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I shared your poem with my family and we all love it! “This sucks but we will do it again tomorrow” could have been our thru-hiking mantra 😂. Great gear review! We are also Big Agnes fans (one of my hubby’s favorite t-shirts says “Ditch the Old Bag and sleep with Big Agnes!” And your Yellow Jacket article is super hilarious!!

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I am so glad you loved the poem -- I have a whole book of poems about the 'misery' of hiking... one of these days I'll get around to publishing it lol!! And I love that Big Agnes shirt - what a riot!!!

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Great information!!

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Haha! “in case you couldn’t tell, this is satire.”

I want to fact check: did you write the yellow raincoat gear review before you discovered the popcorn tonsillitis connection, or how much does your story stray into fiction?

And in snack-related topics, I liked your description of “like sleeping on a bag of potato chips all night.” 

Also I am wondering - what happens if you’re testing new socks and new shoes at the same time?… it’s changing two variables at once! I’m guessing you need to do many iterations of shoes x socks?

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