Man Camp "Ultra"

Greg and Joel backpack-camped for the first time at Boulder Lake up on Mt Hood a couple weeks ago. They went with some friends and called it Man Camp Ultra. It was so much fun, they decided they want to do it again sometime. We'll have to work on upgrading their gear for next time. This was a bit of a trial run, so they made do with what we already had, for the most part, and it wasn't light! Greg's pack weighed 52 lbs, and Joel's weighed 21 lbs--for just one night. Joel injured his foot a couple days before and had to hike in a boot. Thankfully, the x-rays showed no fracture. It was just a deep bruise, but he wasn't able to walk on it without the boot. It did the trick. He was able to go!