RIP Aaron Swartz . Your death was suspicious to some and now things are starting to make more sense . HIS NAME WAS AARON SWARTZ <| sep |> Once an LDS student is admitted to a CES school as LDS , they must get an ecclesiastical endorsement exemption from the dean of students in order to continuereenroll and not be required to get an LDS bishop ' s endorsement . At least that ' s the policy at BYUProvo . I don ' t actually think BYUH or BYUI offer the endorsement exemption policy , as Provo only recently added it in order to answer a complaint against the law school . <| sep |> I ' ve only backpacked close by and for hikingcamping so take my advice with a grain of salt , do what works for you . That being said , I honestly don ' t understand needing 4 pairs of shoes . The amount of clothes in general seems high to me , I mean you should be able to get multiple days out of a lot of that stuff so you don ' t need to carry so much . Find clothes that can do duel purposes you really shouldn ' t need 5 pairs of shorts . On the pack , I have an Osprey 65 L , I really like Osprey but you should pick a pack that fits well on your body shape and is comfortable .