{"id":2117,"date":"2021-02-07T13:25:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T22:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2021-02-07T13:26:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T22:26:45","slug":"post-surgery-prep-for-backpacking-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/?p=2117","title":{"rendered":"Post-surgery prep for backpacking trips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-1024x244.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-1024x244.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-768x183.png 768w, https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image.png 1377w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After my first backpacking adventure last summer where I carried way too much weight, got soaking wet, and had an experience that some would say would turn them off backpacking forever, I&#8217;m somehow determined to do a couple of trips this summer. But my recent shoulder surgery has made me ever so much more mindful of what I will physically be able to do so I&#8217;m trying to lighten my load. By changing to an ethically-sourced down sleeping quilt and a lighter-with tent I&#8217;ve shaved four pounds off my base weight. Those are also going to be my most expensive items too I suspect. <br><br>I think I will shop for a lighter backpack since my current one is over 4lbs, but I want to try it on in person and need to wait for my shoulder and arm to be more healed up since I&#8217;m only 8 weeks out post-surgery and can barely lift up my arm to put on a hoodie. I am not going for ultra-lightweight and I like to take my camera which adds about 4-5 lbs, but I think I can still get my base weight closer to 23-25lbs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My lighterpack list so far: <a href=\"https:\/\/lighterpack.com\/r\/xiemmp\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lighterpack.com\/r\/xiemmp\">https:\/\/lighterpack.com\/r\/xiemmp<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my first backpacking adventure last summer where I carried way too much weight, got soaking wet, and had an experience that some would say would turn them off backpacking forever, I&#8217;m somehow determined to do a couple of trips &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/?p=2117\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}