Learning Curve: I Finally Had to Plan a Backpacking Trip With No Help

[Maggie Slepian]

Companion forum thread to: Learning Curve: I Finally Had to Plan a Backpacking Trip With No Help

I’m a big planner at home, but not so much with backpacking. On my last OCT solo section, I actually had to do all of the planning myself.

[Rex Sanders]

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I’m fairly certain you are not the only one in the world to miss the Goonies, unless you mean these:

“gooney bird” aka albatross

“gooney bird” aka C-47 aka DC-3 in military form

As a card-carrying old-timer who usually uses paper books and maps (and too many spreadsheets) for trip planning, your descriptions of last-minute app downloading seemed downright scary. But it all worked out for you, so maybe I should give that a try.

Glad you had a good time.

— Rex

[Ben Kilbourne]

I’ve actually never seen Goonies either

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