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Hello, welcome to another episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

Hello, everybody in Happy Wednesday.

Yep, weekend is just around the corner for us.

I want to start this episode, this wonderful Wednesday episode with a couple of happy birthday announcements to a few of our Patreon members.

I'm going to start with a Happy Birthday to a new Skywalker, Happy Birthday, new Skywalker,

and Happy 70th birthday to Elvis on the trail.

Guys, thank you for supporting me on Patreon and have a wonderful birthday.

And hopefully you're out there doing something fun and exciting in the outdoors.

Today's question comes from Big Daddy.

I love how everybody's using their trail names. That is so cool, right?

Isn't that just like so much in line with the whole trail culture?

That's great.

His question is about stuff sex and ditty bags.

Why does it cost so much to purchase ditty bags and stuff sex?

I have seen people using Ziploc bags.

I've seen people get very creative with how they store their stuff in their backpacks,

but I've also noticed while visiting a number of sites looking to buy a backpack and a sleeping bag,

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