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🎒What’s in my backpack
I found such posts helped me a lot at the beginning of my backpacking adventures, so here goes mine. I packed for a weekend trip (Friday evening – Sunday afternoon). We are spending the nights at a backcountry campsite, so there will be things like privys and wood but no running water. We don’t expect…
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6 tips to survive winter backpacking
So we went backpacking in Joshua Tree National Park in November. It was a lot of things, fun, beautiful, memorable, incredible… but also, COLD. Lessons I learned: 1. Every part of the sleeping system counts. All my gear is 3-season, which is just enough for November in the desert. Kinda. Ish. My sleeping system was:…
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Campground review: Beaver Pond campground, New York
We were going to NYC for work. My bf suggested we make a trip out of it and spend the weekend upstate. I was immediately sold. The Beaver Pond campground is only an hour drive from the city, which was perfect for us as we already drive all the way to NYC from Maryland. The…
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Exercise and adrenaline
I keep asking my bf to take me hiking because I know it will reduce my stress. Hiking reduces stress mainly by balancing our adrenaline and cortisol and increasing our endorphins. Let’s talk about adrenaline. Adrenaline is a hormone your body produces to help you prepare for danger. It originates from the adrenal glands, which…
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Book Review: How To Suffer Outside by Diana Helmush (a beginner’s guide to hiking and backpacking)
It is very good. Amazon suggested me this book because I have purchased almost everything single camping-related item on Amazon, and also I like books. I’m so glad I got this one. It is filled with useful information, but it reads like an adventure novel. It is absolutely binge-worthy. I finished the 220 pages in…
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A Packing List For Your First Camping Trip
There are many such lists online. Here’s mine. I’m assuming car camping, which means driving up to your camping spot and parking right there; good weather (no rain, no extreme temperatures); no or little experience; essentials only. I have a blog post with some links to both essential and extra stuff I’m happy I bought…
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6 Super Basic Vegetarian Campfire Recipes for Your Very First Camping Trip
Ok maybe I’m not sophisticated enough to make Campfire caprese Brie when camping. Maybe I like things kept simple. Or maybe I’m just lazy and give it a year, I’ll be rocking a campfire berry peach cobbler. For now though, we’re veeery basic. We don’t even have a camping stove. Well, we bought one, but…
Marie goes camping 