• Ultralight in the High Latitudes
    Ultralight is fine and dandy in predictable, mild environments but what about such places as the high latitudes? Does it apply at all there?
  • Ultralight Mythology
    Thinking ultralight challenges the doctrine and the doctrine inevitably strikes back. This is about some of the usual arguments thrown on all over the ultralight style
  • Lightweight winter packing is heavy
    the same techniques that render a featherweight summer pack put a brick on your shoulders in the winter. It may seem obvious why but let’s do a bit of analysis
  • Ultralight in the arctic
    One of the issues with lightweight hiking is overcoming the fear of being unprepared for the conditions. This is particularly true when you're about to travel to an isolated place with potentially severe weather like Arctic Lapland