https://shanebrewer.com/tags/outdoors/ Recent content in Outdoors on Shane Brewer Hugo -- 0.161.1 en-us Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0700 https://shanebrewer.com/blog/backpacking-the-enchantments/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0700 https://shanebrewer.com/blog/backpacking-the-enchantments/ Washington’s most competitive backpacking permit, won on my first lottery entry. The story of a July 4th thru-hike through the Core — beauty that lived up to the hype, brutal terrain, and the bugs I had to gear up to survive.