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Welcome to the
Elderhiker Home Page.
Dedicated to Walking, Hiking and Trekking
for Health and Fitness.
Stop inactivity; Get up, go outside and start walking.

Hiking is a sport in which every participant wins. Besides the good moderate exercise, you get out in the fresh air, make contact with others, and keep your mind active. These are all things that help to slow down the aging process. See you on the trail!

The Elderhiker Handbook

Excerpts from the Handbook

Chapter 1 - Keeping Elderhikers Physically Fit

Chapter 2 - Coping with being an Elderhiker

Chapter 3 - Hiking Technique

Chapter 4 - Clothing for Elderhikers

Chapter 5 - Hiking and Camping Equipment

Chapter 6 - Food and Eating for Elderhikers

Chapter 7 - Planning Do-it-yourself Treks

Chapter 8 - Treks with Adventure Travel Companies

Chapter 9 - Safety and First Aid

PART 2 - A Sampling of our Treks as Elderhikers

Chapter 10 - Emigrant Basin Wilderness Area

Chapter 11 - Inn to Inn Hiking in France

Chapter 12 - Inn to Inn Hiking in Luxembourg

Chapter 13 - The Circuit of the Torres del Paine Massif

Chapter 14 - Trekking in the Taklimakan Desert

To proceed, click on the links above and browse the chapter excerpts.
Be sure to read the Disclaimer below.
If you have any comments, or wish to relate your own experiences, our e-mail address is: elderhiker@yahoo.com

About The Elderhiker Handbook.

The Elderhiker Handbook is available in paperback from AuthorHouse for $8.95, (+S&H). A direct link to AuthorHouse is : Purchase
The Elderhiker Handbook has many purposes: To encourage seniors to keep on walking, hiking, and trekking as a way to slow down the aging process, to be a "how to" book on do-it-yourself trekking and, to help in choosing a trip with an adventure travel company.
After 50 it gets harder and harder to adopt a lifestyle of exercise and fitness that will keep you an active adult through life into your 80's, and beyond. This book will demonstrate to you that walking/hiking is a way to achieve this, is great moderate exercise, and is fun, too. You will learn: How to measure your hiking fitness, how to cope with some of the effects of aging, how to keep your pack light, and choose clothing, plan food for your outings, and more. When you are ready for a trek somewhere in the world, you will learn how to plan your own trip, or choose a trip with an adventure travel company. In addition, the last five chapters are descriptions of treks taken by the author and his wife since they passed their 60th year, and are examples of both the do-it-yourself trek and of treks with adventure travel companies.
An additional purpose of this site is to increase awareness of the benefits of Inn-to-Inn hiking for Seniors. You walk/hike from one Inn to the next, carry just clothing and perhaps lunch, and take meals and sleep in the next Inn. This subject is so extensive that it has its own page: Inn-to-Inn Hiking

Disclaimer: Readers use the information in this site at their own risk. The authors are not liable for results achieved from any use, or mis-use, of the information presented. No warranty of correctness or suitability is made or implied. Before beginning any new exercise program, such as the one described in this site or in the Elderhiker Handbook, be sure to consult with your physician to be sure it is appropriate for you.

The information presented in this site and by the book excerpts is based on the author's experiences and opinions, and is not meant to be medical or nutritional advice. You are solely responsible for your own physical condition. Any questions about the level of physical activity that is appropriate for you should be referred to your physician.

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Version: April 2008. This site will be updated on an approximately monthly schedule.