Originally Posted By OregonMouse


Are you by any chance a Penn State student? If so, I'm sure they have an outing club where you can borrow gear and find company for trips!


OM, you may not have read the news. The Penn State Outing Club has been abolished by the school...

I love your notes about hiking with your young family. The first time I "hiked" to Velma Lakes in Tahoe I was just short of one year old...and I did the whole thing on my mom's hip. This was long before child carriers, and I am still amazed...I am sure I was not ultralight!
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