What we’re about
Hello
With Martha's support, I accepted taking over this Meetup group. Given my experience leading other Meetup hiking events, I will do my best to lead this group's members in hiking and other events in the Bay Area. Overtime, I hope the group members sustain an inner excitement to get out for a hike and explore, making an adventure of each event. Hopefully, there will be other members that may want to be assistant organizers and lead events. I would like to see the group extend group events beyond the Bay Area - other parts of California, the US, and America. To sustain the group's foundation with encouraging and uniting folks of Hispanic (Latin) culture in hiking among themselves and others, I encourage members to invite friends to become members of the group. With this in mind, I thought it would be appropriate to change the name of the group to reflect a new chapter going forward.
Aventuras de America
Look forward to meeting you.
Tom
Hiking/Trail Etiquette
**http://www.hikingdude.com/hiking-etiquette.php**
- Stay on the trail. Do not cut switchbacks or take shortcuts.
- Stay to the right on wider paths.
- Pass on the left.
- When overtaking someone, let them know you are approaching and will be passing on their left. You may hear a biker call out, "On your Left!" as he comes up from behind. That means you should stay to your right.
- Whenever you stop for a view, a rest, or to yield, move off the trail
- Hikers going uphill are working hard and should be given the right of way
- Greet people you meet :)
- When hiking in a group, yield to single or pair hikers.
- When hiking in a group, hike single file or take no more than half of a wide trail.
- Avoid loud voices.
- Read trailhead guidelines. There may be specific rules for the trail you are on.
- Pack It In - Pack It Out. (don’t litter).
"Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints".
