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Planning an Adventure Trip? Here Are Some Key Insider Tips to Packing and Planning — and Being Fully Prepared
Two years ago I was reading a copy of Explore Magazine, Canada’s version of Outside. A woman had submitted a story about a NatGeo horse outfitter who specialized in two-week trips deep in the Muskwa-Kechika Wilderness of the Northern Rockies.
My kind of trip.
Middle of nowhere. Size of Ireland. Pack in your own food. Small groups. Huge mountains, grizzly and moose and deer and eagle. No tech for weeks on end.
Yah. My kind of trip.
At the time I was recovering from a broken back from a horse trip in Kazakhstan. I called Wayne Sawchuk, who runs those expeditions. He advised me to book early.
I did. As soon as I knew he was back from his early fall trips, I booked two back to back. I’d be gone a month.
My kind of trip.
I ride all over the world, and the more wild the better.
But here’s the thing. I’d never been on this trip. There were different conditions. Different requirements. What I have done before doesn’t always work every single time.