Great article! I have a 5 year old boy who like to hike too..and also I started very young, thanks to my father at 5 yeasr I had my first "great" mountain season..
Mountain with our kids is lovelly!
Ciao Paolo
This observation reminds me a bit ours in the cycling version in Germany... but I guess every following year is even better :)
(until the teenager age when concerns change :D )
Brings back some good memories when my kids were younger. Yes, it takes imagination and energy to think of ways to make hiking fun for kids. I used to try to pick hikes that had a twisted forest of knarly trees along the way (for a tree climbing break or pretending we were Hobbits ...).
In the last version of Google Earth there is a tool for calculating elevation profile. So the solution:
1. use the "Add Path" tool and create a path of the planned route by clicking all along the trail.
2. When finished, click with right button on the path and select "Show Elevation Profile".
As the digital terrain model is usually not totally similar to the real world, the results have to be accepted with some criticism, but it gives a good general overview on trail lenghts and elevation gain.
You also can use these paths as GPS data if you save them and convert the KML file to some GPS-readable format. It is very useful if there are no available gps maps for the area.
Sounds like a really nice trip. That's the sort of thing kids remember. I always find it interesting how quickly kids can adapt to new situations. We take our kids out back country camping, hiking, climbing that sort of thing and when you stick them in the middle of the woods off they go playing with whatever they find, imaginations running wild. While at home it's more like "Mom, I'm bored!" Great pictures too btw.
Ha ha, thanks! Well I think so too. I'm pretty much afraid to go read that thread now :D. An early look at it revealed that people decided I was a big crybaby and all I saw was doom and gloom. That's not the case at all, but I don't have the writing skills to get that across, unfortunately! Sigh.
p-mike - Nov 23, 2010 6:55 am - Voted 10/10
Great article!Great article! I have a 5 year old boy who like to hike too..and also I started very young, thanks to my father at 5 yeasr I had my first "great" mountain season..
Mountain with our kids is lovelly!
Ciao Paolo
mvs - Nov 23, 2010 12:33 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: This is what it's all about!Thanks Borut! hey, thanks to your route description on Triglav, I really want to get over there next summer: Gorenjska!
visentin - Nov 23, 2010 8:00 am - Voted 10/10
excellent !Looking forward for such trips with my Mikolaj !
mvs - Nov 23, 2010 12:34 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: excellent !It's kind of made this my favorite summer ever...
visentin - Nov 23, 2010 4:01 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: excellent !This observation reminds me a bit ours in the cycling version in Germany... but I guess every following year is even better :)
(until the teenager age when concerns change :D )
hansw - Nov 23, 2010 1:11 pm - Voted 10/10
Nice and……I wish I were five.
mvs - Nov 23, 2010 4:14 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Nice and…As a proper mountaineer, you'd make a great five year old. Sense of wonder and all that. :)
hiltrud.liu - Nov 23, 2010 3:05 pm - Voted 10/10
You are right...an adventure in the mountains is for kids the right way to learn love walking and mountaineering, later!!!
Cheers, Hiltrud
mvs - Nov 23, 2010 4:15 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: You are right...Thanks Hiltrud! Yep, and I definitely don't want to push the kids too far because of my own rampant summit fever. That'll push 'em the other way!
mvs - Nov 24, 2010 9:01 am - Hasn't voted
Re: It's goodAwesome story! We went sledding in February and happened upon an igloo in the woods. Man, that was a blast, discovering a secret fort like that :D.
chugach mtn boy - Nov 25, 2010 1:29 pm - Voted 10/10
Great articleBrings back some good memories when my kids were younger. Yes, it takes imagination and energy to think of ways to make hiking fun for kids. I used to try to pick hikes that had a twisted forest of knarly trees along the way (for a tree climbing break or pretending we were Hobbits ...).
saman - Nov 28, 2010 9:47 am - Voted 10/10
using Google EarthIn the last version of Google Earth there is a tool for calculating elevation profile. So the solution:
1. use the "Add Path" tool and create a path of the planned route by clicking all along the trail.
2. When finished, click with right button on the path and select "Show Elevation Profile".
As the digital terrain model is usually not totally similar to the real world, the results have to be accepted with some criticism, but it gives a good general overview on trail lenghts and elevation gain.
You also can use these paths as GPS data if you save them and convert the KML file to some GPS-readable format. It is very useful if there are no available gps maps for the area.
cheers,
saman
mvs - Nov 29, 2010 7:59 am - Hasn't voted
Re: using Google EarthThat is great info, thanks Saman!
NW - Nov 29, 2010 10:32 am - Voted 10/10
Great article.Sounds like a really nice trip. That's the sort of thing kids remember. I always find it interesting how quickly kids can adapt to new situations. We take our kids out back country camping, hiking, climbing that sort of thing and when you stick them in the middle of the woods off they go playing with whatever they find, imaginations running wild. While at home it's more like "Mom, I'm bored!" Great pictures too btw.
Charles - Dec 1, 2010 4:15 am - Voted 10/10
NiceWell done you! That´s really one great advantage of the hut system. More and more are becoming child friendly too.
Cheers
Charles
mvs - Dec 1, 2010 3:32 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: NiceThanks Charles, I wish I had these mountains to play in when *I* was a kid!
MoapaPk - Dec 1, 2010 1:45 pm - Voted 10/10
Good life decisionsSee? You made some good choices!
mvs - Dec 1, 2010 3:30 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Good life decisionsHa ha, thanks! Well I think so too. I'm pretty much afraid to go read that thread now :D. An early look at it revealed that people decided I was a big crybaby and all I saw was doom and gloom. That's not the case at all, but I don't have the writing skills to get that across, unfortunately! Sigh.
MoapaPk - Dec 1, 2010 4:26 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Good life decisionsNOBODY has writing skills that will calm that crowd!
mvs - Dec 1, 2010 5:21 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Good life decisionshaha! :D