2009 so far
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I've been lazy about trip reports, so I'll do a round up in this thread. We've been trying new terrain's, seasons, and have gotten down to official ul base weight's this year so this might be fun for noobs.
This was our firs true 4th season trip. It's on Assateague Island National Seashore. The temps never got above freezing.
As you can tell we didn't hit that 10 pound goal, I carried around 16 #'s bpw, she was around 14. We also lugged a gallon of water each. For heavy loads these osprey's, and aether and aura are good sturdy packs.oops, Well thats our luxury condo tent, a REI half dome 3, it's really better as a car camping tent at +4#'s but it's comfy and we have fit 3 in it.
Cool right?
Another day on the beach, in February, on the east coast, in 35mph winds and 15 degrees f. Where's the chicks in bikini's and Gary Hasslehoff???
Obligatory sunset.
CheersOld Rag (SNP VA) is a loop that can be done as a day hike, no problem. We camped like 2 miles from the car. More winter hiking, this time with some elevation.
The Shennadoah Valley.
I wearing an Osprey and not my trusty GG Mariaposa Plus since my "Posa" was in the shop getting the curved stay upgrade.
This was our first trip with prolonged scrambling. I had a blast.
The wife? Not so much.
I was defiantly happy to drop 3#'s of tent and get back into my super awesome tarptent! God bless you, Henry Shires.
After this trip i nixed that ground cloth.More cold, we got a little snow this time, nothing stuck. My 'posa was on the way back from Austin, so I'm still in my osprey.
Ultra-wife in double duty sleepy socks. Pink of course!
We came up with this hike ourselves so we could see the backcountry in the Nicholson Hollow area.
We figured out that laying a space blanket on top of our GG thin-light pads, and then our therma-rests on the bottom kept us warmer, and kept our pads from sliding around. Muy Bueno!
These are our marmot bags, warm and cozy but heavy. We got JrB quilts now.
The wife has a Gossamer Gear Murmur now. She loves it.
The last time I will ever stuff a tent in a stuff sack! What a waste of time and weight!
Here's me and the Mrs. on a foggy journey in the SNP backcountry. This is the classic White Oak Canyon Cedar Run Loop. This is the hike for waterfall heads. Wh hiked it after a major storm. It was awesome.
<img src="/backpackinglight/user_uploads/1252009808_15827.jpg" alt="falls2" width="550" height="413">Here's me in my trusty Gossamer Gear Mariposa Plus.
I've lightened up this set up a bit. I switched out that nightlight pad for the sitlight pad. I carry an xxl driducks jacket instead of that poncho. It fits over my pack. Saved me 2 oz. I got rid of that blue stuff sack and carry my first aid/survival in a ziplock. And I got rid of that gator clip on my hydration system.
Ok, so finally spring came and we went to do Rocky Top inn the southern section of SNP. We live north of the park and we haven't done much down south yet. We're on a quest to do all 500 miles of trails in the park and we're getting close. We plan to write a book about the best backpacking trips and backcountry camping in the park.
Check out my cool shirt.
Nice bear bag.
That's velcro on my hat for my photon/cap/velcro/ head lamp.
Ahhh, the trail.
Purdy flowers!!Virginia is for lovers…of cuben fiber, spinnaker, and tyvek, and titanium, and plain old not putting a lot of useless junk in your pack.
Cool right?
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