sunburns = remembering the day as horrible
- Find fun people to hike with. Now this is not the time to call up your bestest friend in the entire world. You want to bring someone with you that can save your life. If a massive bear is chasing you (most likely will happen) you want to have a buddy who can save your life. Preferably this person will through themselves in front of the bear so that you can run away to safety.
The type of bear you should at all times assume could come charging out of the woods and attack you
- Hydration is an aspect that you MAY not forget. Bring a lot of water bottles. Especially when you are hiking up the strenuous mountains and possible running away from bears and mountain lions.
- Bring the proper hiking/mountain food. Chips and junk food are not the way to go. You will first of all look very stupid to onlookers, because anytime you entire nature you are saying that all you are planning to eat for the rest of your life is organic fruits and veggie, and other healthy organic goodness.
- Take advantage of every photogenic moment possible. If you are hiking to super secret waterfalls like my friends and I did, you may want to take some pics. to prove to people that you actually made it there.
You may want to take a beginning photo because after extreme hiking you will be sweaty, smelly and gross. Unless you are like these 4 classy ladies, in which case you are in a constant state of beauty
Two if the falls that we fought the wild to get to. Once again most people won't believe that you are this hardcore so take a picture of the destinations that you may/may not reach.
These two ladies are great examples of how to take full advantage of your waterfall experience
- Make sure you find a map of all of the trails that you are planning to hike. It is safe to assume that most people do not have as excellent sense of directions as the four of us so bring a compass (only if you know how to use it).
- You will most definitely find a lake that you must swim in. It doesn't matter if it is freezing, which it was for us, you have to swim in the lake or your hiking experience doesn't count.
An exclusive lake that only the most awesome of people have the ability to hike in
You have just been giving some top secret and very vital tips for making your hiking excursion the best it can possibly be.
Truths of the Day:
- In Illinois it is illegal for barbers to use their fingers to apply shaving cream to a customer's face
- Some species of dolphin sleep with one eye open
- Albert Einstein was cremated and his ashes were spread over a river located in New Jersey
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