My ultra-light backpack part 1

[luvmonkey666]

how can i make me one of them pot cozies?

[flyefysch]

Hey, Russell. Do you ever have a problem with condensation building up inside your bivy sack?

[ReeperzOutdoors]

Also, check in to a hammock! One you go hammock you'll never go back.......lol Love the hammocks............

[ReeperzOutdoors]

Nice job on the cozi.......I love mine. Check in to a light weight water filter. They are worth the weight. Nice job.

[blueshoestoo]

theres a super light water filter called the LifeStraw, its 2 or 3 oz, only costs $20. it takes out bacteria and protozoa. the other filters are heavier and cost more i as far as i can tell. i guess katadyn makes those bottle top filters if you carry a bottle, theyre not too bad. get a steri pen, but still need to filter water, have extra batteries etc. .

[SoulSurvivorX2]

Good stuff. We are going hiking agian in two weeks and are gearing up to go much much lighter than the last time. ;) c

[pjpoir]

The poncho shelter does not seem like the best dual purpose gear to me. Let's just say its about 50 degrees F. It's been raining for awhile but your ok because you have your poncho. Only problem is you get to your camping spot for the night and the rain ain't letting up anytime soon and there is a nice cool breeze. What do you do? Wouldn't risk hypotherma taking off your poncho to make a shelter? Everything is wet so fire is not going to be an option. So seriously though what do you do?

[soaperizeid]

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[Subvert1024]

I love your videos they are a huge help. Where do you live by the way? I'm in utah if you've never backpacked here highly recomend it.

[MsSpy]

Nice cookset. I'm working on lightening mine as well.

[vwdad53]

You might want to add some kind of water purifier or iodine tablets. boiling water would use up all your fuel. I also would recommend a small folding tree saw, a small fishing kit and snare wire. You never know if you my be stuck in thewilderness longer than originally planned. Great job on your backpack!

[MrKodyska]

Where is your fork?

[spr00sem00se]

that sigg makes an excelent hot water bottle for cold nights,

just use a sigg as your water bottle, then if it gets cold, boil the water, put the whole thing in a sock and stick it in your sleeping bag , if you do it though you have to leave some air in the bottle to combat the contraction of the water as it cools, otherwise i have had the lids of bottles get sucked in and crack,

[sherdful]

Whats the use of Aluminum foil and a lighter ???i think this for your Meths. oh it keeps you going whole day long in woods.

[blackspade88]

hi im russle the weekend faggot jk your cool i like your videos

[johnmonk66]

The only one thing I would replace is the lexan bowl, I would use a snow peak titanium bowl, just because you can cook in it, or pan for gold, lol.

[wtr7]

That is a good idea about using the bivy sack a a ground cloth and if necessary a storm protection system. wtr7

[dtdude42]

the z lite is not an 'open cell' mat.  if it was open cell, it would absorb water

[cougarbahia]

me again cougar. love ur vids. the pot is a Primus LITECH Trek Kettle Pot thx karen

[positiveworldtravel]

like your cook set, you have a good setup

[Djmgz4]

Hi, I was hoping you could tell me what your pot cozi is made of, and also how you made it. I'm looking to make my own. Also, how do you use yours? Do you boil your water, and then take the pot off the stove and put it in the cozi?

Thanks.

[sweetypie000]

sorry my man but the z-lite and your pot are not in anyway 'ultra lite'

your kit 'might' be classed as 'light' by 'some' if being kind

you are welcome to call me 'anal'

:)

[cougarbahia]

55 YR OLD lady in nova scotia. im a stroke survivor and altho i don't travel as far nor as fast as i used to i still get out there alot. my pot has the coating inside too.......folding rubber handles too. but diff being that my cover doubles as fry pan. frypan is small but big enough to heat stuff, fry egg or fry up a squirrel. i cut up a fish (into 3 parts) fried it. i love my pot. just to share it with you. ps: i love ur videos........ty vm...........karen

[WeekendAdventurer]

@cougarbahia which pot set is it. I am always am looking at new stuff... or loved stuff :-)

[newtubetubetube]

@cougarbahia If i had to eat a squirrel. It would rather roast it over fire. I probably wont have fat to pan it anyway. Also who bring egg on hike... unless you steal them from a nest in spring i find that unlikely. For these reason i don't think having a pan as pot cover to be really essential.

[almalfish]

no tent huh?

check out simple backpack food and survival kit on (almalfish channel)

[dynamitedigums]

@cougarbahia Wanna bang?

[AridSea]

@LadysMan217i also you pack in maybe 3-6 bottles of water and refill them every camp (camps should be by a river, stream, or lake for sure),... filter and/or boil the water and put it in the river to cool ;)

[MotionFrequency]

You shouldn't only rely on a cheap lighter for your only fire source.

[modtwenty]

dont forget the pot! lol!

[teb0atoz]

The Ridge rest and Z rest pad are closed cell foam not open cell. But I find them as comfrontable as a Thermarest pad.

I still have my MSR Alpine cookset and you have inspired me to break it out.

Nice video.

Cheers

[stephanrudicil]

wow, way to make backpacking a preppy sport. mattress? cook set? what happend to real camping anymore.....

[oneraindog]

@stephanrudicil

are you serious? no cook set? when did anyone campin gor doing anything in the outdoors not have a means to cook? at the very least something to eat out of?? are you comeplerely insane?

[afterthefox7]

Stop sucking up to Tinny. hahaha

[halcyon180]

I would say get you an intermediate military sleeping bag, its way bigger than an ultra light but is worth it. The exception is if you are in a hot environment, you would be carrying weight for nothing. But for gosh sake of you have cold winds or colder than 50 degrees its worth it.

[coreyfmiller]

How durable is that bivy sack? I was going to pick one up as well

[urkingod]

Bivy is great in cold weather, but during summer with humidity and heat, this is not what you want. Its tiny and light that you can just toss it into a back pack size of 2500.

[Bassman018]

do you mind sharing about your utensils you use on the trail? nice info though

[swlowe1966]

Di you mak the "Pot Coozy" and if so, how. i like the idea of the way you demonstrated it on another vid.

[sabre11004]

One thing that I noticed is that you did not show a "back-up" stove. If something was to happen to your one alky stove you be S.O.L. I do not know if it is common practice but I always carry an extra (no more than they weigh) stove in the event that something may happen to my main stove...Eddie

[NoChikenStrips]

that guy carries ALOT!!!!like he says..."firepower". Maybe too much!!!

But hey russell! If you do carry that much fuel why not bring a wood stove(or hobo). You can burn anything. And or bring an alcohol for the inclement weather days.

[kc7fys]

We're looking at quite a bit of weight here. Comparitively, I mean.

[WeekendAdventurer]

Some siggs are made for water, but siggs were traditionally used for STOVE FUEL. I hope that clears it up. That one bottle holds a weeks worth of stove fuel (denatured alcohol)

[QuietBearr]

Man, this was great! I get tired of NTP always carrying his entire house into the wilderness for his "extended stays"

IMO he takes way WAYYY to much gear out there, and it is refreshing to see someone who subscribes a little more to my school of thought, meaning you dont need everything in your house to have a great trip

[AUGRE12345]

whos NTP< I would like to see some vids to see the diffrence. sorry for my ignorance...

[QuietBearr]

Nutnfancy

[AUGRE12345]

See, that should have been more obvious to me, I thought It was, But I didnt know. I dont like his videos, The time it takes him to tell me what the @#$* is in his pack, Ive already bought the stupid sleeping bag I wanted to see about.

[QuietBearr]

Agreed lol, but I still watch his vids! lol

[afterthefox7]

you're right!! but hey what you gonna do.

[stangstangsstang]

I enjoy nutnfancy's videos. Yes he carrries more than most, but he enjoys it. To each there own. I am more of a base camp packer also. I have a friend who though hikes and goes realy light. Way to light for me. I would rather have more comfort and survival gear than he carries. So there is a happy medium

[AUGRE12345]

@stangstangsstang I too enjoy his videos, I never said anything about what he carries, He's full of good information. I simply remarked at the length of his videos. Kinda wordy for me. But, With that length comes accurate and useful information.

[stangstangsstang]

@AUGRE12345 Thanks for the kind reply. Please take no anger from my comments. I love the shareing of info and thoughts on youtube. I take what works for me and put it to use. Yes Nutn is definatly word, but that's fine to me because I have no antena or cable and watch interesting things like this online instead of American Idol Etc. So it's kind of a sit back an relax experience for me and it provokes ideas and makes me want to get out of the house and do things. This Best To You

[PatriotAr15]

If your talking about NutnFancy, you have to realize he's a "base camper". Sets up a base camp, then hikes around it comes back, etc. Not exactly a "Back packer", where you hike, camp, packup, hike again, camp somewhere else, repeat.

[QuietBearr]

I am talking about him, thats why I said I was...

And as for his basecamping, I still think that he carries way way too much stuff even for basecamping.

[afterthefox7]

hes not lazy, like an ultralighteer, he talks funny but hes a warrior

[QuietBearr]

You cant seriously be calling Nutnfancy an ultralighter for one, for two, what the hell are you talking about, the entire conversation had not a word of lazy in it, so what are you referring to?

[afterthefox7]

just say no! you'll be alright shhhhhh

[spittinpigeon]

2lb 40 degree sleeping bag? That seems like it's too much. My 15 degree weighs 2lbs. My 40 degree weighs about a pound.

[halcyon180]

Hey here is an idea for you. Drop the pad, the bivy, and the tarp. Get a hennessey hammock and you dont have to worry about rain, snow, or scorpions (bugs) on the ground. You dont have to worry about rocks or unlevel ground. It will lighten your load further. The snake skins let you contain the whole thing into one cord. I fold the whole thing up and can fit it in a wide mouth nalgine bottle to keep it dry. If you need for insulation they have modular addons.

[halcyon180]

Great setup btw, i got some insight from it

[crashtestcanadian]

I have a hennessey hammock ultralight backpacker. IT IS AWESOME!  The best sleep you will ever have outdoors for sure.

[QuietBearr]

Its still good to have a pad with a Hammock, to keep warm, it is best to sleep on it in the hammock...

You also have to keep in mind that not everywhere you go will you find areas suitable to set up a hammock. There have been places I have been that just flat out dont have two strong enough trees close enough to set it up.

[halcyon180]

This is true. I prefer it when I can use it because it is so small and light. Comfort is a lot better too. You make sense, If you are in an area with no trees then its useless

[QuietBearr]

Agreed, when it is usable, which is most of the time when I am hiking up in NY state, as it is full of trees, a hammock with a pad is very comfortable and super easy.

Just cant really use it in the middle of a desert in AZ

[DMPYT]

@halcyon180 He might not be setting camp where there are trees for a hammock. Montana and Wyoming has a lot of open ground so sometimes a tent is more practical

[halcyon180]

been some time since i had posted. I would say you are right, if there is nothing to tie to then yeah, you cant use the hammock. I think of the same thing, i love those hammocks but of i dont have a place to tie off then i cant use it. yeah, in that case then you have to use a tent

[snappl31]

@halcyon180

You can fit your hennessey in a nalgene?!

What model are you using?

I have an expedition Asym and there is no way I could fit it in there..

[HammockerSam]

@halcyon180 Hennesseys are awesome, BUT... The Grand Trunk Nano 7 hammock weighs 6.7 oz. It doesn't have the options that some Hennesseys have (bug net, underquilt), but if you are going for ultralight...

[YouImposter]

@halcyon180 I have used a hammock when I was tramping on my motorcycle. I loved it. Slept thru rain and wind coming from all directions and still stayed warm and dry. Had a tarp tied over the hammock is all. The problem is desert backpacking where the lack of trees makes hammock camping impossible. So sometimes its necessary to sleep on the ground. I don't know how you guys use a tent in the woods all the time.

[dtdude42]

@halcyon180 no trees=fail

[flamedrag18]

the bivy is made by adventure medical kits, thermolite is the material it's made from.

[N37BU6]

Does the table slow you down much?

[crashtestcanadian]

You should make a video on what's in your pack for just day hiking. Like a medical kit or emergency stuff that will help you spend a night out in the bush in an emergency. That would be helpful since that's the type of hiking lots of us do. And quite often dayhikng is a solo adventure. All the more reason to have a "survival sac". Great vid btw.

[rezzoro7]

Excellent video, thanks for sharing with us. I really enjoyed it.

[Christopher711]

How fast is the boiling time in that little , home made stove Russ?

[almostobsecen]

it's also nice to bring empty tin coffee tin. there are thousands of things you can use it for, I even use it as a pot

[DryWhiskey]

nice!! I think that weight of the gear is the most important when backpacking

[slkendall85]

I hate my guyout squishy bowl. I dislike the shape of it, I prefer a more open design so I can mix in spices and it smells like a disgusting combo of spaghetti spices and maple oatmeal. Lexan may give me cancer, but it doesn`t absorb smells. I haven`t weighed it, but it seems heavy as well.

[WeekendAdventurer]

Interesting, thanks

[irishguy80]

check out the guyout squishy bowls

[survivalenthusiast]

where is your spoon or fork for your cookset? keep up the great work.

[mtbwarrior]

thank you for this video :) more please :)

[A91Long]

what were you using to hold your alcohol? a sig? where can I get one of these?

[HelloMarco]

The Optimus Terra Solo/Weekend cookset is basically exactly the same as yours but the lid doubles as a frying pan, like you mentioned.

[semersion]

You Rock!

Great Vids. I was wondering. You did not say if you cook with the pot cozy on. Or if you bring rice to a boil and are able to put in cozy and finish cooking off heat?!?!?!

I wish I could find Aluminum Bottles in British Columbia

[hadd13]

I tend to go a little heavier than I should but since I am the fool lugging the weight I'll take the trade off and deal with a couple finer things in life butttttt if I was going for a week or more I would prob go very lite my self

[WeekendAdventurer]

works great for cooking and gear scale!

[taliesin369]

I have that same food scale, Russell!