This quiz will test your knowledge of the ten hiking essentials that everyone should carry while on the trails. The 10 Essentials will help increase the chance of survival if stranded in the backcountry. Read the questions carefully and answer. Lets's try it out.
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Extra food and water
Sunglasses and sunscreen
Magazines to read
Knife
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Extra clothes
Headlamp/ flashlight
Compass
All of them are equally important.
None of the items should be carried.
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To ensure the nearest McDonalds can be found.
So you can orientate yourself by using terrain association, resection, etc. to better your chances of self-rescue.
So you can shake a tree and look on the map to find yourself.
To point you to dry wood and to use as fuel for a fire.
None of the above.
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Extra map to use in Yosemite National Park.
A sandboard for sandsurfing.
Extra knife
A, B, and C.
Extra water for hydration.
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First aid kit/map/string
Gaiters/map/binoculars/survival blanket
Whistle/map/first aid kit/survival blanket
Whistle/pole/survival blanket
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Take shelter under a tree
Run to descend as quickly as possible
Catch up with hikers within the group
stay calm and wait until the next clear interval to continue your hike
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Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
Barack Obama
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Hikers are happier.
Hikers are more caring.
Hikers have better relationships.
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3
7
10
5
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