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Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast – When the Weather Outside is Frightful and There is No Inside, What Gear Works?

by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker exposes the insanity of Bretwood Higman and Erin McKittrick. Three pounds of shared sleeping quilt for minus 30 degree weather?! Read More...
ARTICLES Places Expeditions
EXPEDITION: Journey on the Wild Coast (Erin McKittrick and Bretwood Higman)
by Erin McKittrick and Bretwood Higman
Erin and Hig travel by foot, packraft, and skis, 4000 miles from Puget Sound to the Bering Sea Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
Fire and Ultralight, a US Forest Service Recon
by Jhaura Wachsman, Photos: Paul Cronshaw
Ultralight Backpackers Scouting Post-Disaster Trail Conditions for the US Forest Service. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Trip Reports
Members Only Yellowstone in Winter: An Igloo Traverse in America's Oldest National Park
by Chris Townsend
Chris Townsend explores Yellowstone during the winter in a group igloo expedition with skis, snowshoes, and pulks. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Trip Reports
Members Only Packrafting the Grand Canyon
by Roman Dial
Roman Dial leads first legal (permitted) packrafting trek in the Grand Canyon. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Trip Reports
Members Only Ultralight Packrafting in Cataract Canyon
by Forrest McCarthy
A river explorer takes on the Colorado River in a packraft. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Little Alpacka Packraft can Play with the Big Kids
by Carol Crooker
Green River through Desolation Canyon: 84 miles, 67 class II/II rapids, 7 days in a packraft. Read More...
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Members Only Slow Travel
by Simon Clissold
Traveling light, simple... and slow Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Long Boat and Gear Repair
by Ken Knight
Delving deeper into the Alpacka longboat, gear repair, keeping healthy, and the upcoming ski season Read More...
ARTICLES Places Expeditions
Members Only Ultralight Gear and Techniques on the Edge of Winter with Backpacking Light’s Wilderness Trekking III Program
by Don Wilson; photos by Don Wilson and Ryan Jordan
The gear chosen by the Wilderness Trekking III course participants and leaders Read More...
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Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Hot Beds and Journalism
by Ken Knight
Erin and Hig talk about packraft innovations and how they record their travels. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Outer Coast Challenges Continue
by Carol Crooker
The Outer Coast is at least as challenging as Hig and Erin anticipated - but often in surprising ways. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Outer Coast Challenges
by Carol Crooker
After five months on the trail Erin and Hig have their scariest and most surreal encounters in Icy Bay. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Expeditions
Out of Your Comfort Zone: Through the Beartooth Mountains with Backpacking Light’s Wilderness Trekking III Program
by Don Wilson
BPL members and staff trek - off trails and off maps - through the snowy Beartooth Mountains Read More...
ARTICLES Places Expeditions
EXPEDITION: The Great Western Loop
by Andrew Skurka
An expedition journal for Andrew Skurka's 2007 attempt to circumnavigate the American West. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Food Choices and Preparation
by Carol Crooker
Intrepid adventurers Erin and Hig are four months into their nine-month adventure. They talk about fuel for humans and cooking with wood for months on end. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Great Western Loop - The Loop is Closed
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After 6,875 miles and seven months Andy has finished his epic trek. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Should a Non-Coastal Curmudgeon Care About Shrinking Old Growth Forests?
by Carol Crooker
Sure the land is gorgeous, but how is losing a few trees hundreds of miles away going to affect me? Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Survival of the Fittest?
by Carol Crooker
Does keeping the species from extinction matter, or is it natural progression for humans to overrun the planet? Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Robert Hausam on the TGO Challenge
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The TGO Challenge is an annual 200 mile, coast-to-coast, trek across Scotland. Robert Hausam took part in last May's Challenge. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Trip Reports
Members Only Bringing up the Rear: An Ultralighter Hikes across the Weminuche with a "Mixed" Group
by Ben Smith
Ultralighters love replacing old gear with new. But what gets lost when you get new hiking buddies to go with your new kit? Read More...
ARTICLES Places Expeditions
Doing Denali Light: Post-Trip Report and Gearlist
by Agnes Stowe with Matt Hage
It IS possible to climb Denali using lightweight techniques! Agnes and Matt discuss their gear and provide detailed gearlists. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Packrafting Gear and Clothing
by Carol Crooker
Erin and Hig talk about the why's and how's of packraft use on their nine month journey along the Pacific coast. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Featured Routes
Journey on the Wild Coast, Part 2 - the Gear
by Erin McKittrick
Erin describes the gear needed to complete a 4000 mile trek encompassing multiple climate zones, every season, and mixed modes of travel. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Doing Denali Light Part 2
by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker talks with Matt Hage and Agnes Stowe who have just returned from their summit attempt of Denali. A successful trip going ultralight. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast, Part 1
by Carol Crooker, Erin McKittrick, and Bretwood Higman
Carol Crooker talks with Erin McKittrick and Bretwood (Hig) Higman about their upcoming 4000 miles journey along the Pacific Coast from Seattle to the tip of the Aluetian Islands chain. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Featured Routes
Journey on the Wild Coast, Part 1
by Erin Mckittrick
4000 miles. 9 months. Seattle to the Aleutian Islands. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: The Great Western Loop, Part 3
by Ryan Jordan
Andrew Skurka discusses his philosophy about backpacking as well as the connection between the wilderness and the rest of the country with Ryan Jordan. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Expeditions
EXPEDITION: Climbing Denali - Ultralight
by Matt Hage, Agnes Stowe
A summit attempt of the highest peak in North America - Denali (Mt. McKinley) - in lightweight fashion - never carrying more than 30 pounds of gear. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: The Great Western Loop, Part 2
by Ryan Jordan
Ryan Jordan continues his interview with Andrew Skurka this time focusing on the gear Andy will use in his 6,875 mile, 7 month, hike through the west. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: The Great Western Loop, Part 1
by Ryan Jordan
Andrew Skurka is at it again: 6,875 miles of backpacking through the American West. Ryan Jordan learns what his overall plans are. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Scott Williamson and Yo-Yo-ing the Pacific Crest Trail
by Ryan Jordan
PCT thru hiker talks style, gear, foot fungus, on 5,300 mile hike. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Andrew Skurka in the Nation's Icebox, the Conclusion
by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker talks with Andrew Skurka after he survives a 400-mile ultralight backpacking trip through northern Minnesota in the dead of winter. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Andrew Skurka in the Nation's Icebox
by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker talks with Andrew Skurka midway through his 400-mile ultralight backpacking trip through northern Minnesota in the dead of winter. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Sub-3 on the PCT with Glen Van Peski
by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker interviews Glen Van Peski, founder of Gossamer Gear, about trekking on the Pacific Crest Trail while carrying less than three pounds of gear Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
Wise Women Go Light, Conclusion
by Jean Rogers and Sue Wright with Ben Smith
Wise Women Jean (from 20 to 13 pound base weight) and Sue (14 to 9 pound base weight) put their new lightweight gear to the test in the field. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
Wise Women Go Light, Part 2
by Jean Rogers and Sue Wright with Cat Jasins
Jean and Sue select and test lighter gear from a dizzying array of choices while receiving an avalanche of expert advice - which they accept with trepidation, reject, or take on wholeheartedly - all the while listening to their own self-wisdom gained in their six (or near six) decades of life experience. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
Results: John Muir Trail (JMT) Record Attempt - Unsupported, Without Resupply
by Al Shaver
BPL subscriber, Al Shaver, didn’t break the JMT speed record for an unsupported hike without resupply, but his account may inspire you to try. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
Members Only Notes from the Field: Summer on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Don Wilson
Long distance hikes have a unique character. BPL editor, Don Wilson, shares his perspectives on gear, technique, clothing and philosophy following a lightweight, 6-week section hike of the PCT. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
John Muir Trail (JMT) Record Attempt - Unsupported, Without Resupply
by Al Shaver
BPL subscriber, Al Shaver, will attempt to break the JMT speed record for an unsupported hike without resupply. He starts on the full moon, September 7th. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
Wise Women Go Light, Part 1
by Jean Rogers and Sue Wright
The first in a series of three articles chronicling the experiences of hiking buddies Jean and Sue as they begin on the journey to lightweight backpacking. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Trip Reports
Backpacking Light Editor, Don Wilson, on the PCT this Summer
by Carol Crooker
Mojave, CA (June 12) to Ashland, OR (August ?) - say Hello! Read More...
ARTICLES Places Photo Essays
Members Only Backpacking Scotland - Dealing With the Wet and Cold (Photo Essay & Gear List)
by Chris Townsend
What kinds of gear and clothing are optimal for wet, windy, and cold Scottish weather? Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
Members Only Notes from the Field - SuperUltraLight in November on the Flagstaff Peaks, Arizona
by Carol Crooker
Was just 5 pounds of gear enough to keep our warm-weather-acclimatized Arizonian cozy into the 20s? Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
Members Only Notes from the Field: SuperUltraLight Bushwhacking in the Canyons of Grand Gulch, Utah
by Carol Crooker
Can a SUL pack survive intense bushwhacking? Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
Members Only Notes from the Field: SuperUltraLight Hammocking on the Black Forest Trail in Pennsylvania
by Carol Crooker
Perspectives from the Black Forest Trail in Pennsylvania, with commentary on gear and techniques to stay warm in a hammock with less than five pounds of gear. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Trip Reports
Ken and Marcia Powers First to Through-hike the American Discovery Trail
by Carol Crooker
The 4900 mile ADT bisects the continental US from east to west. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
Members Only Notes from the Field: SuperUltraLight in the Cascades with a Sub-4-pound Pack
by Doug Johnson
Perspectives from the field, with commentary on gear and technique for high mileage backpacking with a sub-4-pound base weight pack. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Trip Reports
Members Only Several Thousand Steps on the PCT
by Ken Maddox
Lightweight gear and food, and lessons learned along two hundred miles of the PCT from B to C (Bend, Oregon to the Columbia River). Read More...
ARTICLES Places Notes from the Field
Members Only Notes from the Field: SuperUltraLight Tarp vs. Hammock in the High Uintas
by Carol Crooker
Perspectives from the field, with commentary and comparison of gear and technique for tarp and hammock camping at 40 °F. Read More...

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