If you have ever carried a backpack that was too heavy, you know it can suck the fun from a trip. You backpack to enjoy the wilderness, right? A few challenges may add to the experience, but does suffering? I don't think so. Imagine hiking in the mountains - and you hardly feel the pack on your back. Would you like that? You can sling the pack from one shoulder as you hike, just to let your back cool off. You can run up that hill, just to see what is there. You have everything you need to be safe and comfortable, and it all weighs less than 20 pounds. Wouldn't that be more fun than struggling with a fifty-pound load on your back?
Get the new ebook, Ultralight Backpacking Secrets (And Wilderness Survival Tips), and soon you'll be backpacking in style and comfort - with half the weight on your back.
What you'll learn when you buy the book:
- Which 7-ounce raincoat I took to 20,600 feet.
- The four basic ways to purify water.
- How to stop getting blisters.
- How to make a one-ounce backpacking stove.
- How to go as light as ten pounds for a weekend.
- How to buy cheap, high quality gear.
- How to breath to hike more efficiently.
- A trick for maintaining your compass heading.
There are several "Ultralight Backpacking Quick Tips" in each chapter - 150 in all. They include new ideas, lightweight backpacking techniques, advice, wilderness survival tips, and more. For example:
- Why it matters when you try on new hiking shoes.
- Which way your tent should face.
- What foods to eat for warmth.
- The basic wild berries anyone can identify and eat.
- Plants you can use as insect repellent.
- Lies the "experts" tell you.
- How to have a cold drink in the desert.
- How to be warmer, even with a lighter sleeping bag - or no bag at all.
- Fire starting tricks.
- A quick snow shelter you can make without tools.
- A plant you can use to make warm mittens fast.
- A plant that can stop your headache.
- A plant that can disinfect cuts and scrapes.
