Ultralight Backpacking Pt 1

ultralight backpacking, comparing light and ultralight camping equipment

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• ultralight backpacking
• backpacking
• camping
• Appalachian Trail
• Pacific Crest Trail

[importjunky27]

first aid is to important to leave. better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. See "Nutnfancy's Level 1 First aid"

[yoohoosk8r]

Random Cat is Random

[200JLH]

@importjunky27 I do agree that first aid is very important, but I must say if you are really looking save weight, for through hiking brush up some serious skills to use what is around you. a strip of cloth and duct tape, or a bandana. Every ounce counts. Sometimes you need to think very critical of everything. Though on a weekend adventure I would never be without

[ReeperzOutdoors]

Good job! Always love the chimes at Neels Gap.....lol

[josephfoster30]

Who's cat is that?

[higzyguitarist]

@importjunky27 nutnfancy also insists on carrying 90lbs for a simple summer trip of a week. he packs everything but the kitchen sink. hes the ANTI-minimalist. take every possible thing for every possible situation no matter how unlikely. i'de rather be happy and fast then show off how manly i am by carrying excess weight.

[Photo314159]

So 43 lbs isn't light then you're saying? Lol. Man we used to have competitions to see who could carry more weight. I brought a 28oz porterhouse and scampies for my first nights dinner on the AT, lol. One guys pack was 70lbs! On my last day hike in Yosemite, my daypack weighed about 26lbs and I wasn't camping or cooking, lol.

[WorldClimb]

TP and trowel can both be lighter. You don't need either! A stick works well as a poop trowel, hold it vertically and scrape a hole. TP is light but in Aisa I didnt use TP for over a year. When I returned to the west and had to wipe instead of wash it felt so unclean. If you don't need it you'll never run out!

[WorldClimb]

"I don't even use my first aid kit much". Oh dear oh dear.

[MrLancer84]

@BrokenAeroVT Hey I agree with you completely, if one plans on backpacking the AT, then yes absolutely weight matters and they should strive to make their pack as light as possible, but I'm referring to the general public of people who go on day hikes or even a few days and only hiking a couple of miles and they want to worry about UL. To me it doesn't make sense but hey, to each his own.

[BrokenAeroVT]

@Norskand67 It's the black grunge sitting in the cracks at the top. I used a toothbrush. Saving 4-1/2 oz per bottle is a good idea though, unless you plan to throw your full bottles at boulders.

[BrokenAeroVT]

@MrLancer84 & thank u 4 carrying that 60-80lb pack, 2! Unfortunately, I've seen hikers with 50# packs & devastated feet who could hike no further until they got help like this. 1 girl took my advice to see a guy like this at the next outfitter. As a result, she finished the hike! Worst hike is said 2b Katahdin, but when u leave most of the weight at the ranger station, it's the funnest/easiest hike, & we like the trail more 4 fun than glory. Glory hikers can finish in 100 days with a 25# load.