Backpacking, Part 0: REI Adventures

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 23:59:59 -800

Early in the week, my hiking partners-in-crime Lara and David announced that
they wanted to go backpacking around Mt. Jefferson during the first weekend in
October. At first I declined the invitation on the grounds that I lacked the
time to pull everything together, as I've not been (car-)camping in years
and have never backpacked before, and didn't bring any equipment from
California. Luckily, my boss gave me Friday afternoon
off, so I had enough time to change my plans, jump into the trip, drive to
REI to get some gear, and pack things up.