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
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
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
Toothless has tried his Morrison Outdoors sleeping bag a few times just around the apartment and gets frustrated that the arms are a little long and restrict him from rolling over. We tried tucking the arms in and it doesn't stay. Then we tried using painters tape to fold and shorten the arms and his … Continue reading MYOG: Shortening the arms on a Morrison Outdoors sleeping bag
Sleeping Pad Rigid sleeping pad Its not recommended to let a baby sleep on an inflatable sleeping pad. The current recommendations are for babies to sleep on firm sleeping surfaces. So inflatable pads are out, and we don't co-sleep, so Toothless needs his own rigid sleeping pad. We have selected the ZLite SOL. These are … Continue reading Gear Selection: Baby Sleep System
We are planning on using cloth diapers on the GDT this year with Toothless. Recently we purchased Osocozy flats from a local shop. We normally use prefolds but due to how thick they are, they can take a long time to air dry (and even dry in the drier!) so the general consensus is that … Continue reading Gear Shakedown: Diapers + Scrubba
Read Part 1 here After deciding to focus on selecting a non structured carrier to hike the GDT with Toothless, we did a bit more research, selected a carrier and have been testing it out. The Options We started off looking at the following three carriers. These were identified by looking for front baby carriers … Continue reading Gear Selection: Baby Carrier Part 2
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