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Back Issues of
The Backcountry Llama

The Backcountry Llama newsletter has been publishing for most since 1987. Many of the early issues are long gone, but most of the issues from the 1990s are still available.

NOTE: We reserve the right to substitute other issues for ones no longer available when the order is placed. Feel free to email and ask if the issues are available.

These past issues may be ordered in the US at $3 @
- or three from 1999 or earlier for $6
- or a grab bag (our choice of 10) for $15.

Back issues for Canada are $4;.
Foreign mailings they are $6. (US currency)

Available back issues.

(If editions you request are missing, we will substitute one or more similar issues. We are sorry for any inconvenince, but ths list does have a (very) few issues hat are no longer available. We need to do a back issue audit, but have beent too lazy to get to it.)

Because of very limited numbers available of these issues, inquire before ordering.

2-1988 Lost Llama, Round Table
8-1988 Llamarama in the Wild, Llama Saddle Rigging, Burro Impact Versus Llama
10-1988 Teaching My Llama to What? (Parts 1-4)
12-1988 Some Family Trips (Washington), A Nightmare with Sobering Lessons, Introducing Contact and Release Command (Part 5)
4-1989 Trouble on Trail 95, Lessons from a 3000 Mile (horse) Trip, Plants, Two Springtime Hikes in Hells Canyon
6-1989 Getting the wife out, Round Table, Voice Response Service, BBBbear, Plants, Advanced Stand
8-1989 The Llaw or Llamas? Pt 1, Round Table, Pudgy Packer, Plants
10-1989 The Llaw or Llamas? Pt 2, Oregon's Waldo Wilderness, Llamas Open Doors, Review: Packing with Llamas, Plants, Halter comments from survey

The following are still available:

12-1989 Choosing and fitting a llama halter, A loop trip in the south Mt Jefferson Wilderness, Review: Caring for Llamas
2-1990 Pack evaluation criteria, Pack reviews: Cascade Crest, Columbia Crest, Ralide, Sopris, Timberline, Tyler
4-1990 The Prayer Packer, Commercial packer list, Vine Maple, Review: 5 Star Packing
6-1990 Wilderness Hunt, Meeting horses, Hittin' the trail softly, Review: Intro to Llama Packing, Lava??!
8-1990 Early High Hunt, Packing on public lands, Hints, Water, Water
10-1990 Review: Shasta Pack, Llama Industry needs Some Political Clout , Review: Elk Fever, Heat Stress and a Death on the Trail, Pudgy Llama followup, Review Let"s Go Packing
12, 1990 Deadfall, Tender Feet, and Disappointment, USFS use of llamas in the Sante Fe NF, To Geld or Not to Geld, Trail death followup

2-91 Bear Drama at High Noon, How to submit an article to The Backcountry Llama, Llamas and Public lands, Vermont Llamas have political clout
4-91 Caution! Llamas may change your life, Saddle evaluation: Llama Decker, Taking the first step (toward working with FS), A lesson learned, Hiking through red rocks (Arizona)
6-91 To geld or not to geld follow up, Why a llama?, Llamas may be backpackers' friends, Using seal-a-meal bags, If all else fails (public land problems), The perfect vacation
8-91 Round Table: transportation problems, Ruminations about packs, Collared! 10-91: Packing bibliography, The solution continues, Don't leave without me, Where in the world is the Kalmiopsis Wilderness??
12-9, Pasaytan, part 1, Britchen straps

2-92 Pleasure Packing Trip into Hell Hole, Pasaytan, pt 2, Right Place-Wrong Time, Watering Llamas
4-92 One Nice Trip-One Smart Llama, How Wilderness was tamed, Making a Corrective Pad for a Llama Pack, Adventures in B.C., Waldo Chronicles, #1, Suggested criterial for selection of trails for llamas
10-92 Traveling with Carlos, Cat!, Grooming Pack Llamas, Waldo Chronicles, #4
12-92 South Fork of the Crooked River, Llamas and Llow Impact Camping, Waldo Chronicles #5

2-93 Transportation Options for Llamas, #1, Llamatize-Not Traumatize your horse, Trail user Etiquette, Gravity flow water filter system
4-93 (no more) Maximizing your llamas's performance, Transportation Options, #2, How to pick a packer
6-93 Becoming a llama packer, Waldo Chronicles, #6, How Can I evaluate my pack?, The Classic 2000 Llama, Transportation Options, #3
8-93 Fire!, R & R Saddle, Sopris Saddle, Flaming Star Saddle System, Waldo chronicles Part 7 (partial edition available - except the last couple of pages. Can not explain why two are missing.)
10-93 The Spring skier's best friend, Opal Creek, Llamas and their personalities and expressions(review), Jakester
12-93: Evaluating Llama packs, pt1, Round Table - dutch oven, Waldo, pt 8

2-94 Evaluating a llama pack, part 2, Round Table: favorite items, The Waldo Chronicles, part 9, Hiking with professionals
6-94 Update: Packing with Butkis, The Waldo Chronicles, part 11, Evaluating a llama pack, part 4, Recipes from the trail
8-94 My new packing buddy, The Waldo Chronicles, part 12, Round Table: bathing, Evaluating a llama pack, part 5, Sample checklist for pack evaluation, Trail etiquette tips
10-94 A trip to support the llama impact study, Chief Grumpy Bandit Remembered, The Waldo Chronicles part 13, Sopris Lumbar Saddle 1994, Llama packing on a time budget???, A cougar visit, A trip of great highs and deep lows
12-94 Pack Trip to Scout Carson Lake, Checking in on Billlama, The Unseen Element, The Waldo Chronicles, part 14

2-95 Trekking with Llamas, Round Table: Recipes for the trail, Sanford Llama Pad, Shasta pack 1993, Packing issues
4-95 Packing in the High Sierras, part one, The Waldo Chronicles, part 15
6-95 Packing in the High Sierras, part 2, Short Training Hikes in the Spokane Area, Jax Pax, Waldo Chronicles Part 16
8-95 Case History or Hellbore Poisoning, Kakwa Recreation Area, Beware: It's Jakester on the Loose, King Edward, Strange and Scary Reactions, Waldo Chronicles, part 17
10-95 Captain's Log: stardate 1993-1994, Motley Crew, Never forget Your Roots, Andy, Perry, Io and Floyd's Maiden Voyage, One Wet-One Dry
12-95 A Week in the Pasayten, Soft and Quiet in the Southern Bob, Exploring the Central Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, A Gathering of Packers, The Electronic Llama

2-96 Packing with Katie, The Llama Hike, Eagle Cap Trip, From Horses to Llamas
4-96 Canyonlands Task Force meeting, Olympic Trip, Ultimate Dilemma, Cud for Chewing
6-96 Trail Impact Study Results, A Few Ounces of Prevention, Pack Strin Tie hint, Spring Training
8-96 Dangerous Crossing, Bare in the Woods, Scouting for Ideal Pack Stud, Sopris Saddle Review, Pack Survey Results
10-96 Two brothers, Three Llamas, and a Great Vacation, Hal Does Llamas, Sopris Lumbar Review
12-96 Llamas Team up with Blind Hikers, Bear Encounters, Chasing Llamas, Pack Performance Trials, Fairy Tales, part 2, The Queets

2-97(no more) Llama Down, Tips and Training, Water Training
4-97 Temperature Study, Cud for Chewing, Safer Stream Crossings, Halters, Packing with Katie
6-97 Van Bossuyt Family Pack Trip, part 1, Llama Renters, Cud for Chewing, Animal Dangers
8-97 Maybe Next Year (elk hunting trip), Llama Sales, Take Your Water Seriously, Cud for Chewing, Sierra Trip, part 2
10-97 How did I get into Llamas?, Sopris Saddle, Llama Decker Saddle, Cud For Chewing, Point Reyes Trip, Book Review: A Small Target

2-98 Sierra Pack Trip, part 1, Cud for Chewing, Book Review: Backcountry Bear Basics, Rendezvous 98 info
4-98 Steps to Prevent Plant Poisoning, Cud for Chewing, Sierra Trip, pt 2
6-98 The Bear, Conditioning, Cud or Chewing, Llama trekking video review, Bear Books Review, Little Llama That Could
8-98 Taylor Creek 96, Rendezvous98, Useful Ideas, Cud for Chewing, Saddle review: Trail Boss, Classic 2000 Packarama
11-98 A Summer Vacation in the Pasayten Wilderness, Lot of Bull, Cud for Chewing, Bonny Doon Saddle, Olympic Pack Llamas

2-99 The Winds trip,Training with Llamas, More Cud for Chewing, recognition, Book Reviews, Year of the Rookies
4-99 Trip Recommendations, Erma Bell Lakes, Cud for Chewing
6-99 Hot Weather Packing, Llama Conditioning, Trail Tips, Wilderness Restoration, Have You Been Sued--Yet?, Czar, Training with Llamas, Olympic Llama Packers, West Eagle Trail, Hike into History
11-99 Waldo: The final chapter, Daggett Lake, School in Session, Training with Llamas, La La Land, Vounteers

For issues for 2000 or later click here.

Back Issues of
The Backcountry Llama

The Backcountry Llama newsletter has been publishing for most since 1987. Many of the early issues are long gone, but most of the issues from the 1990s are still available.

These past issues may be ordered in the US at $3 @
- or three from 1999 or earlier for $6
- or a grab bag (our choice of 10) for $15.

Available back issues.

(If editions you request are missing, we will substitute one or more similar issues. We are sorry for any inconvenince, but ths list does have a (very) few issues hat are no longer available. We need to do a back issue audit, but have beent too lazy to get to it.)

Because of very limited numbers available of these issues, inquire before ordering.

The following are still available:

Back Issues of The Backcountry Llama

Check other pages Home Llama Info BCL back issues BCL articles Pack pictures Llama trip suggestions Pack llama literature Pack llama sites Pack llama events Pack llama equipment Pack llama sales Pack llama rentals Commercial packers Llama trail issues Conservations sites

The Backcountry Llama newsletter has been publishing for most since 1987. Many of the early issues are long gone, but most of the issues from the 1990s are still available.

These past issues may be ordered in the US at $3 @ - or three from 1999 or earlier for $6 - or a grab bag (our choice of 10) for $15.

Available back issues.

(If editions you request are missing, we will substitute one or more similar issues. We are sorry for any inconvenince, but ths list does have a (very) few issues hat are no longer available. We need to do a back issue audit, but have beent too lazy to get to it.)

Because of very limited numbers available of these issues, inquire before ordering.

The following are still available:

Check other pages Home Llama Info BCL back issues BCL articles Pack pictures Llama trip suggestions Pack llama literature Pack llama sites Pack llama events Pack llama equipment Pack llama sales Pack llama rentals Commercial packers Llama trail issues Conservations sites

Back Issues of
The Backcountry Llama

These past issues may be ordered in the US at $3 @
- or three from 1999 or earlier for $6
- or a grab bag (our choice of 10) for $15.