Go hiking or backpacking with confidence and experience the outdoors in new ways! Whether you're hitting the trail for the first time with a partner or looking for tips to improve your experience hiking with a partner, this presentation will help you make the most of it! Participants will learn how to prepare for a day hike or a backpacking trip together; what essentials to bring; how to coordinate different experience levels and abilities; as well as Leave-No-Trace principles.