Hi, I’m Lisa “Deepdive” Holmes, a guidebook author & graphic designer.
I post trip reports and info about gear, skills, and backpacking food.
On this two night trip, we camped at the Ohanapecosh campground, drove up to Paradise for quick fall color exploration, then spent a full day hiking next to the Ohanapecosh River on the Silver Falls and Grove of Patriarchs trails.
While it’s important to find gear that works for you based on your individual needs, it can be helpful to hear about what works for others. This is my typical backpacking gear list, with info about how I use each item.
This is a simple camper setup for a 2007 Honda CR-V that allows for leaving the back seats in. Updates for 2021 include attaching legs to the bed platform and adding a side canopy.
This three part video series includes a primer on how to get started backpacking, what to look for when purchasing gear, and a ten step process for planning trips.
What’s not to love about an alfredo pasta dish with spinach and artichokes? Add bacon jerky and mmm… I could eat this all the time!
The Tarptent Aeon Li tent is an ultralight single-wall one-person tent that utilizes trekking poles and stakes for setup. This is my go-to tent for most backpacking trips due to the low weight – just 1 pound!
Victoria Livschitz is a founder of RightOnTrek, a company dedicated to helping people want to expand their outdoors experiences.
It’s impossible to imagine limiting Oregon’s natural wonders to only seven spots, but these seven serve as a great starting point. And each one of them offers outstanding hiking, camping, and backpacking opportunities! Discover hikes at the Oregon Coast, Columbia River Gorge, Mount Hood, Smith Rock, Crater Lake, and the Wallowas.
Whether you consider yourself a beginning backpacker, or it’s been awhile since your last trip and you want to brush up on your skills, this book will help you plan a trip, learn about gear options, and provide tips for your time on the trail and at camp.
This blog is a labor of love. Please consider supporting it via Patreon. Thank you!
© 2021 I Heart Pacific Northwest / Yulan Studio, Inc. All rights reserved.
