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Flexibility
When planning a backcountry adventure, flexibility is key (and no, we don’t mean the ability to touch your toes)
For those of you familiar with this blog, you know that I like to plan my outings down to the smallest detail. I obsess over each item that goes into my…
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The Complete Guide to Packing for a 7 Day Backpacking Trip
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When planning an extended backing trip you want to make sure that you have everything you need and little that you don’t. There is nothing worse than finding out after day one of your planned 7 day hike that you forgot to pack cooking fuel or a clean pair of…
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The 10 Biggest Mistakes I Have Made While Backpacking
When Things Go Wrong in the Wilderness You Need To Deal With Them Quickly, Decisively and Correctly–Either That, Or Pay the Consequences
We all make mistakes. Its a part and parcel of being human. Unfortunately, when we make a mistake in the wilderness, our error can put us in an…
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Preparation
Adequate Preparation is Key to Any Successful Backpacking Trip
I must admit that I love planning a backpacking trip almost as much as the trip itself. It is during this stage that I allow myself to mentally walk through the entire journey from beginning to end, campsite to campsite (and…
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You Are Never Too Old
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Sheep Grazing Near an Icelandic Waterfall
An Important Question
If I asked you to complete the following sentence, ‘You are never too old to [BLANK]’ what would your answer be?
Over the past few months I have been asking myself this question, and the list of answers I have come…
