my best suggestion (how i do it everytime) for geting starters into the mountains is to use a red or clear dixie(plastic) cups to start your seeds/clones. use a nail to poke holes in the bottoms of the cups 4 water to drain. then when there ready to go just place another cup thats empty right over the top of the cup/starter and tape it togethor with a strong tape, then stack them in a backpack so they dont wiggle around at all and you should be able to get them in with no problems or deaths. if you want to grow them larger just use larger plastic or foam cups, best part, there cheap. Another tip I could tell you Ona is that it would be a very good idea to use some sort of nutrients, they will make you plants way healthier and make them grow faster,also helps with larger harvests. I recommend foxfarms but there are many others. Another thing to get is a ph meter, it is very neccessary although most people dont use them in hawaii, if the ph is too high or too low the plants wont even absorb what your giving them. if you got any other questions id be happy to help if I can.