Ultralight backpacking
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Ultralight backpacking is a style of lightweight backpacking that emphasizes carrying the lightest and least gear. While no technical standards exist, some hikers consider "ultralight" to mean an init
A bivouac (using a bivy sack) in winter at Benediktenwand, Germany
Poncho shelter
Many ultralight backpackers use a non-freestanding system where the trekking pole serves as the structure for the tent.
A common variety of trail mix made out of peanuts, raisins, and candy coated chocolate, around 4.8 kcal/gram
Grandma Gatewood
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Emma Rowena Gatewood, better known as Grandma Gatewood, was an American ultra-light hiking pioneer. After a difficult life as a farm wife, mother of eleven children, and survivor of domestic violence,
Ultralight backpacking
…He laid the foundations of ultra-light backpacking in his concise 1884 book, Woodcraft, which is still in print today. Another 'early pioneer' was Grandma Gatewood, who thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1955 with only a duffel bag containing an army blanket, a plastic sheet, an umbrella, and other very simple…
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Emma Gatewood