Hi all, I didn't see a meet and greet subforum, so I hope it's OK to post here.

I recently took up backpacking again in my early fifties after a layoff of about fifteen years. Back in the day, I did quite a few trips in the Boundary Waters Canoe area of northern Minnesota, the Colorado Rockies, and southeast Utah's redrock canyon country.

I realized right away I can't pack the type of loads I used to, so I started hunting around for information about lighter weight gear, and found this site. I've already found some really good information that's helped me start to pare my load down.

I just finished my first overnighter down here in the San Juan mountains, on a section of the Colorado trail known as the Highline Loop. It was a great trial run, and gave me quite a few ideas for reworking my gear, and how to travel comfortably in this area.

So anyway, I look forward to hanging around here, learning what I can, and maybe contributing some useful information!