Does anyone hike/backpack/camp with their kids?
I have a 1 year old and I think by next fall she'll either be too big or too wiggly to be carried in the backpack carrier (Kelty Kids). Does anyone take thier toddlers hiking? Camping? Any suggestions? We go in the mountains of PA.
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We used the Kelty until he was 2 years & 5 months old when we tried to experiment to see how far he could walk, which was about 33% of the time, with 66% of the time riding on my shoulders, which wasn't very comfortable. So we purchased a Sherpani Rhumba UL carrier for our vacation to Hawaii, at age 2 1/2, weight 30 lbs, and he rode in that about 66% of the time on several day hikes. (I don't recommend that carrier because the stitching came out and we had to return it, but we did get a full refund.)
At around 2 years, 10 months he hiked about 75% of the way on a seven mile hike around Muir Woods NM, the rest on my shoulders. I don't plan to put him in a carrier any more, but if we hadn't had it in Hawaii our hikes would've been impossible.
We never had a problem with wiggliness. You are kind of torturing them if you keep them in there a long time, so we never did extremely long hikes, and always stopped and let him rest and play as much as possible, moving no more than 1 MPH over a whole day, their experience of the woods just as important as mine. He'd usually fall asleep in the carrier in the afternoon for an hour or two. We never felt the need to bring toys along to keep him quiet.
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I have a 4 year old and we go hiking all the time, he does pretty good now. He can do about 3 miles on his own without getting tired, but we had to work up to it. Before I used a backpack carrier then when he became to big for that and he got tired of walking, I just carried him piggyback style.Greetings Patrick here from footprintsdownunder - Although I have not travelled with a child my self, I may be able to shed some light on the subject for you.
Firstly there are some kiddie carriers designed with the hiker in mind the link is below for you.
I as a child spent much time away with my parents later on sent on wilderness camps etc so I recon starting young with the magic of travel it can only be a good thing.
I can understand where you are coming from with little backpacker getting heavy to carry, but you should be able to go a few years with some heavy lifting :) My ruck sack average is 30kg split between a 100ltr pack and a technology carry on bag that can be 15 kg sometimes.
Persist with your questions on this matter and I urge you to place the question on footprintsdownunder as well you will get good feed back.
Get a pair of good quality hiking poles and boots, this will make carrying little Johnny or Sarah much easier.
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