Year In Review

Better late than never! Also, babies are really time consuming. 2020 By The Numbers Trips: 20Days: 33Nights: 13Miles: 264.9Elevation (new!): 55,086 feet Compared to 2019, that's almost double the number of trips with a similar number of days but a little over half the nights. It's almost double the number of miles as well. In other words, I did a ton of day trips and then a handful of much longer and more strenuous trips. Gear Lists We'll be comparing the following two lists: Q4 2020 gear listQ4 2019 gear list Overall, my base weight decreased from 16.61 pounds to [...]

Let's take a walk down memory lane and see how my gear evolved over the course of the year. But first: 2019 By The Numbers Trips: 13 (4 solo, 2 trail maintenance, 6 group leader, 1 scramble)Days: 32Nights: 19Miles: 143 Gear Lists For reference we'll be comparing the following gear lists: Q4 2018 gear listQ4 2019 gear list Sleep System In 2018 I was using the embarrassingly bad (in comparison) Mountain Hardwear Down Flip 35/50 sleeping bag. In line with the logic of quilts where the only insulation that matters is what's on top, the Flip has different amounts of [...]