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Summary: Learn how to watch out for objective hazards and protect yourself from object hazards, such as falling rocks and debris in this free hiking safety video series.

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Kate Carcio Kate Carcio, a white water rafting guide, and climbing instructor at Zoar Outdoor, has enjoyed hiking and backpacking all of her life. She has gone on severa... read more

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Be Aware of Objective Hazards When Hiking

Hi, I’m Kate I’m with Zoar Outdoor on behalf of expertvillage.com and we’re going to be talking about hiking today. We’re going to be talking about objective hazards. Objective hazards are anything in the environment that can possibly happen to you not necessarily based on your poor judgment. When you’re hiking in any near cliffs rocks can fall down on you. If there’s a windstorm trees can fall down, branches can fall down, thunderstorms can happen, flashfloods can happen, just mud in general can be an objective hazard. You want to be very aware of your environment just like with weather. If you’re working by a cliff that doesn’t look so safe, maybe you should consider taking an alternate route. When you’re stopping for lunch, you should look up and notice if there’s any branches or trees that look like they can possibly fall down, called widow makers. If it’s really windy and you are walking through a dead forest, it might be a good idea to go a different way. If there’s thunderstorms it’s never a great idea to be out on open rock surface, you’re not going to want be near big trees and you’re not going to be the only person standing around in a big field. You should be considerate of everything around you because anything can happen. So when you go out, plan your route, know the hazards around you, know the weather and you should have a pretty good day as long as you’re keeping all rules in mind as you’re hiking, just keep your eyes open looking up a lot and you’ll figure it out.

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