My friends and I have been excited to do an overnight trip for a while now. We started hiking at the start of the year and slowly we have been amassing the necessary gear and experience to journey in hopes of surviving a night outdoors.
Our destination was Cheakamus Lake, a small distance away from Whistler Village, and the more famous Garibaldi Lake. The goal of this trip was to field test our equipment. I had just purchased a 50L pack from MEC, as well as a new sleeping pad (both worked out great so far!) My friend had inherited a bunch of gear from his father, including our camp stove which unfortunately only ended up cooking about half of the food we intended.
Overall, the trip wasn't half bad. The lake was glorious, and I had a pretty decent view of the stars at night. We definitely achieved our goal in learning which gear we needed to replace - camp stove, we're looking at you - and gained more insight into how we can improve future trips.
