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Lightweight Backpacking

Lightweight Backpacking. Ten Secrets to Lighten Your Load. David Fanning Poudre Wilderness Volunteers. Big South Patrol. July 2008. June 2012. June 2012. Secret 1: Question Authority. Need reliable shelter. Be Prepared!. You can freeze out there!. What if?. Filter your water.

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Lightweight Backpacking

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  1. Lightweight Backpacking Ten Secrets to Lighten Your Load David Fanning Poudre Wilderness Volunteers

  2. Big South Patrol July 2008 June 2012 June 2012

  3. Secret 1: Question Authority Need reliable shelter Be Prepared! You can freeze out there! What if? Filter your water Take extra clothes One is none, two is one Use a propane stove Wear waterproof boots

  4. Secret 2: Weigh Everything Everything weighs something!

  5. Secret 3: Get a Lighter Pack Gregory Baltoro 65 65 liter, 5lb 14oz $299.00 Gossamer Gear Mariposa 69 liter, 1lb 14oz $205.00

  6. Packs Six Moon Design Fusion 50 ULA Circuit Gossamer Gear G4 Granite Gear Vapor Trail GoLite Jam Osprey Exos

  7. Secret 4: Need a Sleeping Bag? • Think: Sleeping System (inc. clothes) • I get cold! • I flop around! 1lb 8oz 1lb 2oz 1lb 7oz

  8. Sleeping Pads 8 oz 8 oz 15 oz 11 oz

  9. Secret 5: Gimme Shelter REI Half Dome 5 lbs 8 oz Moment Tarp Tent 1 lb 12 oz MLD Duomid 16 oz MSR Carbon Reflex 2 lb 14 oz

  10. Shelter Gossamer Gear SpinnTwin 14 oz Warbonnet Big Mama Jamba Tarp 14 oz Six Moon Design Refuge 1 lb 10 oz Notch Tarp Tent 1 lb 10 oz Integral Designs Traverse 2lb 11oz Hexamid Cuben Fiber 11 oz

  11. Secret 6: Embrace Frugality 16 oz, $100 6 oz $10 1.5 oz $1.25 1 oz, $1

  12. Secret 7: Dress Differently

  13. Secret 8: Rethink Water Filters 16 oz, $85 3.6 oz, $50 2.0 oz, $15 3.1 oz, $25

  14. Secret 9: Wear Shoes

  15. Secret 10: Become Informed http://www.backpackinglight.com Ultralight Backpacking Books PWV Ultralight Resources: Resource Page: http://bit.ly/1hphAIE Ultralight Forum: http://poudrewildernessvolunteers.org

  16. Ultimate Secret: Lite Means FUN! Thank you!

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