September 2010

Gear Review- Lafuma LD Sky Race Trail shoes

September 30, 2010

There comes a time in every girl’s life where she meets a very special piece of gear. Something so perfect she wouldn’t change a shoe lace, and can only fall in love and hope the current model never changes. This is what has happened for me with my Lafuma LD Sky Race Trail shoes. I am wearing [...]

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A few photos from my Timothy Lake trip

September 28, 2010

I recently went on a fun camping trip to Timothy Lake near Mt Hood. Here are a couple of my photos. They are nothing too special, but I had fun taking them and thought I’d pass them along.

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In defense of heavy weight backpacking

September 25, 2010

I realized this weekend that I have become so focused/obsessed with lightening my load that I have forgotten the joys of traditional weight backpacking. So I’ve decided to list a few of the reasons it’s nice to carry a full load. To start out with, you don’t have to plan as much. My Arc’teryx Bora [...]

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New breakfast recipe: white wine and nectarine oatmeal

September 23, 2010

I like to start my drinking early in the morning. No I don’t. Actually, I hardly drink at all. But when Cat suggested adding a little wine to our breakfast, I was intrigued. We loved it! I’m definitely going to make this one again. Recipe: 2 cups of oatmeal, pre-mixed with sugar, cinnamon, salt, and [...]

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A few more photos from Erin’s trip on the PCT

September 21, 2010

Here are a few more photos from Erin’s trip on the PCT. A quick note, Erin doesn’t touch up her photos and I mostly just resize them, so that beautiful blue sky is really there.

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Pick your pack raffle from Section Hiker

September 19, 2010

Philip Werner of Section Hiker is holding a raffle, and it sounds like a lot of fun. People submit their stories about lightweight backpacking and the winner gets a Gossamer Gear pack. Here’s some of the info: To enter, you must be a section hiker who has hiked multiple sections of one of the following [...]

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Erin: Things learned from the test run

September 17, 2010

Before Adelaide and I set off to conquer the PCT this spring, I wanted to do a practice run so that I could test out my gear and get the hang of long distance backpacking. I intended to do 260mi over 14 days and had to pull out after 9 days because of an ankle [...]

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Erin’s back!

September 15, 2010

Erin has returned from her adventure! Unfortunately, she injured her ankle and had to end her trip early. But she still did an AWESOME 158 miles through some very tough conditions! Way to go Erin! I’m so proud of you. Erin will be sharing some insights from her trip soon. In the meantime, here are [...]

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