So I am relatively new to the mindset of going light, but I love what it has done to my trips so far.
If you're like me and you made your own cozy out of reflectix and aluminum tape, you probably have enough reflectix left over to make a winter tent out of it.
Inspiration: While on the Black Forest Trail in late March, I discovered that the "dry creek beds" and "stream crossings" became "very wet mid size creeks" and "are you kidding me rapid crossings". My Salomon trail runners got wet. Again, and again, and again. Very cold, and very wet. After 3 days, immersion foot cracks started in, and it sucked.
I could never get my shoes dry by morning, and I needed a way to move about camp with my night socks without getting leaves/mud/wet. I ended up sucking it up and going barefoot in the mid 30s mornings while my shoes and hiking socks sat in the sun.
SO. With that gargantuan preface, I give you my first MYOG that I did not copy from someone else.
Step 1) While stepping on a sheet of reflectix, trace the outline of your foot with a Sharpie.
Step 2) Draw rectangular 'wings' on either side of your foot, to allow for the strap over your foot. Measurement is not that important here, but err on the side of too long.
Step 3) Cut out the shape you just made.
Step 4) Wrap the wings around your foot with your socks on, and add a piece of aluminum tape to the top and bottom of the wings, where they meet mid-foot.
Step 5) Swag around the campsite with more bling than Nelly's Air Force Ones. Surprisingly comfortable and warm underfoot for just over half an ounce. I call them the Chrome Foam Flyweights.
