We started carrying an umbrella when hiking with Toothless. With him in the front carrier, the umbrella helps keep the rain and sun off of him and minimizes how often we need to change his outfits to keep him comfortable. It is also is really useful at camp - in particular while eating. There are … Continue reading MYOG: Hiking Umbrella Holder
Our water filter stopped flowing prematurely this season while on the SCT, forcing us to use chemical treatment on trail. As a result we started reconsidering our water treatment system. We have since cleaned the filter and it flows again, but we are still going ahead with chemical treatment on the GDT for 2021. Current … Continue reading Gear Selection: Water treatment for the GDT 2021
A while back I wrote about our initial plans for a baby sleep system for backpacking on the GDT. After some initial tests we found that our original plan wasn't going to work out and we needed to find something that worked for our baby Toothless. I wrote about our success when we camped at … Continue reading Gear Selection: Baby Sleep System 2
Alright! Let's talk food! In 2018 I had a pretty dialed in food plan. This worked pretty well for us, but I had some lessons I took away. Some specific to the GDT and some lessons more general about long hiking. Lessons I can eat a pretty low variety of food for a long time … Continue reading GDT 2021 Food
We're in the final stretch of prepping for the GDT with Toothless and this is probably the most stressed I have been about any trip (other than that one PCT section where I was still printing maps at midnight before we left but we don't talk about that trip). Regardless of how much there is … Continue reading GDT Prep: Final Stretch…
It's getting closer to our 2021 GDT start and we really need to finalize gear and routines with Toothless. Our key concern so far have been getting a sleep system and routine sorted out with him since our previous attempts were unsuccessful. We originally had a trip planned for Manning Park but we cancelled this … Continue reading Gear Shakedown and Trip Report: Camping and Backpacking Chilliwack Lake with Toothless
As a low risk hike to test out our gear, various systems and build a routine we hiked up to Cheakamus Lake and camped at Singing Creek Campground. We have done this hike before and it is very accessible and easy - and we thought it would be a good first trip with Toothless. We … Continue reading Gear Shakedown and Trip Report: Backpacking Cheakamus Lake with Toothless
We decided to camp at Alice Lake to test Toothless out on camping and get him accustomed to his sleeping bag. Day 1 He napped on the drive out. His nap was cut short by about 30 mins but he had already slept in by 30 mins on the morning so we were hopeful this … Continue reading Gear Shakedown and Trip Report: Camping with Toothless
We have been using a ZPacks Duplex as our primary backpacking tent for about 5 years and we have loved it. When Toothless was born, we realized we needed some room for him to sleep next to us. We do not co-sleep at home and it is not safe to have an infant sleep on … Continue reading Gear Review: Triplex Initial thoughts
Earlier on I shared my thoughts on our diaper system. I took a look at our cloth diapers and a couple methods of cleaning them: Gear Shakedown I've had a bit more time, and Toothless has grown a bit and started solid food, so I thought I'd revisit this. Diapers We still use the cloth … Continue reading Gear Shakedown: Diaper and Scrubba #2
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