#backpacking mistakes

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To bail or to keep pushing – sometimes the answer is not obvious. And the results of the choices we make can be missed opportunity or can put us in danger.

Lagena hiking up Mount Jefferson.

I stood still on the trail drawing doodles in the dirt with my trekking poles. Before me, was yet another human-sized boulder. And yup, the trail went straight up and over it. I was going to have to use my hands and knees again to hike this trail.

This was the Appalachian Trail, people hike this trail all the time, I thought to myself. How is this trail…

Backpacking mistakes I have made – learn from my mess ups. #HikeLikeAWoman #backpackingfail

I don’t think anyone who goes out into the backcountry has had a perfect hike right out of the gate. And probably no one has had a completely perfect hike. I have made several backpacking mistakes. And I have compiled them here so you can learn from my mistakes and misadventures. Packing too much The first on the list of my backpacking mistakes, and probably one of the most common among newbie…