– Bringing less stuff for the sake of weight is overrated. Despite the weather, morale was high, and we didn’t want to kill each other at the end of each day! Overall, the first backpacking weekend was a successful one. AND it serves as a nice little table to balance cooking stuff on top of. Anyone have this issue with the ursak bags?įor people in bear country, which do you prefer? Bag or box? From a purely aesthetic standpoint I like the box to put all my stickers on…. What’s even harder? Realizing on the trail you brought WAY too many snacks and have to somehow try and fit everything in the bear box before going to bed. BUT while you’re actually moving on the trail, it’s hard to stay on top of nutrition. And don’t get me wrong the hiker hunger is real. You think you’re going to be starving all the time. It’s interesting how hiking definitely throws off your hunger cues m. I tried to really use my nutrition knowledge to pack enough food and pack it well in the bear box. It seems excessive to bring backpacking, but this is gonna be a staple in my pack from now on. AND it helped provide some cover while we were setting up our camp kitchens and setting up the tent. We used some rope to hang the tarp during a lightning storm (all trails captured the moments of panic running from tree to tree very well). And the tarp was the savior more times than anticipated! My tent already has a rain cover but I always bring a tarp to lay under the tent to prevent the bottom from getting saturated through overnight. We had rain jackets, water resistant pants (kind of), ponchos, and rain covers for the packs. For those of you in Colorado or who have heard of the weather this year in Colorado, we were preparing for rain, hail, snow, heat, all of it. So preparing to hike in the rain for days on end was a little new. I have become a little spoiled in being able to choose only good weather days for big hikes. So how did our first weekend actually go? Some mistakes were made but all were good to learn from. Glad I brought rain gear and packed enough to be “over-prepared” because in reality we had just enough. If we’re being honest, it was my first true backpack where we wild camped and dug a cat hole more than just once. Twenty-four hours of rain, one panic shelter set up in a lightning storm, and sunny afternoons all brought to you by sections three and four of the Colorado Trail.Ī while ago (in June – this summer really has flown!) my sister and I set out for our first overnight backpack. Thought I left New England yet here we are.
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