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How To Pack For A Weeklong TripWhen your normal menu consists of overnight adventures, it's easy to forget key items that can derail your plans. These hints can help.Photos by Jennifer Howe / howephoto.us
1: First step, check weather and terrain, so you'll know what to take.
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READERS COMMENTS
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What a worthless article!!
— Jim from SD
How many sleeping bags does Howe have on that shelf back there??
— sierracanon
So how is this different than any other trip plan?
— Cynnel
That was the most pathetic excuse for advise I have ever seen. Who would ever want to by the magazine with crappy generic advise like that.
— thaddeus
Plan your enu. For a week long trip this is one of the most important items to pland and pack, in order.
— Board Dog
WEAK! Come on Backpacker! There's too little information in this for you to have wasted my precious time!
— Fred
gotta love nature
— warren
Not to be too critical but that was totally useless. Title of article - how to pack for a week long trip. Message presented - sort your stuff and put it in the pack to make sure it fits...really?
— Anonymous
It's not too late. Redo the article into something helpful.
— Paul
I think this was meant to be comedy.
— Jerry
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