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On the Web
- The Ultralight Backpacking Site - Stories and information about ultralight backpacking. Includes gear lists with weights, a backpacking food list with calorie counts, and links to other backpacking resources.
- Ultralight Backpacking and Outdoor Pursuits - Centerwalk is a site for Ultralight Backpacking and Ultralight Backpackers. Included are tips and techniques, as well as links to other sources of information.
- BikerDave's Ultralight Backpackers Home Buyers Guide - Specifications for ultralight backpacking equipment, listed from lightest to heaviest in these categories: tents, tarptents, pyramids and shaped tarps, basic tarps and ponchos, hammocks and camping hammocks, bivy sacks, sleeping bags, sleeping pads and backpacks.
- Lightweight and ultralight backpacking - Ultralight backpacking adventure page with gear lists and trip reports.
- Ultralight Backpacking Forum - A place to ask questions, and find answers, about Ultralight Backpacking gear and techniques.
- Onestep's Ultralight Backpacking Resource - Ultralight resource pages describing gear, fitness regimes and resources for lightweight backpacking. A forum is available along with a Tuesday night chat room.
- Ken Knight's Ultralight Backpacking Way - Information and inspiration for those seeking a lighter pack.
- Great Lakes Lightweight Backpacking - Provides personal notes on the ultra-light backpacking philosophy along with reviews for lightweight gear and shelters. Explains techniques for carrying less weight that enhances the backpacking experience. Offers details about hikes in the Great Lakes region and northern lower Michigan.
- Lighten Up - Ultralight Backpacking - Features tips, thoughts and insights on reducing pack weight.
- Adventure Alan's Ultralight Backpacking Page - Provides details about philosophy and approach, equipment reviews, and trip reports.
Wikipedia Articles
- Ultralight backpacking - Ultralight backpacking is a style of backpacking that emphasizes the use of the lightest-weight equipment available. Ultralight backpackers strive to reduce their base pack weight (the weight a pack and the gear inside excluding consumables such as food, water, and fuel) as much as possible.
- Backpacking Light Magazine - Backpacking Light Magazine was founded in early 2001 by modern-day ultralight backpacking evangelist Ryan Jordan (hiker), author of Lightweight Backpacking and CampingJordan, Ryan (Editor). Lightweight Backpacking and Camping: A Field Guide to Wilderness Equipment, Technique, and Style Beartooth Mountain Press (2005).
- Ryan Jordan (hiker) - Ryan Jordan is a pioneer of the modern-day ultralight backpacking movement and founder of Backpacking Light Magazine.