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The State of Lightweight Backpacking in Europe
Companion forum thread to: The State of Lightweight Backpacking in EuropeLightweight backpacking is growing in Europe. What makes it unique and what are the similarities to lightweight backpacking in the US? Thanks...
Z-Packs Tent Modification
This Z-Packs tent is a Hexamid Twin, similar to the currently available Duplex. This modification is made is inserting a line on the inside of the tent, and staking out that...
Help Me Lighten My Winter Gear
Just did my second winter backpacking trip at Crater Lake! A snow storm hit us overnight, dumped 18" of snow, lows were -10 degrees F, and 45 mph wind gusts whipped my...
Light particle mask may be helpful for desert dust and smoke
See next post A few months ago I did a weekend desert trip with night winds of about 20-25mph. The wind was carrying a very find dust that covered every exposed...
What's your winter tent?
I ended springing for a vestibule for my Firstlight- should be handy for cooking @mtwarden I'd like to fit a 3.5in long/wide pad in a Firstlight and I'm your height - think...
Durable boots/shoes
If you don’t mind the loss of cushion you can just keep wearing them with the compressed midsole. Works for some, deadly for others. Depends on the foot. What happens is the...
More cuben shelter advice needed.
Hoosier T has kickstarted me into doing something with the 5 yards of 0.51oz/yd cuben fibre I bought a while back. This morning I cut up an equivalent sized piece of Tyvek...
Lightweight woodburing stove
During a recent hike I came across a hiker who swears by using a Sierra Zip stove. I have done a lot of reading the past couple days about wood burning stoves...
We have the next cuben fiber and it's amazing!
Well put, Ross. IMO, there are 2 immediate realistic avenues of improvement in the Cuben weight class: A less expensive material resulting in less expensive products, but inheriting Cuben's stigma of issues large enough...
DIY Backpacking Stove: An Ultralight Vortex Burner (Part 5: Pot Support)
In part 5, Roger Caffin shares his design for a pot support for the vortex burner as a solution for an ultralight winter DIY backpacking stove system.
DIY Chili Pot
I used a side cutting can opener to remove top of can. Can has no seams. Is coated inside with top of the line stuff to resist acidic contents. Holds 3 cups...
Myog 2p 4 season semi-geodesic tent
Despite all my good sense and my love for tunnel tents, I tried to rise up to the challenge presented by a friend. He wanted me to do a lighter alpine climbing...
How your clothes are poisoning our oceans and food supply
Interesting read. First drugs, now plastics. Kill me now... maybe plastics could be made to be bio-degradeable I don't want my fleece to be bio-degradable. As corollary, check out Christopher Jordan's photography....
MYOG SW - Duplex style
So I'm looking to make a big a** family tent because we're going to start taking the little one this year (she's 2 1/2) and we will certainly have at least one...
Reader questions on backpacking in kilts and skirts?
Suspenders? Just don't make the elastic too tight and you can move the position on your hips or waist wherever you want. In regards to having skirts work in all conditions, they...
Backpacking Wood Stove for Alpine/Snow Camping, Part 3: Using Micro Stove
This series explores the use of a Backpacking Wood Stove for warmth in the winter. Part 3 covers using the Micro Snow Stove.
Strength of .93 oz Membrane Silpoly vs 1.24 oz Silnylon
I found Rockywoods 0.7 to be good for ~15 lb/in. https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/108230/#post-3370891 I've always taken tear strength and tensile strength to be two different things. Â Can some one with some expertise comment? Seams...
Best Insulation System for Cold Rainy Mountains
hosier ... let me say this simple fact for folks who havent been in the freezing soaking non stop rain for days shiet happens All it takes is leaving a zipper slightly...
Tarp Tie-Out Questions
Haven’t used that line. But a trucker’s hitch will get you the best tension on a ridge line, because it’s basically a pulley. (And you get to tie my favorite knot, the...
Advice for prolonged cold/wet/windy conditions - above and below treeline
Personally id be fine with a 40F bag and an additional 40-50F synth quilt if the temps stayed mostly above freezing even in continuous rain test it out in the backyard rain...
