Backpacking Light - Ultralight & Lightweight Backcountry Travel
2022年9月22日 · Podcast 112 | The Analog Backcountry Experience. Podcasts November 11, 2024. In episode 112 of the Backpacking Light podcast we're going to learn about the analog Backcountry experience and some of the gear that can help feed your need for a digital-free backcountry life.
Gear Forums - Backpacking Light
25,133. Make Your Own Gear. Do-it-yourself tips and tricks, material sources, patterns, techniques, and discussions of how to HACK UP off the market products to make them lighter (and sometimes, better). 8,042. 76,087. Multiple Use Gear. "Multiple Use" as applied to a piece of gear is a foundation principle of lightweight backpacking.
Desert Hiking Gear List - Backpacking Light
2004年5月4日 · Desert hiking offers unique challenges for ultralight backpacking. Rocky soil that doesn't accept tent stakes, intense radiation from the sun, lack of available water sources, and vegetation that can rip ultralight fabrics to shreds means the ultralight backpacking enthusiast must not only be more careful in the desert, but make judicious choices about their gear.
Gear - Backpacking Light
2024年9月18日 · Backpacking Light offers in-depth gear reviews and gear guides, a used gear swap, a curated gear shop of recommended lightweight backpacking gear, shopping and research tools, and more. You can also use the Gear Finder to search for gear on sale, and browse gear-related content by Brand or Gear Type. Gear Reviews.
Forums Archive - Backpacking Light
Food, Hydration, and Nutrition. 10,684. 145,242. Scouting. Our Scouting forums provide a venue for leaders and Scouts to discuss the philosophy, equipment, and skills associated with lightweight backpacking, and how to integrate it into unit programming. Backpacking Light with Scouts. Philmont.
Lightweight Trekking Pole Reviews & Gear Guide
2018年11月21日 · With the discontinuation of Gossamer Gear’s lightest pole model (the LT3C) The Ruta Locura Yana is now one of the lightest (if not the lightest) trekking pole on the market that includes a strap (at less than 4 oz/pole). Advantages: Lightweight. Foam grips. High quality and strong (stiff) carbon shafts.
Best hiking boots - Backpacking Light
2023年3月21日 · If anyone knows of strongly supportive fast drying ankle braces, I’d love to ditch my Salomon Quest Prime GTX boots (3lbs/pr) and give trail runners a shot. Finding the right light hiking shoes, even if for only three season use, is a PITA, especially after injuries. Even injuries to the back can harm the feet.
Winter Backpacking on Packed-Snow Trails (Gear List)
2021年2月23日 · Terrain – mostly highly-trafficked trails, packed snow and ice, some deep snow / off-trail. High temperatures – 10 to 32 F (-12 to 0 C) Low temperatures – 0 to 20 F (-18 to -7 C) Winds – moderate (up to 20 mph / 32 kph) in the forest; high (up to 50 mph / 80 kph or more) above the treeline. Download: our printable winter backpacking ...
Boy Scout Gear List: New Scouts, Three-Season
2005年6月7日 · Leather hiking boots, big backpacks, Scout mess kits, heavy sleeping bags, and heavy tents might seem like the "right" gear, but can quickly become a discouraging liability for the new Scout. In this article, Assistant Scoutmaster and Scout Dad, Doug Prosser, shows you inexpensive, lightweight gear and clothing options for new additions to the ...
Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) Archives - Backpacking Light
2021年10月9日 · DIY Backpacking Stove: An Ultralight Vortex Burner (Part 2: Research and Development) Make Your Own Gear (MYOG) June 29, 2016. In part 2, Roger Caffin explains the research and development behind the vortex burner as a solution for an ultralight winter DIY backpacking stove system.