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How do tent stakes interact with soils to create holding power?
Tent stake holding power, especially in adverse wind conditions, relies on principles of engineering and physics, including cross-sectional shape, length, soil interaction, and insertion angle.
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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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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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Lawson Equipment Reflective Glowire Cord
Gear reviews from our staff and members, buy/sell used, shopping tools, and more about the Lawson Equipment Reflective Glowire Cord.
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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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ZPacks Z-Line Cord
If saving weight is your highest priority, be careful when choosing a guyline cord. 100% Dyneema guylines don’t hold knots well and slip through line tensioners. Other thin guylines have…
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Tarptent Reflective Guyline
Tarptent guylines are not the lightest, but they come in pre-built lengths and offer the strongest holding power when used with standard sized lineloc tensioners. Their slightly larger diameter make…
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MSR Ultralight Accessory Cord
Good strength when wet or frozen, excellent knottability, good visibility, and stiff enough for easy handling – the MSR Ultralight Accessory Cord is our favorite cord for rigging ultralight shelters…
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