Backpacking Light
Backpacking Light hosts the world's most passionate core community of lightweight wilderness travelers. We are a membership-based cooperative located at

http://backpackinglight.com
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Founded:
July 23rd, 2001
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Wilderness Trekking I - RM 2008Updated about 10 months ago
Wilderness Trekking III - 2008Updated about 11 months ago
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BACKPACKING LIGHT MAGAZINE provides ultralight and lightweight backpacking, climbing, and hiking information, including gear reviews, technique articles, publications, and backpacking gear for the ultralight hiking and mountaineering enthusiast.
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November 6 at 10:27am
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BACKPACKING LIGHT MAGAZINE provides ultralight and lightweight backpacking, climbing, and hiking information, including gear reviews, technique articles, publications, and backpacking gear for the ultralight hiking and mountaineering enthusiast.
Sharon Moore
Sharon Moore
Love my Caldera Cone!
November 5 at 10:08pm
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Trim-fitting ultralight three-season down jacket with a great shell and basic feature set, but its numerous horizontal seams allow down fragments to leak out...
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With temperatures that ranged from -5 F to 40 F, the Bob Marshall Wilderness threw some formidable weather our way and reminded us: this stuff ain't for the faint of heart...
Scott
Scott
Why are you calling it "parcour"? Though the definition could be applicable to backcountry efforts its origins are strictly urban and confusion isn't good for anyone.
November 4 at 4:01pm
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The word parcour has definitely gained notoriety for being a term used to define urban freestyle walking but at it's root is still simply used to describe the 'art of movement'. The creator of this race holds a special place in his heart for finding the most elegant line between two points and felt that parcour was an elegant name to match that elegant activity.
November 5 at 8:27am
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The E-620 is the lightest mid-sized or "crop sensor" format DSLR with all the functionality and image quality for serious backcountry still photography - even in difficult situations like handheld shots in low morning and evening light...
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Treat your leather nicely, THEN abuse the ever-loving daylights out of it. by Roger Caffin | 2009-10-27If you have leather trim on your shoes, you need to look after it when wet, and Atsko Sno-Seal Original Beeswax Waterproofing is the stuff of choice for experienced walkers...
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Episode 2: we focused on fast food preparation and the elimination of a whole lotta gear by hiking into a U.S. Forest Service lookout cabin. by Ryan Jordan | 2009-10-20In this installment of "24", we focused on fast food preparation and the elimination of a whole lotta gear by hiking into a U.S...
Jim Davis
Jim Davis
Great video.
October 21 at 8:08am
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How books about or by famous UL walkers, a sewing machine, and the most devoted UL community on the planet got me back on the trail and going light. by Mark McLauchlin | 2009-10-20I live in Australia. It's the smallest continent, but also the largest, most remote, and most isolated island...
Jim Davis
Jim Davis
Getting better every week. Glad I joined.
October 21 at 8:09am
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Backpacking Light
There will always be naysayers. We certainly appreciate those who appreciate what we have to offer.
October 28 at 3:43pm
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Lower volume ultralight backpack with removable stays and other components - so you can set up the pack for individual trips and personal preferences to your heart's content. by Will Rietveld | 2009-10-13I still have my original Gossamer Gear G4 frameless backpack...
Lorraine Kennedy
Lorraine Kennedy
SWOON --
-- I love your logo, I am energized by it's brilliance
wait, first I thought is was a telescope view,
now it might be in the curl of a wave, like surfer-style?
Now it is switching "back & forth" like those face-vase... Read More
trick images...
Do you also host the most passionate community of
graphic arts travelers?
. . . go BackpackingLight Logo, GO!
October 17 at 10:55am
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Lorraine, thank you so much for such a passionate description of our logo!
October 20 at 9:31am
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I got less - and more - than I bargained for. by Thomas Kight | 2009-10-13One of our instructors for the Wilderness Trekking School class I attended for a week in August 2009 taught us that there are three types of fun: Type I: Fun to do, fun to talk about later...
Fred Larson
Fred Larson
This was an awesome story. Type III fun? I think this was Type II.
October 21 at 3:49pm
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The whys and wheres of catenary curves, with downloadable spreadsheet for calculating your own MYOG curve masterpieces. by Roger Caffin | 2009-10-13Consider the ridge line of the simple tarp shown here. There are crinkles all along the length...
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You have 24 hours to quickly engage in a Wild Place with minimal disruption to your job or your family. Where will YOU go? by Ryan Jordan | 2009-10-06Doing a trip like this requires some advance preparation...
Ron Stoecklein
Ron Stoecklein
Nice!Article and video make a good point!!
October 7 at 5:44am
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Backpacking Light
Share your 24 hour stories with us!
October 7 at 7:00am
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Quit making it so hard: jeepers, just cram a few things in your pack and let's go! by Mike Clelland! | 2009-10-06My desk is boring. On a nice summer day, I get all itchy. I work at home, and looking out the windows, I see mountains...
James Patsalides
James Patsalides
Awesome article, Mike.
October 8 at 12:35pm
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Six steps to streamline your planning from dreaming up a trip to walking out the door...