ULTRALIGHT BACKPACKING GEAR LIST. Ultralight Backpacking Checklist: Expert Advice from REI - StumbleUpon. Mountain UltraLight: Make Your Own Backpacking Meals! My 14 day John Muir Trail thru-hike with my son is just a few weeks away, so I've been busy preparing 28 days worth of backpacking food for us. Making your own is not that difficult, less expensive, and much lighter than buying those individually packaged meals. Are you up for the task? A healthy hot breakfast is pretty easy. My favorite is couscous, dry milk, dried cranberries, chopped almonds and cashews. 15 1/2 ounces yields 2,240 calories, or seven 320 calorie breakfasts. Add some variety by replacing the couscous with rolled oats, which is a bit heavier but also very nutritious. Pack a weeks worth in a plastic produce bag, which is free from the grocery store and weighs only .08 ounces!
Be sure to squeeze all the air out of the bag and tie it off at the end to leave room for the contents to form to your food bag or bear canister. Now for some dinners. I may have gone a little crazy with this stuff, but did I mention that I absolutely love it? ...4 huge cans of crushed tomatoes... Backpacking Light 101. A Lightweight Primer to Backcountry Travel for the Uninitiated By Ryan Jordan Ryan Jordan is the co-founder and Publisher of Backpacking Light.
He original wrote this article as a celebration of the evolution of lightweight backpacking as part of GoLite's 5th Anniversary catalog. Ultralight backpacking, contrary to proclamations by Those That Carry Heavy Packs, is not practiced by that crazy fringe segment of wilderness society that derives their calories from obscure edible roots and their shelter from two twigs and a waterproof handkerchief. Well, at least, it’s not practiced only by that crazy fringe. Rather, it’s a way of backcountry travel that has permeated virtually every outdoor sport: day hiking, trail running, horse packing, packrafting, backcountry hunting and fishing, mountaineering, mountain biking, and adventure racing. The Ultralight Ethic no longer stands in the shadow of conventional backcountry theology that proclaims “more is better”. 1. Don’t have a digital scale yet? Bundle-wrapping.jpg (JPEG-Grafik, 1000 × 772 Pixel)
Camp With Less Gear. From Wired How-To Wiki Being a hardcore backcountry trekker requires a tolerance for discomfort. We don't have that. Les Stroud, star of TV's Survivorman, does. So we asked him for the secret to toughing it in the wild. This article is a wiki. Stroud's advice is particularly nice for survivors, but if you're just looking for a lighter backpack, we have a few tips.
Don't forget your essential camping gear: a map, a compass, and a pocket knife in addition to the items mentioned above. This article is a wiki. Go during summer. Thoughts from the mountains. I will never, ever, ever, nnnnnevvvverrrrrr go into the wild without toilet paper, a candle, a lighter, a knife, a compass, and water. As a long-time Outward Bound instructor, I have burned through a lot of gear in the quest to find lightweight, durable, high quality equipment that won't fail me on a long expedition.
Montrail Helium GTX Boots: Choice of boots can make or break a backpacking experience.