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Mina Loomis (elmvine) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale Central Texas
About Me I have been backpacking on and off in the western US since college in the early 1970's. Summer 1970 a bunch of us spent a week in the Three Sisters Wilderness in Oregon barefoot with blankets, book bags, and no proper gear at all. Now I coordinate youth backpacking for our Camp Fire USA council, and enjoy taking the kids to the mountains. I hope to take up more long distance walking after retirement.
CityAustin
StateTexas
CountryUSA
My Website URLhttp://www.camp-fire.org
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I got a Weminuche map...
Luke, Thanks so much for your suggestions. I picked up a Weminuche map yesterday at REI, and will study it to trace out your routes and see. Lost Creek looks interesting, web site talks about unu...

In Backpacking Light with Scouts » Seeking a good Colorado loop for youth
February 10, 10:19am
Seeking a good Colorado loop for youth
I do hope this is an appropriate forum for my question. It is certainly where I expect to find folks most likely to offer answers. I am the coordinator (volunteer) for the youth backpacking progr...

In Backpacking Light with Scouts » Seeking a good Colorado loop for youth
February 09, 2:19pm
Another disadvantage of hanging your pack
When we hiked the Wonderland Trail (2009), where the park requires the use of permanent hang poles at the designated camps, I used my pack (ULA Catalyst on that trip) as our hang bag. Wet weather ...

In SuperUltraLight (SUL) Backpacking Discussion » Bear Bagging and SUL
December 23, 11:00pm
User error, tarps vs. tents
The previous comment about tarp setup and user error, in the context of whether a tent might be preferable, got my attention. And brought back this memory. It was our first backpacking trip to Gu...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Survival expert can't figure out how to pitch a tarp...
November 29, 7:10pm
shop?
"she is a girl and loves to shop :-)" Um, and all you *boys* on BPL don't love to shop? :P P. S. It doesn't solve the problem of picking out the pack in person, but if you w...

In GEAR » Kids pack suggestions??
November 28, 12:53pm
sticks?
When I am out on short local trips without my poles, with my Gatewood Cape for a shelter, I just rummage around camp for a suitable stick. Carry weight=0. But we are not above treeline here.

In GEAR » tent pole / trekking pole alternatives
November 28, 12:46pm
Rabbit Proof Fence
Three girls escape across 1,200 miles of Australia, from forced training schools, to get home. True story from the 1930's. I think about it when the going gets tough....

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Good Outdoor DVD's?
November 14, 6:40pm
living
Well I used to be a lawyer managing a legal services hotline, but I quit that 11 years ago to homeschool our kids, who then became very large and abandoned us (something about being "grownups&...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » What do you do for a living?
October 31, 8:35pm
Gossamer Gear
Last time I was at Gossamer Gear (they are local for us) they showed me a child's pack they were developing. I think it might have been a downsized Mariposa or similar. There isn't a spec...

In GEAR » Kid's packs?
October 06, 10:51am
Re: Re: Rain?
Aha! Just this morning (before I read this thread this evening), we were on a family hike at McKinney Falls State Park, which normally has 2 sets of falls but currently has no falls anywhere, and ...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Is it just me?
September 25, 7:00pm

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