S24O – PMags.com https://pmags.com Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Sat, 09 Dec 2023 01:56:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-fav-ico-160x160.jpg S24O – PMags.com https://pmags.com 32 32 81463906 Gray Wolf Mtn S24O https://pmags.com/gray-wolf-mtn-s24o https://pmags.com/gray-wolf-mtn-s24o#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:45:27 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=21480 Gray Wolf Mtn S24O

A quick overnighter trip in the Mt. Evans Wilderness. Fall weather, elks bugling, a lonely 13er, and caught up with friends. Read More ...

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A quick backpacking trip with a good friend. An appropriate way to spend some time before I leave for Canada (and move from the Front Range next month!) Read More ...

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A twenty-four backpacking trip in the Vasquez Wilderness with some friends. Read More ...

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A quick overnighter to keep work related stress in check a bit. Read More ...

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A relaxing ~25 mile trip the Lost Creek Wilderness. A touch of fall was in the air. Read More ...

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An attempted S24O in the Mt Evans Wilderness with Cam “Swami” Honan of thehikinglife.com .

Through my activity in the backpacking community, I’ve been able to correspond and get to know many people over the years without actually meeting them.

With many people, I’ve had years of correspondence and discussion about many topics, cracked a few jokes and exchanged information.

And one person I’ve exchanged emails with a fair amount over the past few years is Cam Honan aka Swami.  A very accomplished backpacker I’ve written about before.

He is currently in Colorado helping out the with CDTC . It also gave us a chance to get in a quick backpacking trip before another event on Sunday morning.

I figured it was a good chance to show off something that was not on a long trail. A little bit of Colorado enjoyed by the locals.

The trip did not go as planned, but it was still enjoyable.

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A quick autumn amble with someone

Just a quick S240 with my lovely someone.

She wanted a backpacking trip close to home lower in the mileage range. I just wanted to get out.

So we went to the popular day hiking area of Crater Lakes.

We left later in the day, avoided most of the day hike traffic going up and found a suitable campsite tucked away from everyone.

The fall weather was just about perfect. Crisp during the day with a touch of fall color around us.

We explored a little bit and  it made for a “big” four mile day.

But it was not about the mileage…it was simply enjoying a lovely area during a great time of the year.

The following morning, we again timed it well. Down at the trailhead by 10:30 AM.

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]]> https://pmags.com/s240-crater-lakes/feed 0 6282 Gossamer Gear blog post: The Weekend Warrior https://pmags.com/gossamer-gear-blogpost-the-weekend-warrior https://pmags.com/gossamer-gear-blogpost-the-weekend-warrior#respond Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:27:48 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=5830 Gossamer Gear blog post: The Weekend Warrior

A guest post I made over on the Gossamer Gear blog site: The Weekend Warrior

Another article on a reoccurring theme for me: How to balance my needed time in the outdoors while maintaining a job, a marriage and a social circle?

Part of the answer, for me, is taking advantage of the weekend get-away.

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