Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 5

[Stephanie Jordan]

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Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 5

[Greg Mihalik]

"…Erin Williams and her husband plan 5 day expedition…"

A long way to go for 5 days.

Erin says "We had planned the five-day hike as part of a 20-day trekking excursion in Patagonia,…"

[David Chenault]

That Royal Arch video is great. Such a good loop.

Aspirants might do well to know that the "traverse of death" around 1:00 is not necessary; just go canyon right rather than left at the pour off for an easier, faster, less exposed route.

[J-L]

I don't understand the Big Agnes Third Pitch jacket. It looks like a normal sewn-through down jacket. Except that the baffles are sewn vertically/diagonally, so they need something special to keep the down in place. Why does Philip keep saying it uses 50% less fabric?

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