Task
3. Plan how you will get fit enough for this
Required
Explain how hiking is an aerobic activity, develop a conditioning plan for 10-mile hikes, and describe how you will build up for longer ones. This is the requirement that exists for requirement 4.
Notes and warnings
Note. This requirement is not scenery. It is the conditioning plan for the sixty miles in requirement 4, and it asks two things: how you will get ready for 10-mile hikes, and how you will build up from there for longer ones.
Where this step comes from
- Hiking Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2026-02-19), Requirement 3