lightweight backpacking
- Ultralight Backpacking
Lighten Up Your Backpack: Gear Compactness
A few years ago, I wrote a series of posts on how to lighten your backpack, that outlined the basic…
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Lighten Up your Backpack: Weighing your Gear
If you’re interested in reducing the weight of your backpacking gear, the most important thing you can do is to…
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The Five Gallon Challenge: Can You Fit all of Your Backpacking Gear into a Five Gallon Bucket?
The majority of people who could benefit from carrying lighter weight gear balk when it comes to weighing everything in…
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Intro to Lightweight Backpacking
If you’ve ever been backpacking, you’ve probably heard people boast that their pack weighs 50 or 60 lbs. Those days…
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Lightweight Backpacking for Boy Scouts – Free Video Series
In 2012, I participated in lightweight backpacking seminar for boy scouts that was hosted by the Capitol Area Council in Austin,…
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Comfortable Backpacking
I like my creature comforts when I’m out backpacking. I like to bring a comfortable air mattress, some extra camera…
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