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Will be their may 22nd, friday, though may 27th, a weds. Very excited. Have my large alice pack, going to start picking up food. I would post pics of the gear I have collected so far, but I have not gotten the pic feature to work for me yet.....
Again, the drive for me is 16 hours, realistically more like 18 with a few stops thrown in. Me and two close guy friends. Upon arrival at the hilltop, I am going to change out of the clothes I drive down in, to save as 'clean' clothes for the drive back, and wear two pairs of clothes for the 4 day period we will be their. Intend to bath a couple of times with bio-degradeable soap in the river. But my priority is food and water. We'll have a water purifier/pump, and iodine tablets if we need them. Going to take 6 MRE's, or 1 a day for lunch, and pick up some mountainhouse food packets. The hike to the colorado river will be purely an mre day, so 2 that day, and 1 extra. Granola bars, outmeal for breakfast. And some kool-aid/lemonade packets to mix in canteen water, as I think it would be a decent source of sodium. And yes, we will be hiking it in. Also have some strange but large aluminum canteen with a good carrier, which I intend to carry my insulin in, as I think that the water I keep it in in the canteen will keep the insulin cool in the heat. I also intend to put some better shoulder straps on the alice pack, the ones that strap in the middle, as I have been advised this eases the pain and strain on the shoulders.
Very, VERY excited about this trip. We all are.
Very excited. If I emailed a few pics to someone would they post them?
Again, the drive for me is 16 hours, realistically more like 18 with a few stops thrown in. Me and two close guy friends. Upon arrival at the hilltop, I am going to change out of the clothes I drive down in, to save as 'clean' clothes for the drive back, and wear two pairs of clothes for the 4 day period we will be their. Intend to bath a couple of times with bio-degradeable soap in the river. But my priority is food and water. We'll have a water purifier/pump, and iodine tablets if we need them. Going to take 6 MRE's, or 1 a day for lunch, and pick up some mountainhouse food packets. The hike to the colorado river will be purely an mre day, so 2 that day, and 1 extra. Granola bars, outmeal for breakfast. And some kool-aid/lemonade packets to mix in canteen water, as I think it would be a decent source of sodium. And yes, we will be hiking it in. Also have some strange but large aluminum canteen with a good carrier, which I intend to carry my insulin in, as I think that the water I keep it in in the canteen will keep the insulin cool in the heat. I also intend to put some better shoulder straps on the alice pack, the ones that strap in the middle, as I have been advised this eases the pain and strain on the shoulders.
Very, VERY excited about this trip. We all are.
Very excited. If I emailed a few pics to someone would they post them?