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Vancouver, BC
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Posted - 06/02/2012 : 3:40 PM
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If one wanted to take their 2 yr old on an overly ambitious overnighter and needed to carry their own gear, kid gear, plus (probably most of the time) the kid, how would one accomplish this?
I have a child carrier (great for day trips), but i couldn't imagine strapping a tent, two bags, etc on it. I'm going go try to do it anyway, but I was wondering if anybody has tips or knows of the biggest carriers when it comes to additional storage space or capacity for external strapping. Any pictures of a fully loaded kit?
1) go in hot summer and don't use sleeping bags?
2) take regular backpack and kid on shoulders/ make him walk?
3) convert my 80 L pack into a kid carrying pack of some sort?
4) go on a pre-trip and drop the gear, come back home and get/carry the kid? (yikes, going up the mountain or on the trail 3 times...gulp)
5) enlist childless friends to help share the load? |
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 Outdoors addicted flyfishing, skiing, snowshoeing, hiking car crooner and resident motormouth
Da'Wack, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/02/2012 : 6:05 PM
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| Sherpani makes the pack with biggest capacity; or at least it did when I was in the market for a child carrier/pack. You still can't pack everything in it, no chance. Either enlist a friend, get a cart(on a cart friendly terrain kinda trail) or choose a location where camp isn't far and relatively easy for a 2 yr old to toddle (ie Cathedral Park.) |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
1111 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 7:19 PM
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Posted - 06/03/2012 : 2:21 PM
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A Wheelie Trailer will do the job. You won't permanently destroy your neck, back, knees, and ankles by trying to overload yourself. If a Park Ranger objects, carry your child on your back, and pull the rest in the trailer. The trailer is not a bike.
https://www.radicaldesign.nl/en/products/walking-trailers
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North Delta, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 06/03/2012 : 9:10 PM
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| I agree with the votes for Sherpani. We had one and it was great. Super well designed and comfortable to wear. |
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Satirical photoshop junkie who frolics in the mountains of the Chilliwack River Valley
Chilliwack, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/03/2012 : 9:14 PM
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| I have a Sherpani Rumba Backcountry pack for my daughter. I would say it carries the weight better and more comfortably than my Osprey Aether backpack. Used it snowshoeing as well as hking with up to 45lbs total weight. Got mine on Craigslist used for 120.00. Worth every penny. |
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Coquitlam, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/04/2012 : 06:17 AM
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I have been using the Deuter Kid Carrier III... it's capacity is decent, but you would likely need someone else to assist unless you're going ultralight/ultra compact with your kid.
I originally wanted to the the Sherpani Rumba Backcountry, but I wasn't able to find one locally so I went with the Deuter from MEC. So far it has served me well, but I haven't gone camping with it yet - just a handful of Grouse Grinds and other lower mainland hikes.
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/07/2012 : 06:38 AM
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| If the kid was small enough, you could use a front carrier for the kid (Snugli/Ergo) and use a backpack for the stuff. We had a full suspension stroller for a while (mountain buggy) that i pushed upthe Porteau Cove logging road once. Otherwise, bike touring with a trailer, or canoe trip, but that doesn't meet your objective. |
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Child carriers with huge storage/carrying capacity
