Camp Hiking Backpack
Camp Hiking Backpack
Does anyone hike/backpack/camp with their kids?
I have a 1 year old and I think by next fall she’ll either be too big or too wiggly to be carried in the backpack carrier (Kelty Kids). Does anyone take thier toddlers hiking? Camping? Any suggestions? We go in the mountains of PA.
I took my son on his first hike at six months old, in a Snugli carrier, with a daypack on my back. A month later we went on our only backpacking trip using the same carrier. By the time he was 9 months old we’d switched to a Kelty Meadow Kids Carrier, which we used for two years for Day Hiking, but as my wife is too weak to carry the kid, we never were able to figure out how to go backpacking, unless I carried over 50 lbs, including the kid, which is too much for the Kelty Meadow.
We used the Kelty until he was 2 years & 5 months old when we tried to experiment to see how far he could walk, which was about 33% of the time, with 66% of the time riding on my shoulders, which wasn’t very comfortable. So we purchased a Sherpani Rhumba UL carrier for our vacation to Hawaii, at age 2 1/2, weight 30 lbs, and he rode in that about 66% of the time on several day hikes. (I don’t recommend that carrier because the stitching came out and we had to return it, but we did get a full refund.)
At around 2 years, 10 months he hiked about 75% of the way on a seven mile hike around Muir Woods NM, the rest on my shoulders. I don’t plan to put him in a carrier any more, but if we hadn’t had it in Hawaii our hikes would’ve been impossible.
We never had a problem with wiggliness. You are kind of torturing them if you keep them in there a long time, so we never did extremely long hikes, and always stopped and let him rest and play as much as possible, moving no more than 1 MPH over a whole day, their experience of the woods just as important as mine. He’d usually fall asleep in the carrier in the afternoon for an hour or two. We never felt the need to bring toys along to keep him quiet.
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Marlboro Camping Hiking Backpack Day Pack $9.99 |
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90L Large Backpack Shoulders Bag Camping Hiking Internal Frame Orange $68.99 |
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REI hiking & Camping Backpack / traveling bag $19.99 |
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Camp Trails External Frame Hiking Camping Backpack $39.99 |
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60L Professional Backpack Bag Camping Hiking External Frame Blue $50.99 |
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PROFESSIONAL BACKPACK/ DAY PACK, Hiking Camping HUNTING DAYPACK, LARGE CAPACITY $54.00 |
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DELUXE Backpack Day Pack Camping, HIKING, BACKPACKING, TRAVEL, & BACK to SCHOOL $35.99 |
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80L Professional Backpack Shoulders Bag Camping Hiking External Frame Red $53.99 |
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70L Professional Large Backpack Bag Camping Hiking External Frame Green $65.95 |
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80L Hiking Camping Backpack Large Capacity External Frame Packs Blue New Stripe $52.99 |
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80L Professional Large Backpack Shoulders Bag Camping Hiking Internal Frame Blue $60.95 |
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90L Professional Large Backpack Bag Camping Hiking Internal Frame Red $68.95 |
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Osprey Aether 70 HYDRATION Camping Backpacking Hiking Back Pack Mens SMALL Green $204.95 |
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Vtg 80s Jansport External Frame Backpack Leather Patches RARE Camping Hiking USA $79.99 |
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Vtg Rare Old 70s 80s JANSPORT External Frame Large BACKPACK Bag Hiking Camping $79.99 |
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LARGE Vintage Jansport EXTERNAL Frame Camping Hiking Bag BACK PACK OUTDOOR GREEN $99.99 |
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Green Large Backpack Camping 3200 CI NEW Backpacks New Free Shipping Camp Hike $39.00 |
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Dog Backpack Pet Gear Saddle Bag for Hiking Camping New $17.98 |
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THE North Face SENTRY HIKING CAMPING Backpack Daypack Size Medium $169.99 |
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6000ci Alpine Trekking/ Hiking/ Climbing/ Camping Internal Frame Backpack $57.95 |
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New 60+10 L Internal Frame Camping Hiking Backpack Blue $45.99 |
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New 60+10 UL Internal Frame Camping Hiking Backpack Red $49.95 |
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80L Professional Backpack Outdoor Bag Hiking Camping External Frame Blue $57.99 |
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JOHNSON OUTDOORS EUREKA GETAWAY 2500 HIKING/CAMPING BACKPACK $9.99 |
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GREGORY BACKPACK – MEN’S Size Large – Internal Frame Hiking, camping outdoor $55.55 |
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Swiss Army Rucksack Kamprucksack/Backpack Camping Hiking Pack 28″ x 11″ x 7″ $34.99 |
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Triangle Pink Backpack TT303PPF Outdoors Hiking Camp $28.99 |
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Kelty Trekker Blue External Frame Hiking Camping Backpack $49.99 |
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Green Large Backpack Camping 3200 CI NEW Backpacks New Free Shipping Camp Hike $39.00 |
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Green Large Backpack Camping 3200 CI NEW Backpacks New Free Shipping Camp Hike $39.00 |
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Sports Camping & Hiking Backpack Waist Hip Bag Green B12 $17.56 |
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80L Professional Backpack Shoulders Bag Camping Hiking External $53.99 |
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80L Professional Backpack Shoulders Bag Camping Hiking Internal Frame Orange $60.99 |
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Canvas Backpack Hiking Camping Mountain Climbing Travel Bag Sack $14.99 |
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80L Professional Backpack Shoulders Bag Camping Hiking External Frame Blue $53.95 |
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New Smart Waterproof Camping&Hiking Backpacks Sport Bag $39.00 |
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Eureka Get Away 2500 Hiking Camping Backpack $39.99 |
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90L Professional Large Backpack Bag Camping Hiking Internal Frame Orange $68.95 |
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90L Professional Large Backpack Bag Camping Hiking Internal Frame Blue $68.99 |
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High Sierra AIRFLOW Hydration Backpack-2 Liter -Camping Hiking Outback Snowsport $9.99 |
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Backpack by Excruzen, Aipine-75,Hike, Camp, Travel . $39.99 |
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Multipurpose/ Camping, Trekking, Hiking & Student School Backpack/ Red / 1 PCS $23.55 |
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