
Backpacking Gear Guide for Beginners and Youth Groups
The Big Three, made simple: how to choose and size a backpack, sleeping bag, and sleeping pad for youth and adults, plus where to find gear without buying new.

The Big Three, made simple: how to choose and size a backpack, sleeping bag, and sleeping pad for youth and adults, plus where to find gear without buying new.

Perhaps a friend cancelled on a hike last minute, there is no one free to go skiing that day, or maybe it is simply because experiencing the wilderness alone can be immensely therapeutic and powerful. There are many reasons why someone may want to go outdoors alone. Whether mountain biking, hiking, backpacking, or even rock climbing, you may one day find yourself venturing into the great outdoors with only the rustling of the wind through the trees and your footsteps in the dirt to give you company, if you are so lucky.

Well dang it. I missed out. Do you ever get that feeling? That regret? I definitely have. Now I have been finding ways to make sure I don’t have any more in the future.

It’s ok to be a beginner who begins at the beginning.