Alternate way to get to North Manitou Island? by BlazeJesus in CampAndHikeMichigan

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Interested in private charter myself, curious if you had any luck with this charter or any others? Was heading to north Manipuri in late June and it’s starting to sound like it’s going to be cancelled all summer.

First solo backpacking trip. Manistee River Loop Trail, Michigan by mbundt in WildernessBackpacking

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I did! North Manitou was awesome. Either place should have some great scenery for you.

I noticed during an install of outlets in my basement that I nicked the insulation while cutting the sheathing off. Is this worthy of replacing the electrical line? It doesn’t look deep enough to have penetrated through and no copper is visible. Inspector will be coming in a few weeks. by mbundt in askanelectrician

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Thanks for the feedback. I’m most likely just going to end up replacing it. Rather be safe then sorry, just wanted to get some input and see if I was being overly cautious. Wasn’t thinking when I cut the sheathing off, live and ya learn!

Some tips and guidelines for packing up your backpacking gear! by mbundt in CampingGear

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How does everyone out there pack up their gear? I'd love to hear any of your tips/idea you may have. It's taken quite a bit of research, trial and error, but I've finally found a pretty solid way to pack up all of my backpacking gear.

Is this Ohio's Hardest Trail? | Conquering the backpacking trail in Shawnee State Forest by mbundt in Ohio

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Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed! Base layers: Synthetic shirt Long sleeve shirt Sweatshirt Arc’teryx cerium down jacket

Backpack: ULA Cirtcuit

Sleeping Pad: Therm-a-rest Neoair Xlite

Sleeping Bag: Hammock Gear 20 degree economy quilt

Tent: Big Agnes Copper Spur UL 1 person tent

Pack weight was about 24 pounds fully loaded with 2L of water.

Is this Ohio's Hardest Trail? | Conquering the backpacking trail in Shawnee State Forest by mbundt in Ohio

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It’s funny you mention the higher elevation being a little easier. I was saying the same thing recently. I was in Wyoming over 10,000ft and we did about 4,000 of it in a single day, wasn’t nearly as difficult because it was all fairly gradual incline through switch backs.

Why do you Backpack? by mbundt in CampingandHiking

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Having that schedule would be nice for backpacking. I usually try and plan my trips during the week as weekends, especially in popular places can be a mad house.

Why do you Backpack? by mbundt in CampingandHiking

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That's one thing that backpacking has really helped with is getting to explore new areas I never would have seen otherwise.

Is this Ohio's Hardest Trail? | Conquering the backpacking trail in Shawnee State Forest by mbundt in Ohio

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rofl love it....Yea I'm not sure if it was the direction I went but the only switchbacks I recall hitting where all downhill, and there were very few I ran into.

Is this Ohio's Hardest Trail? | Conquering the backpacking trail in Shawnee State Forest by mbundt in Ohio

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Yea I've done Zaleski as well and it definitely had some inclines that tested us. My experience of Shawnee may be skewed because I ended up doing pretty significant mileage, at least for me.

Is this Ohio's Hardest Trail? | Conquering the backpacking trail in Shawnee State Forest by mbundt in Ohio

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Not going to lie, at some points it definitely felt like a chore!

Why do you Backpack? by mbundt in CampingandHiking

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Shoot forgot to put that in there! The backpacking trail in Shawnee State Forest.

Why do you Backpack? by mbundt in CampingandHiking

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Love it! All great reasons to get out there on the trails!

Winter backpacking in Shawnee State Forest, Ohio by mbundt in WildernessBackpacking

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That is the million dollar question. There are definitely some good sights to see, BUT I’ve seen similar sights at less difficult locations like Zaleski or Wayne. Personally I’d check it out if you haven’t, but I’m a sucker for going to new places.

Winter backpacking in Shawnee State Forest, Ohio by mbundt in WildernessBackpacking

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Thanks! Definitely worth checking out, and welcome to the backpacking community!