Welcome!

I'm based in Los Angeles and have been backpacking, primarily in the Sierra Nevada and often solo, since 2014. When I first got started, I had trouble finding women-oriented backpacking advice (and I had so many questions!). So now that I've figured out what works for me, I'm posting it here in the hope that it's a useful reference point for other women who are just getting started.

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I know that what I'm posting here won't work for everyone who reads it. I'm still learning and adjusting, and I don't have all the answers. So as they say in this world, you should hike your own hike! But so many of the blogs I read when I was researching gear and best practices were by men and, implicitly, for other men. While I learned a lot from those sites, and I'm grateful to their authors, I wanted to add to the conversation with a site by a woman and, implicitly, for other women. Enjoy!