Spartan2, your post hit close to home for me.  My 16-year old son has Type 1 diabetes.  He was diagnosed when he was only 20 months old.  He is also on an insulin pump.  I took him and several of his friends to Quetico in 2011 (through the Scout program out of Ely) and we are going again this June.  We covered 125 miles in a 9-day trek, and of course I was very worried about how he would do.  We had done lots of camping and some short backpacking trips, but it is different when you are several days into the wilderness.  I went on a Quetico trip without him in 2007 (he was still too young), so I knew what to expect.  We carried lots of extra diabetes care stuff (extra meters, test strips, anti-nausea pills, estra pump, etc.), but he did great.  The only bad low that he had was during the long portage at Basswood Falls.  It was day two of our trip.  I carried a canoe through quickly and came back looking for him.  He was with a friend and was carrying a very heavy pack (he was only 14 at the time) and was only about 2/3 of the way through the mile-long portage.  I could tell he was low, but he refused to give me his pack.  I gave him some glucose tabs and he rested a bit, but he finished the portage with his pack, and he frequently says that it was one of the hardest things that he has ever done, but he is glad he did it.  When he was diagnosed as a toddler, the doctor told me that he could have a full, normal life, but that I was going to have to work very hard to make that possible.  I am very happy that I have taught him to enjoy the wilderness despite his diabetes, and I am so happy for you and your husband also.  There have been amazing advances in diabetes care.  Tell Spartan 1 thanks for blazing the way for my son.  And, as a caregiver who loves someone with diabetes, I understand what you have been through, and I want to thank you for setting a good example for me.