I just want to encourage all teenagers with Type 1 diabetes that the world is their's for exploring.This summer my daughter, who is 14 yrs old and had diabetes since 4th grade, went backpacking in the remote mountains of Wyoming. Our family traveled to the Medicine Bow Mountains and hiked into the back country for 3 days. Jessie is a pumper,using the ANIMAS pump and also has the DEXCOM continuous glucous monitor. The high elevation and exercise made her more prone to low sugars so she did turn her basal rate down,sometimes as much as 50%. The interesting thing was with strenuous climbs, she went high on the descent. SO we started turning her rate up on the way down. Same thing happens when she runs a 5K so it is either the exertion or dehydration. At night I was very glad to have the Dexcom give us alarms because her BG would plummet after she went to sleep.We had to turn her basal rate down by 70%. We had a great time and saw vurtually no one the whole time. This was truely a no bars on the cell phone area. We were able to carry plenty of glucose sources-Sports Gu's, glucose tablets and gatorade. I would not do this as a first time camping adventure with diabetes since there was alot of intensive management. But it was well worth it. The views from 11,000 ft peaks were awesome, the crystal clear lakes sparkling and lots of wildlife. (not to mention the Mosqitos). I will try to attach some pics.