Emmie's Big Adventure

Howdy! Pardner REI is both a GREAT hiking store and a super informative website. We go there to buy most of our backpacking-related products. They have instant meals, hiking boots, even kayaks! I was browsing the website for tent set up tips when I came across this amazing backpacking supply checklist! Wow! Fancy We don't use some of the appliances listed here (soap and bugspray are for wimps if you're only there for a day or two) but this would be a fantastic starting point for any backpacker. You'll just need to consider the climate of the area. Enjoy! -Emmie

  Guess what? My dad left to go on his own camping trip this weekend so he couldn't teach me how to set up a tent. How ironic. Instead, I learned how to plan a backpacking exhibition. I used the occasional phone call with my father, fact-checking with my mother, and the backpacking youtube account Outdoor Adventures to guide me. However, my dad was only available to call for a small window of time. It turns out that a lot of the planning process is just logical. You need to plan out directions to the trail and the distance you're hiking when you get there. If you're not hiking for very long and you're on a pretty even terrain, you can probably bring some heavier items. But if you're going up a mountain to camp on a high up flat area, you're going to need to keep your gear light. Of course, you'll need to pack the essentials: food, water, and shelter. But have you ever carried a full-size tent for 4 miles? Me neither and I don't plan to. Here...

Hi everyone! Welcome to my adventure blog! Over the course of this project, I'm going to learn many small backpacking skills. I'm going to document my progress over the course of learning each one. Near the end of the project, I will include a video of the overnight trip I take to showoff my new skills. Assisting me in this process will be my awesome dad, who is a master of everything camping related. He'll supply me with videos, articles, and any other research materials he thinks I'll need to check out. The first post I make will be about setting up a tent! I've never done it on my own before, so I'm nervous. I'll show you guys my finished product (as well as a few failed attempts). Since I've never done any of these things by myself, my ability to do them independently will measure my progress. I have been camping since I was three years old! Backpacking is a little newer to me; my first trip was seven years ago. But this whole time, I never picked u...

To give my project an educational basis, I will also be researching how spending time in the wilderness where the sun dictating your schedule resets your circadian rhythms! Expect some space dedicated to research in each blog post with my progress! - Emmie