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Four things we’ve learned to never forget on backpacking and camping trips!

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Four things we’ve learned to never forget on backpacking and camping trips! What have you forgotten to bring on a trip? LTKTravel

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Help us settle this: Would you camp in an abandoned graveyard?

Renee’s POV: This is the day I learned that Tim, a grown-a** man, is scared of ghosts.

Tim’s POV: I don’t believe in ghosts, I’m a grown-a** man! But yes, I’m afraid of them. Who isn’t!?

Daylight Savings Time hasn’t even ended yet, but sunset’s already coming wayyy too early! Pretty soon we’ll be breaking out the headlamps in order to get in runs/walks after work 😭😭

Stay salty out there this fall! @saltstick

#daylightsavingstime #thruhike #trailrun #motivation #musicbyikson

Another Sara who could be the one haunting this park (Mount Madonna) is Sara Chavaria, who was killed by her boyfriend here in 1969. Or, the hauntings could be from earlier. Ancestral Ohlone residents were violently forced out of their village at the base of the mountain by early Spanish missionaries.

By the way, the pumpkin curry was amazing! The recipe is posted on our website and Substack.

Happy Halloween!

📍Ohlone ancestral lands
🗞️Haunting stories come from a SFGate article
#mealprep #halloween #date #haunted #forest

Thanksgiving will be sooooo good on the trail! We haven’t cooked a Thanksgiving dinner in a while, but we don’t think we missed any staples!

Fun fact: We tracked down the secret sweet potato pie family recipe from Tim’s aunt and learned… it’s just the recipe on the side of the can of yams! Still tastes amazing though!😅😂

#thanksgiving #mealprep #backpacking #dehydrating #freezedried #camping

It was sooo hard to package this up without trying it! Will we have enough will-power to make it a few weeks until the trip?!

The Gila Wilderness has been on our to-do list since we walked from Mexico to Canada on the CDT. We are SOOO pumped to head to New Mexico and tackle it!

#candy #freezedried #backpacking #mealprep #newmexico #musicbyikson

Surprising Renee with a freeze-dried curry based on her FAVORITE ingredient: pumpkin!

We’ll put the full recipe on our substack in a couple of days. Also, if you’re looking for a freeze-dryer, ours is great and there’s a link to it in our bio.

#pumpkin #freezedried #curry

Help us settle this: Would you camp in an abandoned graveyard?

Renee’s POV: This is the day I learned that Tim, a grown-a** man, is scared of ghosts.

Tim’s POV: I don’t believe in ghosts, I’m a grown-a** man! But yes, I’m afraid of them. Who isn’t!?

Pooping in the woods.

#leavenotrace #throwback #poop #thruhike #backpacking

Daylight Savings Time hasn’t even ended yet, but sunset’s already coming wayyy too early! Pretty soon we’ll be breaking out the headlamps in order to get in runs/walks after work 😭😭

Stay salty out there this fall! @saltstick

#daylightsavingstime #thruhike #trailrun #motivation #musicbyikson

Ultralight Aristocrats.

If you’ve been with us for a while, you probably recognize some of these clips 🥰🥰

#backpacking #thruhike #adventure #outside

Cowboy coffee taste test because Tim’s older brother insists it’s better than percolated.

Before this test, these were our go to’s:
Backpacking - instant
Car camping - percolated
Home - drip or moka pot
Fancy friend’s places - espresso
Coffee shop - oat cappuccino

#coffee #cowboy #tastetest

The answer’s kind of surprising…

🤷‍♀️💪🤦‍♀️

#backpacking #girlpower #camping

Peeing, pooping, and periods! 👇

This is how we deal with everyday bodily functions on trail. Always remember to LEAVE NO TRACE! We don’t carry toilet paper. Instead we bring the following…

Shared:
Hand sanitizer
Ultralight shovel

Renee:
Anti microbial pee cloth
Menstrual cup
Water filter

We’ll post more details for each of these bodily functions in videos over the next few days!

#backpacking #thruhike #adventure

Periods while backpacking. This part 2 of a series we’re doing on “The Three P’s” - peeing, pooping, and periods on the trail.

#backpacking #camping #period

These are the details of how we use sticks or rocks, plus water, to achieve total cleanliness after pooping while backpacking. This is part 3 of a series we’re doing on “The Three P’s” - peeing, pooping, and periods on the trail.

A few caveats:
- Use toilets/out-houses whenever available to minimize your impact on the wilderness.
- Check the regulations where you’ll be. In some places it’s required to pack out your poop.
-Make your hole is big enough for all of your poop and cover it well (at least 6-8”/ 15-20 cm).

#hiking #bathroom #outdoors #rock #stick #water #leavenotrace

Dehydrating season has officially begun!

#dehydrating #backpacking #food #recipes #storage

Guacamole on the trail! Not a bad lunch as we explore the High Sierra Mountains!

#freezedried #guacamole #mealprep #backpacking

Who needs the gym when you can burn calories and build muscles doing trail maintenance?! 💪

The Pacific Crest Trail was our first walk from Mexico to Canada back in 2018. It is so rewarding to come back years later to help maintain it! We had so much fun volunteering with Pounder and the PCTA a couple of weekends ago, that we came back for another weekend.

#trailMaintenance #pacificCrestTrail #pct #thruhike #musicbyikson

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This is why we usually label our meals 😅. Seems like we made this in a hurry with whatever random ingredients we had on hand. We know it’s been in our packs on the following trips: Tahoe Rim Trail, Crater Lake, Red Rocks, Sequoia National Park, Lava Beds National Monument (this trip), and probably more!

#dehydrated #mysteryfood #mealprep #backpacking

Our typical morning routine on trail: Tim makes coffee while Renee sleeps in. Whenever we add oat or coconut milk like this, we call it a trail cappuccino!

#coffee #backpacking #asmr #sierranevada #mountains

Unfortunately: some of our friends watch our stories, so this wasn’t a surprise for everybody.

Fortunately: trail banana splits were better than we even imagined! And they were absurdly easy to make!

#bananasplit #freezedried #backpacking #camping #hiking #MusicByIkson

Down costs too much to ruin via improper maintenance!👇

- Wash infrequently.
- Wash properly.
- Store uncompressed.

#down #maintenance #hiking #backpacking #musicbyikson

We have about a million more clips & photos of this that didn’t fit into this video 😴😅

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Throwback! These were all the clothes we carried for 4.5 months while walking from Mexico to Canada on the Continental Divide Trail!

#LTKFallSale #LTKStyleTip #LTKActive

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