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Ambrose and I had planned on a backpacking trip over Labor Day weekend, but we had to change our plans…
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Ambrose managed to injure his thumb with a pretty deep cut. We didn’t want to expose that cut to the…
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We slept in. I didn’t set an alarm or anything. The plan was just to get up when we got…
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For a few years now, a co-worker and I had been talking about taking a backpacking trip together. She had…
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On the first day of our hike, when we hiked out just a couple miles, I brought an idea up…
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I knew this day was going to be a tough day for us. By myself, I might have tried to…
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I thought I’d packed everything, but when Ambrose asked me in the car as we were driving off on Saturday…
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Back at the trailhead first thing in the morning. A creek crossing with some logjam assist. I wasn’t sure if…
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On the second day of my hike along the Idaho Centennial Trail through the Sawtooths, I hiked down Mattingly Canyon. …
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