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Ultralight Backpacking Ethically (UBE)
You city live, you ride a bike or walk. And you carpool to the mountains. It works for you. Good. I have no issue with that. One time long ago I lived...
The Great Himalaya Trail
A new route has been declared. I'd love to see someone thruhike it. I'd love to do it myself. Alas, I suspect that the various governments will not allow independent hikers. Perhaps...
AM/ FM Receiver
Was out on the trail for a few days recently in really miserable but unexpected weather: near freezing, drenching, unending rain. I wished for a tiny, UL AM/ FM receiver (or just...
Compact ‘High Dynamic Range’ Camera?
I am looking for a camera that will support High Dynamic Range post-processing. To me, this means having Auto Exposure Bracketing with at least three frames, across +/- 2EV. For the camera...
Ultralight Rifle
"I've walked and camped all over the place in Canada too. Ths situation isn't the same in the USA where I don't think trespass is considered a minor issue. " I'm afraid...
Sleeping Bags…Help Me Decide
I've read the forums and reviews at Backpacking Light intensely for a while and have learned many new things. But as all good lurkers learn, when we have a specific question, we...
MYOG Down Quilt
Hello guys and gals, I'm about to embark on a hopefully painless journey and make the quilt kit from Thruhiker using Momentum fabric and 15 oz of down. I've found a few...
JMT South Bound OCTOBER
Starting beginning October. Any thoughts or suggestions. Plan to putz along at about 14+ days. Medium-packing. Perhaps some side-trips. Winging it a bit in first week as haven't been as active as...
Purell instead of Triple Antibiotic Ointment?
Triple antibiotic ointment is on several gear lists. I have this in my first aid kit too. Mostly I do day hikes, and am wondering if I could reasonably stop carrying the...
Hello, glad to meet you – where’s the underwear?
My first BPL post! In the last few days, I've partially converted to the UL philosophy, and have spent a lot of time paring down weight and ordering better gear. This site,...
Score at walmart
8 yds x 62" of 1.6 oz light gray ripstop. I think this will end up a hammock. 14 yds x 68" of 1 oz olive green ripstop. Quilt time. $1.50 per...
La Sportiva Crosslite
Personally, I rate this shoe a 5/5 because I'm ecstatic to find a shoe that FITS! (I have mutant monkey-feet.) But generally it is probably a 4. Listen, ye, to my tale...
La Sportiva Crosslite
Personally, I rate this shoe a 5/5 because I'm ecstatic to find a shoe that FITS! (I have mutant monkey-feet.) But generally it is probably a 4. Listen, ye, to my tale...
La Sportiva Crosslite
Personally, I rate this shoe a 5/5 because I'm ecstatic to find a shoe that FITS! (I have mutant monkey-feet.) But generally it is probably a 4. Listen, ye, to my tale...
UL BAckpacks
I am new to the UL world of backpacking and am looking for some advice on backpacks. A friend of mine has a ULA Catalyst, which I thought was an impressive backpack....
NOBO AT list, Late Feb start
My current gearlist for an Appalachian Trail NOBO thru-hike is at http://tinyurl.com/mjurzb (pdf file) Thanks in advance for any sort of feedback on this, but in particular I'm interested in comments/suggestions/etc in...
BD to use Nanotech in upcoming tents
The tents appear to be largely unchanged, except for one rather displeasing facet of the updated hilight, which has trimmed 8 inches (on the taper) from one end of the tent. The...
Wood Stoves and Knives
I know that this topic has bounced around in various threads about knives, but I am looking for a little more detailed feedback from those of you that regularly use wood stoves....
Memory-Map Navigator
This is actually a comparison of two product alternatives for putting topographic software on a Windows Mobile platform smartphone with a true GPS. The 4/5 rating is for one of those, Memory-Map...
Memory-Map Navigator
This is actually a comparison of two product alternatives for putting topographic software on a Windows Mobile platform smartphone with a true GPS. The 4/5 rating is for one of those, Memory-Map...
