Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your memory.

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.
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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

Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby Lamont » Thu 23 Jul, 2020 2:50 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJZDyIz-0lk
Walking out of the dark this morning-this song comes to me and just keeps coming.
A brilliant and uplifting version if you're keen to listen, I especially like Warren Ellis' piano and the choir in this version.
Grab on and run like you stole something.
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby Lamont » Fri 21 Aug, 2020 5:20 pm

Sitting watch the sun come up, sheltering in some bushes from a chilly wind, supping on my tea, Gareth Liddiard's voice sneaks in out of nowhere
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby Lamont » Mon 13 Jun, 2022 3:58 pm

Sitting at the ocean's edge this morning with a cuppa, watching the swell, waiting for the dawn proper -this song comes out of nowhere.
Haven't listened to the album for months.
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby kali » Tue 14 Jun, 2022 1:02 pm

Always Bob Marley 3 little Birds - it has been playing in my head through so many moments in life - when peaceful, when needing courage, when connecting to nature, when up sht crk........
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby Petew » Tue 14 Jun, 2022 2:40 pm

Lamont wrote:Sitting at the ocean's edge this morning with a cuppa, watching the swell, waiting for the dawn proper -this song comes out of nowhere.
Haven't listened to the album for months.



I'm going to have a listen to this when I get home. Sounds good!
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby GBW » Tue 14 Jun, 2022 2:56 pm

A classic from Mr Zimmerman...
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe"
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby north-north-west » Tue 14 Jun, 2022 4:20 pm

GBW wrote:A classic from Mr Zimmerman...


And, welcome to a new earworm. With any luck I'll spend the next month cycling through every song of His Bobness that I know.
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby GBW » Tue 14 Jun, 2022 4:49 pm

north-north-west wrote:
GBW wrote:A classic from Mr Zimmerman...


And, welcome to a new earworm. With any luck I'll spend the next month cycling through every song of His Bobness that I know.

The twenty or so verses of "Hurricane" should keep you going for a while!
I saw Bob in 1978 at the Myer Music Bowl. Big fan.
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby north-north-west » Tue 14 Jun, 2022 6:31 pm

Ummm ... *does quick mental calculation* ... yeah, I was there too. A great night.
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby Lamont » Sun 03 Jul, 2022 11:49 am

Yesterdays song.

In the tradition of this thread and songs that just pop into your head out walking......

Out of the blue it hits me trying to light the stove for a cuppa in the cold wind- and WOW it just pops into my head.
At least I know where this one came from.
REVERBBBBB-ALICIOUSSS.
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby johnw » Mon 04 Jul, 2022 11:41 am

An ear worm for the track. Showing my age, well I was very young...
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby Warin » Mon 04 Jul, 2022 12:34 pm

:D Regression to childhood...
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby north-north-west » Fri 08 Jul, 2022 1:55 pm

I had this pop into my head during the week. No idea what set it off.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfnphiPIZ7c

What am I doing wrong? Damn thing won't embed!
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Postby johnw » Fri 08 Jul, 2022 2:36 pm

north-north-west wrote:I had this pop into my head during the week. No idea what set it off.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfnphiPIZ7c

What am I doing wrong? Damn thing won't embed!

Another favourite of mine. Interestingly Brian Wilson didn't perform on it.
Enter just the last string of characters after the = sign, inside the youtube tags.
LIke this (without the leading space):
[ youtube]pfnphiPIZ7c[/youtube]

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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby north-north-west » Fri 08 Jul, 2022 3:13 pm

Thanks. I'll try to remember that.
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby Warin » Fri 08 Jul, 2022 5:37 pm

north-north-west wrote:Thanks. I'll try to remember that.


That does not work well for me. The remembering thing.

What I do was 'quote' one of the posts that worked and saw what was required. This works on other sites too. Just don't post the 'reply' as that confuses others.
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby GBW » Wed 13 Jul, 2022 8:52 pm

I love a good shuffle. SRV...

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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby north-north-west » Thu 14 Jul, 2022 8:19 am

Aaaarrrggghhh! I still haven't gotten over finding out about his death. Not a good way to start a day.
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby GBW » Thu 14 Jul, 2022 10:35 pm

north-north-west wrote:Aaaarrrggghhh! I still haven't gotten over finding out about his death. Not a good way to start a day.


I remember it well NNW. I was living in Belgrave, working in Sherbrooke that morning and the radio alarm came on with the news...devastated that one of fav artists/guitarists had died in such tragic circumstances. Those 120-125 bpm shuffles are at an ideal walking pace.

I saw Stevie Ray at Melbourne Concert Hall 1984 but he was a bit out of it.
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby north-north-west » Fri 15 Jul, 2022 7:55 am

GBW wrote:
north-north-west wrote:Aaaarrrggghhh! I still haven't gotten over finding out about his death. Not a good way to start a day.


I remember it well NNW. I was living in Belgrave, working in Sherbrooke that morning and the radio alarm came on with the news...devastated that one of fav artists/guitarists had died in such tragic circumstances. Those 120-125 bpm shuffles are at an ideal walking pace.

I saw Stevie Ray at Melbourne Concert Hall 1984 but he was a bit out of it.


Get in the car to drive to work, they'd just started playing Cold Shot, and we're all "they don't usually play that sort of thing at this hour, maybe they're promoting a tour, wouldn't that be great ... " And then the announcer comes back on at the end of the track "That was the late Stevie Ray Vaughan ... " "WHAT!!!!!!!"

Best concert I ever saw in Melbourne was Rory Gallagher at the Palais. He was really hot that night.
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby Lamont » Tue 19 Jul, 2022 12:07 pm

Sitting in the bush yesterday
firing up the stove for a cuppa
dawn's about 20 mins off

this song comes to me out of the blue.

here's a lovely live version.

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Postby dashandsaph » Wed 20 Jul, 2022 1:51 pm

Walking the AAWT I had Bob Dylan's Hurricane totally earworming me. So bad I had to download and listen to it to add some variety to the earworm with some more words. Its beat matched my pace and I was stuck.
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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby GBW » Sat 22 Oct, 2022 7:31 am

Love this song...

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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby Lamont » Mon 24 Oct, 2022 2:30 pm

Sitting down with a cuppa this morning out bush and this comes to me out of nowhere.
The bass thread is killing me.

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Re: Truly Ultralight-they weigh nothing!They are in your mem

Postby Lamont » Fri 18 Nov, 2022 3:13 pm

Sitting out bush this morning watching the sun come up with a cuppa and this first song comes to me, over and over.

Vale.



and I'll chuck this in for good measure.

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Postby michael_p » Fri 18 Nov, 2022 4:08 pm

Had this song stuck in my head for a week.
One foot in front of the other.
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Postby fff » Wed 02 Aug, 2023 6:09 pm

Hit me at sunrise out in the bush this morning

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