The Everyman Backpcking Adventure
In October 2018, one of the Original Sea Peptide Salties, Michelle, and I will go back to our roots and take on a 30-mile backpacking trip along the Pacific Crest Trail in Big Bear, California.
This one will be a total speed trip, fit into 42 hours, including the drive from San Diego to and from Big Bear.
Adventures don't always have to be time-consuming epic quests. Anyone can fit an
adventure into the space of a weekend.And to prove it, our adventure this year will start early Saturday morning and end late Sunday night-- time most anyone can carve out from their lives.
After an early morning, two-hour road trip to the trail, we'll hike 15 miles and make camp for the night in the mountains above Big Bear.
The next day we will go another 15 miles to a bus stop which will take us back to our car to fight through L.A. traffic. We will make it home late Sunday, but just in time to go to work tired and happy Monday morning.
OUR TEAM
ERIN SPINETO
Erin comes from a surfing background, moving through triathlons and on to long-distance swimming. She is now moving above the water to Stand Up Paddling. She spent last year training for the 12.5-mile Swim Around Key West. A few years before, she sailed solo 100 miles down the keys on a 22' Catalina and wrote about her adventures in the book, Islands and Insulin. She was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in her sophomore year in college.
MICHELLE
Michelle is always up for an adventure. No matter when I might call or what crazy scheme I have come up with, she is right there to go along with me.
Michelle has been a type 1 since she was six. She has worked in the diabetes industry for five years. We've spent the last four years keeping each other excited as we meet for our weekly, (now bi-weekly since her adorable son has arrived) workout sessions that range from Plyometrics at the UCSD field to surfing at sunset or running the hills at Torrey Pines, while always discussing the ins and outs of diabetes management and everything else that goes on in life.
OUR AMAZING SPONSORS
GU Energy Gel is back again to propel us on our second trip. Gu is the best energy gel around for taking care of those nasty low blood sugars! They are one of the fastest sugar sources I have used. Roctane is the perfect blend of carbs and caffeine with the lightest flavor. Perfect!
Blood Red Clothing designs, develops & produces innovative & functional clothing & accessories for sailing & watersports. Creativity is at the core of the brand. They also make the coolest drybag backpacks I have seen.
Calavera Swim: I have struggled my whole life, trying to find a suit that looks cute, but still stays in place when I surf or paddle or play. And after years of searching and coming up empty, I have finally found the perfect suit. It is totally flattering and completely sturdy. Calavera Swim has thought of everything, from logo placement to keep the gap in the back from exposing too much, to lining the straps with rope so they don't stretch out. Calavera is the best suit out there.
After hundreds of hours training, our skin can take some damage, and Blue Lizard is sunscreen enough to prevent it. It has been made to Australian standards, which means it is proven waterproof in a 105 degree whirlpool for a full 240 minutes. This stuff is incredible enough to stand up to the full dyas on the water that we will see this July.
Pump Peelz makes skins for our diabetes devices. We have to carry those things anyways, we might as well have a little fun with them, too. The best part is you can design your own to hilight whatever makes you smile. I am loving the Sea Peptide Logo Design.