Rewarding Benefits of An Outdoor Backpack Vacation
What kind of vacation can you go on where you dont need your 401k to pay for gas, and you come back healthier and more rejuvinated than before you left? Well short from a Richard Simmons convention your options may seem rather limited. A good ol’ backpacking trip can provide you with both of those vacation oddities while getting the chance to see beautiful countryside, mountains, clear as glass lakes and the always breath taking views you stumble across. In a story that I came accross today a couple from California decided to plan a week long backpacking trip through the Russian Wilderness, and Marble Mountains in Northern California. A route that would take them past dozens of high-mountain lakes.
“Fourteen lakes in seven days” was the goal of the McLains, attempting to swim in at least two different lakes a day.
For any of you outdoorsmen out there you know that it can be one of the greatest, also rather chilly, experiences to swim through fresh and clear mountain lake water.
The only problem is that when you are in the wilderness mother nature seems to always give you little obstacles to test your worthiness of her beauty. Some times this can be in the form of a rainy day, stale bread, a dead battery, you get the point. In the McLains case they were lucky enough to be submerged into a mosquito haven. At one point they considered bagging the whole outdoor thing and making way to Vegas. They decided to stick it out however and trek on in hopes that the hike would be worth the itchy bites. Every morning they just climbed out of the tent, lathered a little deet on, and put on the coffee, sipping as they looked the map over choosing the trails that would take them to different lakes. They always made a point to find views from ridgetops and high grounds along the way. It seemed their choice paid off as they also got a better workout and came accross fewer insect assailents along the way.They also climbed to the top of a mounain that they had long awed over from afar.
One thing we can learn from the McLains is that there still are healthy natural ways to vacation and they can be some of the most rewarding times of your life. Although they can be relatively cheap, and should be, there is still one very important aspect of backpacking. I’ll give you a hint, it’s in the name. Right, it is the outdoor backpack that you choose to use! Think of it this way, without a toothbrush, it simply becomes near to impossible to brush your teeth. It can be done, but usually results in repulsive breath or worse, cavities. Well a backpack is the same way without it it’s near impossible to travel outdoors and without a decent outdoor backpack you can get very straining back aches or rubs from straps. By no means am I saying you should go out and buy the most expensive backpack with more bells and whistles than a swiss army knife, but it is definatley something you should take into consideration and mabey spend some time learning about to find one that meets your needs, and your budget. To read some more about the McClains and their outdoor backpack adventure click here.
November 29th, 2008 at 1:30 am
I am looking for an dog back pack which material will be good and what will be the idle quality on purchasing the back pack.
Thanks