Believe it or not, there is an art to selecting a tent spot out in the wilderness. If you are accustomed to car camping at those lovely state campgrounds where RVs and stereos reign supreme, then your selection criteria will be different when picking a backpacking tent spot.
You need to fit all that in your backpack and get it to work best for you! With a little practice it will feel like your favorite pair of fuzzy pink slippers! Here are some tips to get down-home-comfy with your backpack.
Even with bug spray the annoyance of buzzing in your ear or extra protein flying into your mouth is just not fun. They get this around here this time of year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a late summer or early fall trip. The best solution I have found is a head net. A head net is a fine mesh fashioned to cover your entire head and form a seal around the shoulders to keep bugs out.
So where do you start when selecting a trail?
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