My Engineering Years: a personal post from the same era, not technical, kept for reference. See the rest of this era. It has been a long time since I was part of the backpacking, hiking, and camping community. Actually, it was way back when I was a boyscout i was able to do the backpacking, hiking, and camping thing, but that was a good loooong while ago. One thing I did remember though, was how darn heavy my backpack always was. I'm sure at that age I was trying to pack everything but the … [Read more...]