When is go take a child on a hike week?

Answer 1

A twelve year old boy or girl who is active could tolerate a hike but he or she would need to break in the boots long before the hike to avoid blisters and the child would need to have an adult for the entire hike. The child would need to be well educated on wilderness or desert survival and injury care. An older teenager, seventeen to nineteen could go on a hike with older teens and adults but not advisable for going alone. They still don't have the wisdom and common sense to be alone in the wilderness or desert at those ages. They think they do but really they don't unless they grew up in the wilderness and desert. City kids are not adept to managing themselves on hikes without adults who are well versed with the wilds.