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If you’re dreaming of hiking the legendary Swiss Alps, investing the time to train before your trip will pay off as you make your way up their glaciated slopes. From the day hikes near Grindelwald and Zermatt, Switzerland, to the epic Tour du Mont Blanc, you’ll be singing your favorite Sound of Music songs as you soak up the views! Here are 7 other ways to get in shape to hike the Alps that you may not have thought of before now!

Jan has shared her love of travel, hiking, and lightweight backpacking with the AGC Community, and has created not only an amazing program of adventures, but an inspirational legacy for all women in the outdoors. Her enthusiasm for pursuing lightweight backpacking on the AT and inspiring hundreds of women to join her, is a wonderful gift that Jan has created that has enriched many women’s lives. Her dedication to providing women with the tools necessary to feel confident and able to craft their own adventures is truly legendary.

If you’ve been hiking or backpacking for very long, you’ve probably heard of “the Ten Essentials.” The term dates back to the 1930s when The Mountaineers first used it to describe a safety and packing system taught as part of their mountaineering courses. The Ten Essentials gained popularity with outdoor enthusiasts when it was first published in the 1974 edition of the iconic text, “Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills.”

Not one of us knows how much time we have on this planet. This world needs people who have come alive. For two weeks, that’s what we were after, and that mindset was what we aimed to bring home. To live with no guarantees; to seize every moment. To eat the crab. To spend time cupped in the hands of mountains. To push ourselves beyond what we think we can do. To touch the literal end of the world and arrive back home a little different, a little more opened by wonder.