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New Horizons Toastmasters #1360

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A few days ago, I visited a Club, and was asked at once. I arranged with my brother to meet us where we needed to end up and
in Table Topics, "What is something you at five resupply points along the way, roughly how we could get there. We also and leadership skills can blossom!
planned that worked out well?" My memory every 6 days, where we would get restocked for knew that we had the necessary Zoom Link Meeting ID: 894 0261 6761 Passcode: 1360
jumped back to something I did more than the next leg of the hike. We prepared five boxes resources. In-Person at Marquis in Tualatin, Oregon

four decades ago. of supplies for my brother to deliver. Planning pays off. That's Contact & Club #1360 Info
As a teenager, my favorite activity was All our planning paid off as we met why Toastmasters Clubs, Areas,
hiking. Any time I could, I headed out on hikes my brother on time at each point, and we Divisions, and Districts must
or backpacking trips with friends and family or completed the entire trip on schedule. Some work together to complete Club,

by myself. I even started my own hiking club days we made it further than we had expected, Area, Division, and District
to have a good excuse to do more hiking. I had and on other days progress was slower than Success Plans. Once you prepare
the idea that I wanted to hike the Pacific Crest planned. Still, overall, it balanced out; we even a plan, as you move through the Leadership and
Trail. It would have been too much to hike the had opportunities to stop for a day and enjoy year, you might find that some

entire length, but I could at least hike the length the wilderness. parts of the plan don't work out,
of the trail through Washington State. It was an unforgettable adventure; scenes of but others turn out better than learning are
My best hiking buddy, Torsten, and I alpine meadows, wilderness lakes, and majestic expected, so it all comes together.
planned our trip. We consulted maps and books mountains are still vivid in my memory. When you plan how to get to each

about the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington and The key to making this a successful trip supply point along the way and indispensable to
resources about how to complete an extended was the planning. We would not have made it know you will have what you
backpacking trip. From previous experience, very far if we had just launched into the hike need, you can make it through
we had a good idea of how far we could hike without advance planning and preparation. with great success. each other.

each day and how much food and other supplies Even though we discovered along the way
we would need. that the map we relied on was outdated and —John F. Kennedy
The hike would take 36 days, so we could a section of the trail had been rerouted, we
not carry enough supplies for the entire trip all still found our way without trouble. We knew

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