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Cottage Gear Guide: Ultralight Hiking & Backpacking Gear from Small, Startup, and Cottage Brands
Discover the most unique, innovative, and ultralight backpacking gear from small, startup, and cottage brands in our Cottage Gear Guide.
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Episode 135 | Field Notes – The Metabolic Cost of Bushwhacking
Understand how brush work, impedance work, and hazard work explains the true metabolic cost of bushwhacking and how resistance, rhythm, and stability impact energy.
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Episode 130 | Bivy Sack Camping
Discover Ryan’s discreet bivy sack camping methodology for alpine environments, encompassing essential gear, requisite skills, and a critical analysis of tent practicality. Embrace the experience of open-air slumber.
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Backpacking Light Staff Picks: Our Favorite Gear
Our staff selects their favorite hiking, backpacking, and other backcountry gear that they’ve used over the past year – the next edition of our infamous Staff Picks!
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Publisher’s Gear Guide Update (Nov ’23)
The Publisher’s Gear Guide has been updated. This gear guide contains recommendations in various categories by Backpacking Light Publisher and Founder Ryan Jordan. This is the gear he actually chooses to use on his own trips.
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MSR Pro Bivy Review
The MSR Pro Bivy weighs less than 10 ounces (285 g). It’s a very compact, feature-less bivy sack that embodies the essence of bivy sack camping.
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Katabatic Gear Bristlecone Bivy
Gear reviews from our staff and members, buy/sell used, shopping tools, and more about the Katabatic Gear Bristlecone Bivy.
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2022 Backpacking Light Members Choice Awards
First annual Members Choice Awards – what gear do our members use and love as we near the end of 2022?
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Borah Gear Ultralight Bivy
Gear reviews from our staff and members, buy/sell used, shopping tools, and more about the Borah Gear Ultralight Bivy.
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Katabatic Gear Bristlecone Bivy
Gear reviews from our staff and members, buy/sell used, shopping tools, and more about the Katabatic Gear Bristlecone Bivy.
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Mountain Laurel Designs Superlight Solo Bivy
Gear reviews from our staff and members, buy/sell used, shopping tools, and more about the Mountain Laurel Designs Superlight Solo Bivy.
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Choosing an Ultralight Shelter for Backpacking (Member Q&A)
How to make the decision of what type of ultralight shelter to use on various types of backpacking trips in different seasons.
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Mountain Laurel Designs eVENT Soul Bivy
If you need to camp in a bivy sack on a multi-night trip that offers no opportunity to dry out your gear during sunny mornings, the Mountain Laurel Designs eVENT…
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Katabatic Gear Pinon Bivy
The Katabatic Gear Pinon Bivy provides insect, wind and rain spray protection while camping in a tarp or floorless shelter. It’s made with a non-waterproof but water-resistant top, so it’s…
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MSR Pro Bivy Sack
If you’re in the market for a bivy sack that is roomy enough for inflatable pads and 3/4-season sleeping bags, take a look at the MSR Pro Bivy. It’s one…
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Outdoor Research Stargazer AscentShell Bivy Review
The Outdoor Research Stargazer AscentShell Bivy (18.9 oz / 536 g, $259) is one of the few waterproof-breathable bivy sacks on the market that weigh just over a pound and also includes mosquito netting and a headroom-extending pole.
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