Keep your pack on your back (and other tips)

I just found this great blog entry on sizing and wearing your pack. I'm pasting tha address here in the hopes that you might use the link if you are planning to backpack for first time.

https://www.fix.com/blog/packing-your-backpack/

Wear it as much as possible before you head out. It really helps!

Backpacker recommended

So a fellow backpacker recommended that I post the mosquito picture....
The Mosquitos were very intense/present/active in the sub alpine and alpine ranges while we were in the Sierra and Yosemite proper. Bug nets were "recommended" on this trip but perhaps (this year) might have been best "required". The bugs were "BAD". Perhaps some of the worst our guide had experienced recently.