From Home to the Summit: A Four-Week Teen Hiking Preparation Guide

Help your teenager arrive at the mountain prepared, confident and ready to take part, without cramming fitness, food and kit decisions into the final weekend. From Home to the Summit is for busy parents who need a clear way to organise preparation around school, work and family life.

It turns an intimidating summit goal into manageable actions across four weeks, helping you and your teenager understand the route, identify the most important gaps and share responsibility for getting ready. You work through route demands, fitness, food, footwear, layers, pack weight, drinking, recovery and confidence in a sensible order.

The seven-chapter guide takes you from defining what the trip requires to testing equipment, practising effort and food choices, and protecting recovery before departure.