CaseyA
11-29-2011, 10:05 AM
Greetings everyone.......just wanted to introduce myself and hopefully make some friends. I am from Murray Utah and have lived here all my life. I am 32 years old and I spent a lot of time camping when I was little, after I got older I just stopped going for many years. So I was sitting around last summer and suddenly had an awakening and thought "what the heck am I doing indoors, I have these incredible mountains 15 minutes from my house!". The rest is history..... after that I spent every free minute of the summer in the Wasatch front looking for every trail I could find. It was an amazing yet frustrating experience, as much as I enjoyed it I couldn't help but feel bad I had forgotten about the outdoors and wasted so many years. I also feel very ignorant and a little lost because I have no friends who are into it and have no idea what I am doing or what I need on the trail. I tried going to a local REI store and made myself dizzy with all the different things and the sales people. I am very interested in hiking/backpacking and some camping. I hope to learn some things along the way and do a lot of reading to educate myself. I guess my first question would be if there are any organized groups or clubs in Salt Lake City that go on regular outings together, nothing too extreme just day hikes or something over the weekend? Thanks and what a great forum you have here