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BackpackingLight.com provides membership, publications, education, gear, and community, to help you enjoy the backcountry more - with less.
Membership
Become a Member: Subscribe Now!
Backpacking Light, at its core, is a community of like-minded members with a common passion: traveling light in the backcountry - and life. Becoming a member is cheap ($24.95/year) and easy (click here), and it gives you access to all premium content (more than one million words of articles and counting as of October 2008), and discounts on all gear in the gear shop.
Become an Author: Submit Your Story Proposal Now!
Backpacking Light is written and edited by the lightweight backpacking community, and especially, its members. Learn how to become a contributor and earn some cash or gear for your efforts!
Publications & Education
At our core, we are a publishing company, providing authoritative information about lightweight backpacking Trends, Gear, Techniques, Technologies, People, and Places.
- Online Subscription. An online subscription provides access to all Members-only content, discounts in our gear shop, and exclusive pre-purchasing priveleges for new gear.
- Wilderness Trekking School. Backpacking Light operates its own Wilderness Trekking School for the adventurous! Come learn lightweight backpacking techniques, and practice them in the remote wilderness areas of Montana, for experiential learning not to be forgotten!
- Lightweight Backpacking & Camping. Our flagship book has been recognized as one of the most authoritative volumes about lightweight backpacking, and provides an in-depth foundation to the gear, techniques, and philosophy of our sport.
Gear Shop
Backpacking Light provides one of the most unique retail stores where you can purchase lightweight gear.
In our shop, you'll find gear from some of your favorite brands in our shop, as well as gear that we've manufactured ourselves. Online subscribers receive across-the-board discounts on all gear in our shop.
Community
BackpackingLight.com hosts one of the Internet's most active communities of lightweight backpackers in the world.
Participate in our forums to share your experiences and insights into lightweight backpacking gear, technique, philosophy, trips, photos, and more.
Contribute your own gear reviews to share your honest opinions about the gear that you use, so others may benefit.
Or, be a part of the Internet's fasting growing public database about lightweight backpacking information: The BPL Wiki.
Tools
There are a number of tools here at BackpackingLight.com to help you navigate the site and keep your account up to date:
- My Account. Your "My Account" page keeps you informed of your membership / subscription status, allows you to check up on orders you've placed, and keep your account information up to date.
- Site Search. You can search across all of BPL's content by entering your search terms in the search box at the upper right, in the navigation bar. Or, visit the Advanced Search to narrow your focus.
