GO Week | Be Inspired to Get Outdoors With the New Plan My Walk App
Guest blog by Mountain Safety Council NZ
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If there is ever an excuse to get outdoors, it’s the annual NZ Get Outdoors Week. Although, here at the NZ Mountain Safety Council, we never need an excuse to enjoy what we are so lucky to have right at our doorstep. However, sometimes it can be difficult to muster up the motivation and find the inspiration to hit the tracks, no matter the length. This Get Outdoors Week, we are encouraging people here in our amazing country to find a local track and get planning using our brand-new trip planning app, Plan My Walk. It can be anything from discovering a nearby track or planning an overnight trip in the local area using, Plan My Walk.
Aotearoa’s tramping and walking culture is unique to this part of the world, from chatting to strangers in a hut, exchanging notes on track conditions to sharing experiences online or in stories. Our great outdoors is so much more than just a place to explore, it’s part of the fabric and culture of Aotearoa. This culture sits at the heart of Plan My Walk and is the driver for many of its unique trip planning and track finding features - all of which can be helpful this Get Outdoors Week.
“When combined, these small gaps in planning can have a big impact on your safety, conversely, it’s often the little details that go a long way to improving your safety,” Mike says.
The in-depth analysis results found that being ‘unprepared for the weather conditions caused 12% of tramping related search and rescues (SAR), a ‘lack of warm layered clothing and/or a waterproof jacket’ caused 13%, and an ‘overambitious choice of route, lack of sufficient fitness and taking longer than expected to reach the destination’ caused 30% of tramping related SAR, over a seven-year period from 2012 to 2019.