Then and now, how camping has changed
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nightborntravel
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A3 So much lighter! My dad still has a metal frame pack for backpacking. Talk about uncomfortable. #hikerchat
Mrs_Roadrunner
replying to @Kootenaicountry @Kootenaicountry @runnerteri @worldlyadventur hahahahaha #hikerchat
TETONsports
replying to @Focalupright @Focalupright @InnTownCamp Sometimes you have to take some poison ivy for that delicious taste of marshmallow. #hikerchat
ashtreeandrose
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A3: Gear weight/technology for sure. Also, camping gear is a lot more stylish these days. #hikerchat
savings417
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AdventureGlass
Did I tell you I did this in Utah last visit. It was marvelous and it RAINED ALL NIGHT - I giggled until I fell as… https://t.co/spEYF17NHp
runnerteri
replying to @AdventureGlass @AdventureGlass OMG! Yes! The swearing while the tent went up! #hikerchat
Parks_Explorer
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TETONsports
replying to @Explorationproj @Explorationproj @InnTownCamp Teenage-ish age was when we really fell in love with camping. #hikerchat
billbrokob
replying to @AdventureGlass @AdventureGlass How did we survive without shock cord? #hikerchat
Kootenaicountry
replying to @AdventureGlass @AdventureGlass The aluminum ones that eventually were replaced with sticks when they broke? #hikerchat
AvenzaMaps
replying to @InnTownCamp @InnTownCamp @TETONsports A2. Hanging out with my cousins and having the best time running around and playing in the river. #Hikerchat
AdventureGlass
The absolute worst - you needed 10 people to put it up (okay I exaggerate) #hikerchat https://t.co/jeKNfJmucZ
bushwhackingfoo
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A3. Carried a heavy backpack that was too big, a tent weighed 8 lbs & wore Timberlands on my feet. It… https://t.co/efRBiA8mMc
worldlyadventur
A3: How light they are! Hiked the Circuit in Torres del Paine here in Chile in March and our tent was 1.2kg or so #hikerchat
savings417
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports Q3: I remember us all squeezing into a tiny tent. Now we have one with 3 rooms! Lol. #hikerchat
KristelHayes
A4. The Highlands of Scotland. A 20 day trip with 2-3 night stops along the way. #hikerchat
TETONsports
replying to @ashtreeandrose @ashtreeandrose And a lot more specialized, it's wild at how technologically advanced gear is now #hikerchat
AdventureGlass
OMG I HATE THOSE> HATE HATE HATE. They dig into your hips and leave holes #hikerchat https://t.co/ISLZDcYwFL
smallbizasst
replying to @InnTownCamp @InnTownCamp @TETONsports A2. My first camping memory was a 40-mile, 5-day backpacking trip along Wild and Scenic R… https://t.co/t9vkjpNW0b
last_adventurer
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A1. Bigfoot is now more elusive. #hikerchat
TaigaAdventures
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A3. Box store gear that didn't last to high quality gearthat could last a lifetime. Oh and no frozen T… https://t.co/stc5N7i4zA
RCGibby73
t_jh2009
replying to @AdventureGlass @AdventureGlass Oh no, it was a Boy Scout Winter Camperee at Cisco Grove in the Sierra-Nevada Mountains. #HikerChat
Mrs_Roadrunner
replying to @runnerteri @runnerteri @worldlyadventur wet until you get to this side of the cascades, then dry as a bone ha #hikerchat
bushwhackingfoo
replying to @AdventureGlass @AdventureGlass Yeah, most of them didn't even have showers back in those days. Now I think they all do. #hikerchat
Focalupright
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports @InnTownCamp right? worth it! esp. marshmallows with that slight crisp...heck yeah #hikerchat
AdventureGlass
A1 Going to camp one Everest #hikerchat I found a company in Tennessee that will take me! https://t.co/98iXtiPhNX
last_adventurer
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A3. No longer are things made in giant, industrial last forever quantities that only Paul Bunyan could carry #hikerchat
worldlyadventur
replying to @runnerteri @runnerteri @AdventureGlass I think modern tent poles are still pretty annoying. That moment when you accidentally… https://t.co/eOOBza2VLd
bushwhackingfoo
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports @worldlyadventur @InnTownCamp I just wanted her to shut up! #hikerchat
TETONsports
replying to @TaigaAdventures @TaigaAdventures Mass has destroyed so many people's expectations of "quality gear" sad to say. #hikerchat
last_adventurer
replying to @InnTownCamp @InnTownCamp @TETONsports A2. Tall mountains. Verdant hills. Pristine snowpack. #hikerchat
InnTownCamp
replying to @InnTownCamp @TETONsports A4: I need to go spend some time in Yosemite, amazing to live so close and not go #HikerChat @TETONsports
bushwhackingfoo
replying to @worldlyadventur @worldlyadventur You are making great strides ;) #hikerchat
runnerteri
replying to @Mrs_Roadrunner @Mrs_Roadrunner @worldlyadventur True! We did camp a lot at Prairie CG, and we'd go up to fish at Paulina. #hikerchat
KristelHayes
replying to @worldlyadventur @worldlyadventur @runnerteri @AdventureGlass so true....followed by accidentally dropping them in the sand. #hikerchat
TETONsports
replying to @last_adventurer @last_adventurer I still have his drivers license hanging from my office wall. Currently waiting for him to come pick it up. #hikerchat
MikeOffTheMap
replying to @jaypeatravels @jaypeatravels @TETONsports psh. They spiked my sippy cup. #hikerchat
AdventureGlass
The string broke in ours so it's rather unruly. #hikerchat https://t.co/0y00DOXwZo
Mrs_Roadrunner
replying to @InnTownCamp @InnTownCamp @TETONsports a4 of course Guy and I are joking around about this question. ;) #hikerchat
Hiker_Steve AvenzaMaps
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A3. Now we have smartphones and the solar powered tools to charge them in the wilderness! #hikerchat
MikeOffTheMap
replying to @last_adventurer @last_adventurer @TETONsports I know where this is going. #hikerchat
Kootenaicountry
replying to @InnTownCamp @InnTownCamp @TETONsports A4 heading to the high mountain lakes with no way for anyone to reach me. #hikerchat #aboycandream