The Going Lighter Guide
A developing series of posts looking at the route maps to lightweight backpacking, and onto ultralight.
Introduction
Reference Kit List
Packs
How robust are these pack materials?
Stoves
Kitchen Equipment
Newsfeed
Twitter: @mustbethisway
Twitter (all other stuff): @Andrew_Howell
Must Be This Way Twitter Twibe
#MBTW
The Colin Ibbotson Pages
Guide to Home Hydration
FIRST STEPS IN THE PYRENEES SERIES
Pyrenees Trail Journal 2008 — Cauterets, Ordessa, Néovielle
Cairngorms by Sleeper, mini-break report
First steps with a digital SLR camera
TGO 2006 TRAIL JOURNAL
TGO 2007 TRAIL JOURNAL
TGO 2009 TRAIL JOURNAL
NEWTGO 2010 Trail Journal
TGO Planning Guide
The Going Lighter Guide
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21 Hikes, 1 Ride/9 Peaks β Peace One Day
A Little Bit About Not A Lot
AktoMan
Alan Sloman’s Big Walk
Alastair Humphreys β Adventurer
Ali and Lay’s Mountaineering Blog
Backpackinglight.co.uk
Batish’s Blog (Hiking in Japan)
Beating the Bounds – Mark Richards’ Blog
Ben Collins β Cross Spain Walk – NEW
Cameron McNeish – ‘The Godfather’
Chris Townsend
Colin Griffiths β Colin’s Biking Bits
Colin Griffiths β Croft Hill Record
Colin Griffiths β Rich Gift of Lins
Collected Musings of a Hill Wanderer β John Hennesy
Cumbria Fell Raven
Daryl May’s Hike Through Britain
Dave Wood is Red Yeti
Dawn’s Outdoor Blog
Doodlecat: an alternative look at the great outdoors
ebothy
Fat Git Walking
Footprints Across Scotland β Paul Sammonds
Gayle E. Bird (and MIke)
Gyrovagus
Hard Light – Steve Walton
Hendrik's Hiking in Finland
Hennessy Blog
Hike Wales
Hike-Lite
I Would Rather Be Walking
I’m So Dave – LEJOG
James Boulter – Backpacking Bongos
John Hee’s Blog
John Manning
Judy Armstrong’s Alpine Challenge
London Backpacker
Lone Walker
Mark Alvarez
Martin Banfield – Postcard from Timperley
Mike Pitt
NEW β Laura LIddell
NEW β Louise's Big Adventure
NEW β Minimal Gear
NEW! β Self Powered!
Nielsen Brown
Northern Pies (Mike Knipe ate them …)
Peewiglet
Peewiglet’s Blog
Petesy’s Blog
Phil Turner – lightweightoutdoors.com/
Practical Backpacking Forum
Robin Evans – Blogpackinglight
Roman’s Lighthiker’s World
Ron’s Walking Fort Bragg Blog
Ryan Jordan
Section HIker β Phil Werner
Shed Dweller β John's Shed Dwelling Moments!
Solitary Walker
Steven Horner
Summit and Valley
Team io – Super ultralight gear in the UK
The Bearable Lightness, Gustav BostrΓΆm
The Big Walk
The One and Only ‘Bearded Git’
The Roaming Dials
Three Peaks – Africa Expedition
Thunder in the Night β Joe Newton in Norway
Tommy Kelly
Two-Heel Drive
Walking with Paul Williams
Webtogs
Weird Darrren’s Whitespider1006 Blog
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can’t get a message to colin – but noted he used tarptent contrail- just wanted some feedback as i am interested in buying one myself
thanks
david
By david fowler on 08.30.08 12:46 pm
I’ve forwarded your message to him David. I think he was pleased with it although he realised there were limitations – he’ll tell you all about them.
By andy on 08.30.08 4:47 pm
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