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I am an outdoors fiend with a propensity for ricocheting off trees on my mountain bike, hiking to remote bog holes for inadvertent swims and adventure racing to lose weight by shedding layers of blistered skin from my feet.

I find great pleasure in showing off my culinary skills and I consider myself to be one heck of a brewmistress with dark beers and thick Chilean Merlot topping my favourites list.

My post-secondary education includes a degree in Photography, a Certificate in Web Design, and several years of biology and English Literature. When I'm not at my day job as a university photo technician and instructor, I freelance with my camera and keyboard to explore my other true passion, writing.

I am a redhead and a Scorpio. I'm not very tall but I make up for it with attitude. I love socks and hate spiders. My dogs rock.

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Sports & Recreation > Hiking & Backpacking How to plan a backpacking trip food menu

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Carrying a backpack over miles of wilderness is a liberating experience but it can also be hard work. Every backpacking trip features multitudes of little rewards along the way, but to my mind some of the most enjoyable rewards involve kicking off your boots at the end of the day and finding a nice comfy rock to sit on while you eat a delicious meal. There are all sorts of ideas about how to eat on a backpacking trip. The ultra-lightweight purists will argue that a jar of peanut butter and a spoon is perfectly adequate sustenance for days on end. Some people even choose to survive on energ...

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