Floorguy
WKR
Well my son (age 5) has been bugging me for about the last year to take him hunting with me so I decided to start this summer with taking him out hiking and working up to some backpacking overnight trips. Today we went up the butte its not much but I don't want to crush him and have him loose interest. The butte is 1.5 miles one way 900ft elevation gain to the top. He handled it surprisingly well he said he was tired of walking once and that was once we got to 50 yards from the trailhead and he knew it was almost over. He was talking about wanting to do a "real mountain" tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." His birthday is the middle of next month and I am picking up a Diamond Atomic to give him. He also has a Camp Trails youth frame pack that I picked up for $10 when I was killing time and decided to go into a thrift store, I also got him an Enlightened Equipment 20* Protege quilt.
Here is a pic of him on the top of the butte with what he wants to do next Lazy Mtn its only a mile longer but the elevation gain is 4500feet
Here is a pic of him on the top of the butte with what he wants to do next Lazy Mtn its only a mile longer but the elevation gain is 4500feet