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Can you offer some tips on how to make hiking a safe fitness activity?
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Plan and pace: Plan your hiking in advance, determine how much you can handle in one hike, the amount of elevation, the terrain, and the distance. Also were comfortable hiking shoes.
Answered 3/17/2014
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