Well, we finally did it. We went backpacking after a long time talking and dreaming about it. With a scheduled trip for the Memorial Day weekend already planned, we set out to pick up all the gear we needed while being parked in the metro area. We ran all over...
Finally, after a year talking about it, Kerri and I spent the past week going all over the Boulder, Longmont, and Fort Collin’s areas in search of all the gear necessary for beginner’s backpacking. A couple Cleveland’s (yep, I said Cleveland’s) later and we have everything we need… including 1.5...
Back in January of this year, Brian (of Aluminarium) showed me his very cool sling-pack; the VSlinger by Vanquest. Since then I have desperately wanted one but as luck would have Vanquest had just discontinued the VSlinger. Vanquest was in the process of creating ‘version 2’ so I was forced...
Conor and I came up with a last minute plan to backpack out to Big Elk Meadows, stay the night, then hike back out through the Button Rock Reservoir and Hall Ranch. It would be a total of roughly 15 miles of hiking but it being broken up over two...
I have so many travel/activity ideas romping around in my head for this summer that I feel the need to put them on ‘paper’. Many of these activities are the same ones that I think of each summer but continue to pass up when something else, (usually larger and more...
Conor spotted a small lake (un-named) atop a small mountain via Google Earth. Since we had been looking for a nice spot for an over-night backpacking trip, and this was only 20 miles away and in National Forest land, we found out spot. The road was not marked as national...
Last week I stumbled across a few great deals in the local flea-market store. First was a pair of snow shoes for a mere $10. They were worn and beaten, but snow shoes have been on my ‘list’ since Conor and I did our last snow hike and came out...
Conor and I planned a multi-day backpacking trip over the Labor Day weekend; We were to hike from Dunraven Trailhead, 5 miles outside the National Park, to Lost Lake, 4 miles inside the park and at nearly 11,000 feet elevation The original plan was for 3 nights so we needed...
