If you find yourself securing your bike on the Whispbar roof racks every weekend, it could only mean that you enjoy biking with your friends or your family. There are a lot of health benefits that you can get out of biking. Hence a lot of people are very much into this sport because of what it can actually do to your body. Here are some of the reasons on why you should continue riding your bicycle:
- It will help build stronger bones.
- It will promote a healthy heart because this is a good cardiovascular exercise.
- It will also help in strengthening your muscles.
- It will aid your body to lower your blood pressure and improve blood circulation.
- It helps reduce stress especially if you go on outdoor biking. The scenic view will help you forget about your worries and enjoy the view.
- It will also help you lose weight fast because you will burn more calories if you bike regularly.
A Filipino mountain climber, Romu Garduce was able to complete the seven summits as he officially set his foot on top of Mt. Vinson Massif in Antarctic region. He was able to accomplish his quest on 6th of January at 5:45 in the morning Philippine time.
In the past ten years, he began his Seven Summit quest. He was able to conquer the seven highest mountains in the seven continents. In September 2002, he conquered Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa by the January 2005 he set his foot atop of Mt. Aconcagua which is located in Argentina.
It was in May 2006, when Romi Garduce accomplished his goal of reaching the top of Mt. Everest in Nepal. The following year, August 2007, he also climbed the summit of Mt. Elbrus in Russia and in June 2008 he reached the top of Mt. McKinley or Denali Peak.
He went to Australia to climbed Mt. Kosciuzko in December 2008 and in July 2011 he also conquered Mt. Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia. With his recent accomplishment, the Philippines made it to the list of historic feat in the field of mountaineering.
This is another accomplishment that all Filipinos should be proud of. Only very few people were able to complete the Seven Summits of the Seven Continents of the world.
Congratulations to Romi Garduce! You made every Filipino proud!
Some may think that backpacking with kids is quite inconvenient for them and for the adults to. But not if everything is well-prepared and planned, for sure your kids will love to join you in every backpacking adventure that you have.
The first thing that you have to consider when backpacking with kids; is planning out where to take them. Kids will get really very excited if they know where they are going and what things that they are going to do. To make it more fun you can buy your kids their own jansport backpacks from RockyMountainTrail.com.
The next thing that you have to remember is to minimize any unpleasant events and make the backpacking trip as convenient as possible for them. By doing this you are maximizing the chance of kids having fun experiences on your adventure. So you need to consider the location of the campsite. You need to know where the camp is located and how far it is from the water source. The distance between the two can be a real big issue for tired kiddos.
Of course, you also need to check the weather condition before going out. Camping with kids on a rainy day is not a fun thing to do. It would definitely be much colder so it is much better not to do backpacking trip on a rainy day.
