At almost 5 years old, she’s logged hundreds of miles in baby hiking carriers and toddler carrier backpacks. She’s been strapped to my back while fly fishing, shed hunting, and deer hunting. For ...

Over the years we’ve lugged her along the six-mile out-and-back using a variety of soft-sided baby wraps, front-mounted child carriers, backpack haulers, and, of course, on piggyback rides.

Instead, my camping misadventure had only begun ... after mother toting newborns through slot canyons or backpacking up craggy peaks in the Tetons like it’s no big deal. Camping with a baby is easy, ...