{"id":934,"date":"2017-10-17T20:36:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T20:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decamp.org\/?p=934"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:42:43","slug":"lassen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decamp.org\/?p=934","title":{"rendered":"Lassen"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a day or two to unpack from the motorcycle trip, I flew up on August 14 to see Tandy and pick up my van, which Tandy was kind enough to store for me over the Summer.<\/p>\n

I also was greeted by a small mountain of boxes–the various bits of backpacking kit I ordered over the summer.\u00a0 Once out of the packaging and consolidated, it doesn’t look quite so impressive, but that’s one of the design objectives of backpacking equipment:\u00a0 small and light.<\/p>\n

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I’m particularly excited about the tent.\u00a0 Made by Zpacks, it’s constructed of dyneema composite fabric and is as spacious (a generous 2 persons) as it is light (about 22 oz).\u00a0 I practiced setting it up a few times in Tandy’s yard and he set up his tent as a comparison.\u00a0 Tandy’s tent uses pneumatic tubes to hold up the tent; mine uses hiking poles.<\/p>\n

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A few years ago Barbara had a Buck family reunion and some of us tried to hike to the summit of nearby Lassen Peak<\/a>, only to be turned around about a mile from the top when the rangers closed the trail for maintenance.\u00a0 Returning and finishing the hike has been on my bucket list every since, and I took this opportunity to both hike Lassen and test-hike my new gear.\u00a0 It was a beautiful, bright and warm day, and the views were incredible. It took awhile to get used to the altitude, starting at 8,000 feet and finishing over 10,000.\u00a0 I started early in the morning and finished in about 3 hours, including a belated breakfast on top.<\/p>\n

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