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That trail was rough-snowfields, deadfall, and so on-and thanks to years of lying in sunny windows, she’s pretty chunky.

It was fun to see her getting into it but I don’t know if I’d make it a regular thing. But she eventually got comfortable exploring-sniffing around for voles, scratching downed trees, and so on. She doesn’t love water, which was a problem because the trail was wet and it stormed overnight while we were up there. Don’t ask me why I think it was half because I felt sorry that I had turned this desert-roaming feral feline into a housecat and half because I was jealous of my friends who had trail dogs. I once took my (indoor, mostly) cat on an early-season overnight on the Continental Divide Trail in Colorado, a little bit on a leash but mostly in a carrier strapped to my pack. We canvassed staff across Outside’s magazines and asked: What’s the strangest luxury item you’ve ever brought into the backcountry? A Cat “Fred the cat explores the CDT. At best, it elevates your experience at worst, you end up with a funny story about the time you lugged a beach umbrella up a mountain. Then there are the weird luxury items: the gourmet meals, the photo ops, the “I dragged this up here just because I could” pulls. A common one might be a paperback book, a camera, or a couple cans of brew. In backpacking parlance, a “luxury item” is anything you bring that you don’t need to-the gear that isn’t necessary to keep you safe, nourished, or warm, but enhances your experience in one way or another.

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