Ultralight Backpacking
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Comparison of Five Ultralight Backpack Liners
Backpackers are split about 50/50 when it comes to using a backpack rain cover or lining the inside of their…
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Ultralight Backpacking Tent Footprints
Most tent footprints are unnecessarily heavy. But there are some easy ways to reduce the weight of your footprint using…
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Hyperlite Mountain Gear Packing Pods Review
Hyperlite Mountain Gear’s small and large packing pods are the ultralight equivalent of the luggage packing cubes that people use to…
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How to Reduce the Weight of Your Consumables
The heaviest items in your backpack are water, food, and fuel. They’re called consumables because you use them up as…
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Flat Tarps vs Catenary Cut Tarps
The lightest weight ultralight backpacking shelters are tarps, including flat tarps and catenary curve tarps, sometimes called “flat cut” or…
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How to Sleep Under a Tarp in the Rain
Tarps are a great ultralight backpacking shelter option, provided they’re used in a climate where there’s no rain or occasional…
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Ultralight Tents and Shelter Guide: Pros and Cons
Ultralight backpacking tents and shelters come in all shapes and sizes, but each type has pros and cons for different…
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Best Dimensions for a 1 Person Backpacking Tarp
If you crave a deep connection with the wilderness, there’s nothing more intimate than sleeping under a square or rectangular tarp. Pitching…
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DCF vs X-Pac for Ultralight Backpacks: Pros and Cons
Many waterproof and more durable ultralight backpacks are made with Dyneema Composite Fabric (DCF) or X-Pac, another high-tech laminate fabric…
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Ultralight Backpacking Bug Shelter Primer
There are four different types of ultralight bug shelters suitable for cowboy camping, sleeping in a lean-to, or underneath a…
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Ultralight Cooking without a Stove
How would you like to eliminate the weight of your backpacking stove and the fuel container (canister, liquid fuel bottle,…
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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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9 Essential Ultralight Backpacking Skills
Ultralight backpacking requires an extreme form of self-reliance where backpackers compensate for bringing less gear by having more advanced backcountry skills. While many…
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Big Three Ultralight Backpacking Makeovers
When it comes to gear list weight reduction for lightweight and ultralight backpacking, the biggest gains come from lightening the…
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