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Adapting to Changing Wildfires: Part Three

Nov 3, 2020 by Rex Sanders

In part three of his series on modern wildfires, Rex Sanders uses video and animation to help you visualize just how crazy this wildfire season has been.

2020, august complex, bark beetles, blm, California, climate change, closure, Colorado, conservation, east troublesome fire, herbicide, mechanical thinning, national forest, national parks, video, west, wildfires, youtube

Podcast 006 | Backcountry Filmmaking and Photography

Nov 15, 2018 by Backpacking Light

Backcountry filmmaking and photography used to required thirty or more pounds of gear. Here’s how to produce great media at minimum weight!

andrew marshall, backcountry photography, camera, chris smead, filmmaking, photography, podcast, ryan jordan, video

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Alcove (Film)

May 22, 2017 by Ryan Jordan

Alcove is a story about a backpacking trip that Chris Smead and Ryan Jordan took during the Spring of 2017. It explores Chris’s perspective on doing something different than what he’s used to – hiking in remote canyons on the Colorado Plateau.

canyon hiking, Colorado, film, video

Ultralight Video Gear (According To Chris)

Mar 24, 2017 by chris smead

Chris Smead, who produces Backpackinglight.com’s “According to Chris” video series, goes through his ultralight video gear.

according to chris, backcountry photography, photography, video

Video: The John Muir Trail (According to Chris)

Jan 1, 2017 by chris smead

Christopher Smead tells his story in this John Muir Trail Movie – the JMT according to Chris. Read the backstory & gear notes, too.

according to chris, California, film, high sierra, JMT, john muir trail, movie, video

Ultralight Backpacking: Core Principles & Philosophy (Video)

Dec 25, 2015 by Ryan Jordan

Lightweight backpacking, core principles video

Ultralight Backpacking: Core Principles is a 13-minute video screencast presentation that provides a critical foundation for efficiently becoming a skilled ultralight backpacker. The core principles presented herein should be considered wherever you are in your journey on lightening up, and are as applicable to me even today, after decades of “working on my pack weight”, as they were to me more than 25 years ago when I started this journey.

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