Backpacking Light

Pieps DSP Avalanche Beacon (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: Pieps DSP Avalanche Beacon. Easy to use yet capable avalanche beacon that weighs 7.0 ounces

Camp CarbonLight Avalanche Probe (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: Camp CarbonLight Avalanche Probe. The lightest avalanche probe we have yet seen: 4.4 ounces.

Outdoor Research Helium Quick Sack (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: Outdoor Research Helium Quick Sack

Sea to Summit Trash Dry Sack (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: Sea to Summit Trash Dry Sack

Garmin Colorado 400t GPS Promises Hi-Res Mapping in a Compact Package (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Adventure Medical Kits Ultralight .3 (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: Adventure Medical Kits Ultralight .3

Sea to Summit eVac™ Drysack (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: Sea to Summit eVac™ Drysack

GSI Outdoors Rehydrate Spoon (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: GSI Outdoors Rehydrate Spoon

Adventure Medical Kits Rescue Howler (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: Adventure Medical Kits Rescue Howler

Snowballs (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: Snowballs

Golite Speed Demon Three Quarter Tight (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: Golite Speed Demon Three Quarter Tight

MontBell UL Superstretch Down Hugger (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: MontBell UL Superstretch Down Hugger #1

Snow Peak GigaPower LI Backpacking Stove (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: Snow Peak raises the bar for remote canister stoves designed to work with inverted canisters: they have increased power and reduced weight.

Explorations into Candle Stoves

Wax has a reasonably high energy density and unlike other fuels it does not spill (when cold): can you make an adequate DIY stove with it?

2007 Backpacking Light Staff Picks

Backpacking Light staff pick their favorite gear of 2007

MSR MIOX Purifier REVIEW

A small electronic device for purifying water with a mixed oxidizer based on electrolyzing salt.

Helix Potty Trowel REVIEW

A very light carbon fibre and aluminium alloy ‘potty trowel’ (which works quite well as such) which also functions very well as an ultra-light ice axe.

2007 Alpkit Carbonlite Trekking Poles REVIEW

These three section carbon fiber trekking poles are sturdy and stiff and are light in your hands AND on your budget.

2007 Feathered Friends Grouse Sleeping Bag SPOTLITE REVIEW

A women-specific bag that’s properly sized for a women’s body and uses an ultralight Schoeller NanoSphere shell.

Outdoor Retailer: An Impressive Shade of Green

The Outdoor Indsutry Embraces The Green Movement