Comments on: Ultralight Backpacking: The Biggest Mistakes Beginners Make https://terradrift.com/ultralight-backpacking-biggest-mistakes-beginners-make/ Hiking, Camping, Backpacking, and Travel Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Alisha McDarris https://terradrift.com/ultralight-backpacking-biggest-mistakes-beginners-make/#comment-845 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:26:23 +0000 https://terradrift.com/?p=11262#comment-845 In reply to TheZazz.

We’re big proponents of carrying precisely what you want if it keeps you happy and healthy! After all, you’re out there to have fun, am I right?!

]]> By: TheZazz https://terradrift.com/ultralight-backpacking-biggest-mistakes-beginners-make/#comment-841 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 10:49:23 +0000 https://terradrift.com/?p=11262#comment-841 Surprisingly I have a lot of budget ultralight gear. It’s not the light of stuff but it’s not the heaviest stuff either and it won’t break the bank like everything else. Instead of Dynim I do silnylon. But I can’t do an ultra light backpack because I may have ultra light gear I tend to overload I will have an extra two days worth of food. Depending on where I’m camping I have protection from wild animals. And sometimes I like to go out in the woods and throw a couple rounds down range so I bring stuff to do that as well. For most importantly I’m comfortable when I get to camp. And luckily I do this cuz one year we had a friend go hypothermic in the middle of a winter camping trip. Because I had extra gear like an extra down blanket body warmers beef broth chicken broth we were able to help him through the night. But I’m also prepared for anything and everything. Who I think I’ve learned is don’t buy too cheap though your bag needs to be high quality because if it breaks and you have to rig it to work it’s not going to be comfortable and you’re going to have issues.

But if I was going minimalistic I could easily bring my bag weight down to about 16 lb without food and water. But I like sitting in a chair instead of the snow. And I like to have room inside my tent or tarp so anybody I’m camping with can hang out if there’s some inclement weather. If everybody’s tent just fits them and you get stuck in a rainstorm or anything like that sitting in your tent for 8 to 12 hours is exhausting a lot easier if a friend can sit in your tent you guys can play a game of cards or talk or whatever you want to do.

Now I can bring a tarp with all the gear to set it up comfortably and it weighs just as much as a two man tent but you can make it bigger or smaller depending on your needs and it is extremely versatile. One year we even sacrificed my tarp to protect all the tents in some crazy rain. It gave us a place to cook and hang out while it rained for 17 hours. So I like ultralight gear so I can go out heavy if I’m doing heavy gear I could easily hit 120 lb that I don’t want on my back.

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