 What's up guys? Welcome to the channel. If you're new here, we're trekking pals Habiba and Alex, we're amateur hikers and backpackers and we create video content every Tuesday. The reason we're making this video today is to first of all say hi, check on you and to share with you updates about how the COVID-19 or coronavirus is impacting the hiking and backpacking community and as a consequence how it's impacting us trekking pals. In this video we're going to talk about three things. First of all we're going to talk about how our content is going to be impacted. We're going to talk about how our plans were impacted and the third thing we're going to talk or answer the question whether we're going to continue on hiking or just stay home. So as far as content creation go, as you guys know we do create video content every Tuesday and the plan as of now is to continue to do so. Now we do have a good amount of content from our last trip to Yellowstone National Park. We already released three episodes that you guys can check here and there are three more episodes that we are currently working on. From there the plan is to focus more on how to videos that we can film at home such as how to organize hiking and backpacking gear, how to clean hiking and backpacking gear and perhaps some gear review. So if you guys have any topics that you are interested in just make sure to leave a comment and we're going to make it happen. Now the second thing as far as how our plans were impacted. So first of all I was going to Morocco earlier this week but I ended up canceling my trip because my company requested us to refrain from any unnecessary personal traveling which I did and then anyways Morocco a week or couple of days later they actually closed the borders for any incoming or outgoing trip. I did have a couple of hiking trips planned in Morocco but that was canceled. The second thing is the six pack of peaks 2020 here in Arizona that we talked about in another video. We did cover two peaks out of six so far. There are a couple of other hikes that are located in Tucson Arizona that will require a little bit of traveling. I think at this point we're gonna place the challenge on hold and we'll resume most things get better. The third trip that we had planned this year is backpacking to have a Supai Falls which we were very excited for. Now when I checked the website haveasupaireservations.com it seems like they are asking reservation holders with campground reservations running from March 16 up to April 14 2020 to reschedule the reservation for the 2021 season. Now our reservation happened to be after April 14 so we pretty much just wait for a new announcement from the reservation and then just decide as we go and this is pretty much it for our plans that were either suspended, placed on hold or canceled and the last thing we want to talk about here is the most asked question are you guys going to continue on hiking or not? Yesterday I posted a question to a hiking group asking how the COVID-19 is impacting the hiking and backpacking community just to kind of understand how is the general feel and see what people think. Now it seems like there are different opinions in the community there are groups of people who think that it's good ethics and good manners to stay home and stay away from the outdoors. There are other people who think that this is the best opportunity for them since they are either working from home or not working at all to go outside explore the outdoors and take their kids out and there are other people who are kind of annoyed of the fact that there are more people than usual on the trail and with that comes some irresponsible behaviors from leaving trash and not respecting leave no trace principles. Now there are a couple of national parks and even state parks who decided to shut down their parks just to make sure that people are staying safe. There are a lot of people who canceled their through hikes in either the Appalachian Trail or the Pacific Crest Trail just to make sure they're not impacting the small communities around those hiking trails and to make sure that they're not impacting other people on the trail. Now for us trekking pals we do understand the importance of staying home and the importance of practicing social distancing. We actually went for a hike couple of days ago hoping that the trail would be probably empty but to our surprise they were a lot of people and probably more than usual with all families and kids outside. Now we were already there I don't think it was the smartest thing to do but we were making sure that we are sanitizing trying to keep some distance between us and other people even though everyone was touching the same rocks everyone was touching the same rail but as I said we just make sure that we were using the hand sanitizer not touching our face and following some safety measurements. Now we're not here to tell you to stay home or go outside and explore the outdoors but just make sure that you are using your best judgment and make sure that you are being considerate and you're not impacting people around you or small communities around the trail. We believe that it's very important to think about yourself and also think about other people around you. This is pretty much it for today's video I hope that you guys stay safe and sane during these rough times just make sure you follow your state regulations and follow the nationwide regulations your trekking paths Habiba and Alex and we'll see you soon on another adventure