Sharing my hiking, camping, and backpacking adventures in my home state of Colorado. I hope these blog notes will inspire you to go and explore the mountains in your area. Perhaps we will meet on the trail.
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My Gear
Basic Hiking
- For a daypack I cary a Camel Back Alpine Explorer. This is a great 100L hydration pack with plenty of space to carry the essentials for a day hike.
- Boots - Vasqe Breeze GTX, with orange superfeet insoles. (They are super comfy). If you don't have a good set of hiking boots this should be one of your first purchases
- Navigation - Garman CSX60 + iphone with acuterra
- Camera - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ40 with a Sling strap (I also carry a knockoff gorilla pod)
Backpacking
- Pack Golite Torrono -70 Liter pack
- REI 2 person halfdome tent
- Platypus gravity filter
- MSR whisperlite international
- Golite Adrenaline 20 degree 3 season
- ThermaRest Prolight Plus (large) sleeping pad
I am a Colorado native born and raised in Colorado Springs. Growing up we used to spend a lot of the summer in a cabin in the Estes Park area. This instilled in me a strong love of the outdoors. In the last couple of years I have been focused on getting back in shape which has brought me back to lots of time outside. 
