In July my son Joel and I embark on a quest to complete the 430 mile Oregon section of the Pacific Crest Trail in under 30 days. Joel (trail name, Squints) is an experienced PCT thru hiker and I'm just a typical weekend day hiker. Follow along as we get back to nature along the Oregon Pacific Crest Trail and experience the joy and pain of long distance hiking together.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Equipment Change
I starting thinking over the weekend that my wife might want to join me on a future backpacking trip or just do some old fashioned car camping like we did long ago. With that in mind I swapped out the Big Agnes Fly Creek UL1 for the Fly Creek UL 2 person. The other issue is that I'm a big guy and the one person tent just felt like a coffin once I set it up and managed to slide inside. Amazingly the two person version weights only 7 ounces more but has a lot more floor space and a little more headroom inside so I can actually sit up. For an older solo backpacker to have a little more room and comfort at night with not much weight gain it seemed like a good idea. REI's return policy is exceptional. I just exchanged tents and paid the $50 difference in cost between versions. Awesome!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment