What was the most fun, crazy, or hardest back packing trip you have ever done. I love hearing these stories please share! I'll start.
Once wile hiking the Pecos Wilderness area in New Meico, just north of Sante Fe, I got lost. I was 16 years old and I was day hiking in an area, with a friend, where there had recently been a forest fire. Everything looked pretty much the same, and we had been toking the whole hike. While we were above tree line a storm started moving in fast, and in the scramble down the mountain we got mixed up. It had already started lightning out, and we just had to lay low and wait out the storm. All we had in our backpacks were water bottles, ponchos, and emergency blanket in the first aid kit, one pack of matches, and some beef jerky. We thought the storm would be short but it lasted almost all night. So we had to wait it out hudled under some ponchoes, and and emergency blanket. No fire, to wet and windy. So it was pretty cold, but two people hudled together in the blanket was petty effective. Plus we were alreadt wearing beenies. In the morning, we hiked back up to the tree line and reoriented, and got back on track. That was pretty shitty.
My day hike pack is now much more extensive.
Once wile hiking the Pecos Wilderness area in New Meico, just north of Sante Fe, I got lost. I was 16 years old and I was day hiking in an area, with a friend, where there had recently been a forest fire. Everything looked pretty much the same, and we had been toking the whole hike. While we were above tree line a storm started moving in fast, and in the scramble down the mountain we got mixed up. It had already started lightning out, and we just had to lay low and wait out the storm. All we had in our backpacks were water bottles, ponchos, and emergency blanket in the first aid kit, one pack of matches, and some beef jerky. We thought the storm would be short but it lasted almost all night. So we had to wait it out hudled under some ponchoes, and and emergency blanket. No fire, to wet and windy. So it was pretty cold, but two people hudled together in the blanket was petty effective. Plus we were alreadt wearing beenies. In the morning, we hiked back up to the tree line and reoriented, and got back on track. That was pretty shitty.
My day hike pack is now much more extensive.