3 posts tagged with "Safety"

You are on a day hike. Your phone had signal at the start. An hour in, it shows nothing. Your hiking partner is somewhere ahead. You want to send a message. You cannot.

Every year, the Kobe Boy Scouts hike from Akashi along the entire length of the Rokko Mountains to Takarazuka. They start before sunrise and finish after sunset, sometimes just in time for one of the last trains home. The kids organize the route themselves. Adult leaders join along the way but do not lead from the front.

From our experience teaching at ski schools, we know one of the constant challenges: knowing where your instructors are. Are they still on the beginner slope? Did they move to the intermediate run? Is anyone going to make it back in time?