A place to chat about gear and the philosphy of ultralight. Ultralight bushwalking or backpacking focuses on carrying the lightest and simplest kit. There is still a good focus on safety and skill.
Forum rules
Ultralight Bushwalking/backpacking is about more than just gear lists. Ultralight walkers carefully consider gear based on the environment they are entering, the weather forecast, their own skill, other people in the group. Gear and systems are tested and tweaked. If you are new to this area then welcome - Please remember that although the same ultralight philosophy can be used in all environments that the specific gear and skill required will vary greatly. It is very dangerous to assume that you can just copy someone else's gear list, but you are encouraged to ask questions, learn and start reducing the pack weight and enjoying the freedom that comes.
Common words Base pack backpacking the mass of the backpack and the gear inside - not including consumables such as food, water and fuel light backpacking base weight less than 9.1kg ultralight backpacking base weight less than 4.5kg super-ultralight backpacking base weight less than 2.3kg extreme-ultralight backpacking base weight less than 1.4kg
We don’t need to describe in detail what Outdoor Retailer is, just know that it is huge – over 1000 exhibitors and 25,000 attendees – and it’s the go-to place to find out what’s coming in the outdoor gear pipeline, this time for Spring 2014.
ULWalkingPhil wrote:I like the mini sawyer squeeze filter shown.
US$20 good price, and 60 grams, looks good,
they older ones get favourable reviews. so should be popular..
I have the older one. It's a great filter. I think I will purchase one of these new mini filters when available. Looks like it will take up a lot less pack room which is great and a whole 40 gram saving in weight over the older one.
A wearable sleeping bag isn't a new idea of course. I almost bought one 25 years ago. It was coupled with a wearable (and probably leaky) bivy sack. I decided not.
As for peeing, I know this guy who used to pee into a bottle while in his bag lying down. He had it completely wired so that he wouldn't really even totally wake up while doing it. Then one night he fell back asleep with his willy still in the bottle. Woke up wet and embarrassed in the morning.