Backpacking and hiking thread

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Originally Posted by Samsquanch

mhailey - I just had my first child, he's six weeks old. We're planning on taking him camping this summer, not backpacking but car camping and hiking in Glacier National Park. I'm determined to raise my son in the outdoors as much as possible. Of course I'm learning quickly that my determination is nothing compared to his . I've never been to CO but see pictures all the time and it is beautiful.

As a father of four I can attest that the earlier you get them out the better. It is a lot of work when they are young, like so much work it isn't fun sometimes (though when you have three kids under 5 lots of things are a challenge!), but if you do it well it will pay off. I've got a fishing partner in my son for life and girls that love the outdoors too.

Looking back on that night a few years ago, at 2am, when I was scrambling to find a garbage bag in the darkness of the woods, to put my daughters sleeping bag in, that she filled with pee, well, I was pretty pissed that night, but now I look back and laugh and know that it was worth it.

Good times.