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My First Backpacking Trip

It was mid-October at the Cove Lake Trailhead. We were 9 miles and 1,560 feet of climbing away from the campground at Mount Magazine, the highest point in Arkansas. A few select trees had already changed into their brilliant fall colors. The Boy Scouts of Troop 450 were laden with backpacks filled with all the…