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- Gear ForumsEverything you ever wanted to know about gear - its use and application, limitations, strengths, weaknesses. How to pack for a trip (see the Gear Lists forum), or how to do it yourself (see the Make Your Own Gear forum). Need to know how to use a spork as a tent stake? See the Multiple Use Gear forum. You get the idea. It's all about gear.
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- General ForumsForums of a more topical nature focusing on a particular style or subgenre of lightweight backpacking. Other activities are not necessarily found here, though - see the "Off Piste" section of the forums.
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- Off PisteCommunities of people interested in other types of lightweight adventures in the backcountry involving a variety of *new* types of gear (!) and other contraptions strapped to the feet or held in the hands.
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