Archive for the 'backpacking' Category

sleeping under st. helens

22Jul08

this past weekend we went camping and hiking around mount st. helens in washington. we had planned on going camping with some friends, not knowing exactly where we were going until we looked up the name of the camp for directions. deeann, our good friend lindsay, and i piled in the car and […]

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the weekend - not all was lost

19Feb08

as most of you know, my neighbor rob and i went snow camping this weekend…or tried. we got up saturday morning and finished organizing our gear to get on the road by 7ish. rob woke up feeling a little funky. that should have been our first clue, but we were determined. […]

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snow camping

14Feb08

this weekend my neighbor and i are going snow camping in the cascade mountains. tomorrow afternoon i will be running down to rei to pick up my rented backcountry/touring skis and early saturday morning the two of us will pile our gear in the car to make the 3 1/2 hour drive. our […]

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