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Susan C. Santa Clara, California
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The New Jeep Backpack - It's Not a Backpack, It's a Tardis! by BreastFeedingMums .. Patient Expert leader Jeep have just launched a brand new collection of cleverly designed, high performance backpacks... Jeep Backpacks and when it arrived just a few days ago I had the perfect excuse for a planned day...
Backpacking post is finally up. by Doug R. Patient Expert Last weekend Susan and I got out for a short backpacking trip. I was having trouble with blogger earlier in the week, but I finally got my pictures uploaded and finished a trip report here. Next up, I...
Backpacking pictures, Cross Check, and commute by Doug R. Patient Expert My post is finally up on my hiking/backpacking blog about last weekends fabulous fall backpacking trip. Today we had some unusual weather. Seventy-five degrees. Our normal avg high this time...
Ostomy Outdoors: Backpacking in the Weminuche Wilderness by Dennis Patient Expert Heidi’s got another great backpacking video here. The video is her longest yet... backpacking trip that included 4 summits of 14,000 ft. peaks! If you’ve got the time, watch this video...
Backpacking Across Europe by The Apron Queen Healthy Living Professional One of the items on My Bucket List was to backpack across Europe. I think it is safe to say that I can mark this item off my list. OK, so that isn't what most people think of when backpacking...
Trail Life: Lightweight Backpacking by Rick McCharles Patient Expert “Ray Jardine revisits and rethinks his classic ultralight backpacking text…” Overview Ray Jardine, arguably the founding father of ultralight backpacking as we know it, wrote a book entitled...
Reflections on Backpacking with Children by Jennifer Lance Patient Expert . Last weekend, I took my seven-year-old son on his first backpacking trip.  For my ten-year-old daughter.... Backpacking is not just about physical endurance, there is a psychological factor as well.  Feeling the strain...
Ostomy Outdoors: Oxford and Belford backpacking trip by Dennis Patient Expert Question: Have you tried any high adventure activity post-surgery? Reply to this post! You don’t need an account or even an email address: it’s as open as possible!
Get Ready for Gluten Free Camping/Backpacking by Trina Patient Expert seeds to the mix and increase the water a bit. You can mix up in the Am, backpack all day, cook...
Backpacking with a J-Pouch by Dennis Patient Expert This is what I was doing all last week. This video is a chance to show off some of the great scenery of the Superior Hiking Trail, but more importantly it addresses a concern many people have before surgery: will a J-pouch

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I doubt you've been asked this before
Hi Dr, Very strange scenario, I have just come back from backpacking in peru with a close male friend.He's apparently straight but we are very physical in the sense of lots of hugging etc. In short, he had sex with a girl while we were trekking in the andes and then returned to our tent. I then fell asleep...crap

atripla
My partner & I do a lot of camping & backpacking. Things like hiking in the Grand Caynon for 5 days. Since i've started Atripla, it seems that my tollerence of the heat is shorter than it used to be. Alltitude seems to bother me more also. Anyone else have any of these problems or suggestions...crap

what are my chances of infection?
hi there doctor.i inserted hiv in google and got led to ur site.anyway i am panicking a bit over a certain issue .i just got back from a backpacking trip around asia that included vietnam...!OK, so let me get this straight. You have a great backpacking trip through Southeast Asia...crap

Hepatitis C transmission
and noticed when I picked my backpack up what looked like a blood stain (a pretty good size one) ok and my backpack had touched it and I touched my backpack. Now I have a few small cuts on my hands from my skin... anything like hepatitis c or anything just from touching the part of my backpack that touched the stain that looked...crap

Help! Might have been poked by a needle or something?
I was on the escalator in the mall when I felt a sudden pain on my back (might have been my pimples because I've got many on my back). Then a man holding a backpack with one hand walked right... something. I didn't exactly see what he was holding anything on the other hand but he clenched his backpack...crap

why i dont have apetite anymore?whene one year ago i am swo much like to eat.
I am 20 years old, female. I think I am in good medical condition, except from almost having no appetite at all. I weight 43 kg. I give birth one year ago, and after that i have much appetite. 4 months ago, i went traveling with my boyfriend and caring heavy back-packs. At that time my appetite...crap

Australia: The Morning After -- Backpackers' Drinking Habits Linked to High STD Rates
, and the NSW Backpackers Operators Association are targeting young international travelers with safe... among young backpackers may be leading to unsafe sexual behaviors and higher STD rates compared.... "The number of heterosexual backpackers coming to the clinic with new [STDs] is of great concern...crap

The Sexual Behavior of British Backpackers in Australia
backpackers in Australia and to investigate the influences of substance use and social settings upon sexual behavior abroad. In hostels in Sydney and Cairns, 1,008 backpackers were recruited for the study..., high frequency of alcohol intake and use of illicit substances in Australia. "Backpackers are at high...crap

Children's Fund Chief Fights AIDS in Nigeria
Nigerian native Victor Mbaba, founder of the Atlanta-based nonprofit Africa's Children's Fund (AFC), has returned to his native land for a special ceremony honoring an HIV/AIDS prevention program that focuses on people ages 9-24. Mbaba also plans to distribute school supplies, such as books, backpacks and pencils...crap