simplicity – PMags.com https://pmags.com Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:00:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-fav-ico-160x160.jpg simplicity – PMags.com https://pmags.com 32 32 81463906 Simply Walking https://pmags.com/simply-walking https://pmags.com/simply-walking#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2016 19:29:58 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=12598 Simply Walking

Walking. It is simple, enjoyable and healthy. And if you are thinking of a long hike, something you should be doing. Read More ...

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Not every trip has to be epic. Sometimes I just need to relax. Read More ...

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Above all else, I think the concept of simplicity is what I find most appealing in the outdoors. Read More ...

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The joy of the simple pleasures.

I’ve been gone pretty much every weekend since…well, for a while. 🙂

I love to maximize my outdoor time especially since I am a working stiff. Last weekend, I was gone from Friday until very late Sunday. It was a great trip, but combined with a busy work week (including a deployment that went south and I did not get home until 12:30 AM!!! ) and a busy personal week, and I was rather beat by Friday evening.

For various reasons, I tend to want  every weekend to BE VERY FULL. The capital letters are no accident.  Somehow I feel as if I am wasting the weekend if I am “just” relaxing.

If the weekend does not involve some off-trail scramble, a lot of skiing or even a remote car camping trip, I feel like the weekend has been wasted.

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