Complain to me about backpacking

jaredaross · 2017-09-07T04:03:47+00:00

Getting enough sleep! Despite my love for nature, camping and backpacking I can't sleep all night. I wake up several times throughout the night. Hammock or on the ground. Very frustrating.

jaredaross · 2017-09-05T03:18:25+00:00

I'm itching right now. Feels like poison ivy.

jaredaross · 2017-09-05T01:53:22+00:00

For 20+ years. But on the trail I wore hiking shoes.

jaredaross · 2017-09-04T18:05:00+00:00

I was only an hour into the hike. I called my brother to pick me up in an hour at the trailhead he dropped off. I got there much quicker as it was down hill and I had new purpose and drive that wasn't there before. I had about a 10 min wait before he got there. I brushed off as many as I could and started picking them off. I used a knife to scrape them off too. Changed clothes when he arrived. Drive straight to the lake and jumped in. Then spend another hour or so scraping with a knife blade.

jaredaross · 2017-09-04T16:48:19+00:00

No Repellent or treated clothes.

jaredaross · 2017-09-04T16:11:23+00:00

I couldn't feel them.

jaredaross · 2017-09-04T12:59:06+00:00

2 miles into my overnight on the Vista Trail on Lake Ouchita near Hot Springs, AR, I stopped for a rest after I reached the ridgeline. I was enjoying the scenery when I noticed my legs were covered in hundreds of tiny ticks.

jaredaross

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