{"id":3458,"date":"2016-08-03T21:03:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T03:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/?p=3458"},"modified":"2016-08-03T21:03:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T03:03:20","slug":"solo-backpacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/2016\/08\/03\/solo-backpacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Solo Backpacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cataract-Creek-Camp.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cataract-Creek-Camp-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Cataract Creek Camp\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cataract-Creek-Camp-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cataract-Creek-Camp-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cataract-Creek-Camp-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cataract-Creek-Camp-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cataract-Creek-Camp.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before I jump off into my next adventure, I wanted to share at least one glimpse of my last one. I went through three mountain passes in two national parks, camping in a wilderness area in between. It was absolutely beautiful and very quiet besides the soft clucking of a white tailed ptarmigan near my campsite. <\/p>\n<p>For anyone trying to reach me in the next month, I will be out of cell range for the entire month so my next chance to get back to you will be in September.<\/p>\n<p>Taken in the White Goat Wilderness Area.<br \/>\n24mm, f11, 5 seconds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I jump off into my next adventure, I wanted to share at least one glimpse of my last one. I went through three mountain passes in two national parks, camping in a wilderness area in between. 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