The Zaleski Backpacking Trail - Beautiful Misery

Thanks to Facebook (a website that I loath, but still get too much benefit from to ditch completely) I was able to reconnect with a college acquaintance whom is an enthusiastic outdoorsman. Through some Facebook messages and some IM conversations I was able to get myself invited to go along on a backpacking trip he was planning. This was to take place in April of 2009.

I was extremely excited. This would be my first backpacking trip in several years. I immediately started digging through all of my equipment. I got my pack out and sleeping bag. I discovered what equipment I had and what I had lost in our last two moves. I also purchased some new gear; an MSR Blacklite Gourmet Cookset and the MSR Alpine Kitchen Set.