Ultralight 101
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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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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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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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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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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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My Gear List Philosophy
When I started getting into lightweight backpacking, I spent a lot of time staring at my gear list to make…
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Twelve Ultralight Backpacking Tents and Shelters: Part 1
I’ve bought and owned 12 ultralight shelters in the past 6 years. Several of you asked what they were, and…
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Lightweight Backpacking: The Big Three
The three heaviest items in your backpacking are your backpack, your sleep system (sleeping bag+pad), and shelter, often called the…
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What is an Ultralight Backpack?
Ultralight backpacks tend to be a lot lighter than more mainstream backpacks with internal or external frames and generally fall…
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Lightweight Backpacking with Multi-function Gear
This article’s focus is on helping you further reduce your pack weight by selecting backpacking gear that can be used…
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Twelve Ultralight Tents and Shelters: Part 2
This is a continuation of Monday’s post about the dozen ultralight tents and shelters I’ve owned over the past six…
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