>>2713620>have duck tape the only saving grace. >ducktape wrap my bag multiple times and get it to hold. >continue walking make it to next spot camp have good time :)Ffw another day:
>pic related is the trail, windstorm came a week prior and all the trees fell over creating an absolute maze>last day and at this point want to kms do to the gear failure>shoes are falling apart now too, have to tape them as well. >sweating like a whore in church I continue to wrap my shoes. >friend tells me that we’re only 3 miles back to the car. >uneventful descent ran into a few through hikers and we chit chat nothing seirous.> get to the gap and can see his car, we smell and look terrible. >we get in car, turn the ignition annnnnnnd batteries dead.>we both laugh at this and spend the remainder of the afternoon flagging down cars with the hood open. Fortunately a jeep bro looking like he was kitted out for overland camping gave us a jump and we went on our merry way.>he drops me off at my car, we stop at a gas station for some fuel. >take red bag and throw it in the fucking trash along with most of the cheap gear in it. >make it home and order Kelty backpack and real fucking shoes. Camping has never been better now :)