Planner inputs: Capacity and pacing

These inputs are some of the highest-leverage planning decisions in TRIPS.

They usually matter more than advanced physiology tuning.

Effort intent

This field asks:

How aggressively do I plan to move on this route?

Use:

• Sub-Recreational when you want more margin
• Recreational for most backpacking plans
• Performance when you intentionally want stronger pacing
• FKT only for genuinely aggressive efforts

Hiking-time limit

This field asks:

How many actual hiking hours can I repeat per day on this trip?

Choose a repeatable limit, not an exceptional one.

This is one of the first fields to revisit when a plan looks unrealistically easy or hard.

Sleep

Use expected trip sleep, not ideal sleep.

If you know the trip will involve poor sleep, reduced recovery, or repeated short nights, enter that honestly.

Altitude model

Turn the altitude model on when altitude is a real planning factor.

Leave it off when altitude is not meaningfully part of the route.

Acclimatization

Turn acclimatization on only when you will already be adapted to that altitude regime.

Do not use it optimistically just because you hope to feel fine.

Best sequence

If a route looks wrong, revisit these in this order:

1. effort intent
2. hiking-time limit
3. sleep
4. altitude settings

Then check route segmentation before touching advanced physiology anchors.