Camping Sleeping Pads

Camping Sleeping Pads

How does an ultralight backpacker think? A journalist from a magazine asked me to pack it in a recent interview. I went backpack in winter conditions with a minimum total of five kilograms in the back, so I think the light. In fact, there are some basic questions that seem to come automatically to mind when I While planning a backpacking trip or looking at art. I suspect that other backpackers light that do the same things.

1. How can I make more light?

Usually, we ask each article to contribute. Foam cushions can be cut, a bag of things could be left behind if the sleeping bag be filled out directly on the packaging. Shorten brush teeth and cutting edges of the cards were to lighten the load not much, but enough to change several items, and weight savings can add up to a kilo or two.

2. Is there a lightweight alternative?

This is where it really save weight, especially if you start with the "big three" sleeping bag, coat and backpack. The purchase of new equipment as necessary, but may also find the option between the smallest things that you already own. Choose your light shirts, for example, or take your light on the canvas for a short stay instead of a tent. This can make a big difference in how the light of your trip. Several years ago I went from a 88-oz (5 1 / 2 lb) bag of 14 ounces, and a sleeping bag three pounds for a single pound.

3. What should I go?

"I do not really need to do this?" Ask each element. A shirt may involve, for example. Ask, "will I use?" For several trips carrying a little game of chess, but never used. If with a group to see if anyone else in the party have a theme interest. A group of three only need a stove. Not sure if you can leave something behind? The last three questions may help find an answer.

4. Are there things to many uses that can be used to reduce weight?

If I cook at all (rare), my bread is my plate, my spoon is the holder. Some ponchos can be used as a shelter. A trekking pole can be sustained shelter or even a canvas tent. The storage bag sleeping bag can be filled with clothing to use as a pillow. Finding ways to use things for more than a goal, and buy things that have multiple objectives. This is the ultralight backpacker classical thought.

5. Are there strategies I can help lighten the load?

An extreme example: a diet low in carbohydrates for a few days, then load the update pasta before a trip. This way you can save up to one kilo more carbohydrates in your body, so it is not necessary as food. Called "carbo-loading, which has been used by endurance athletes for decades. Another strategy: plan according to the weather. If no rain is expected, can leave the unit to rain back, or just take over. In a region with numerous sources of water can lead to a liter of soda a plastic bottle if you fill up each time you reach a stream or lake.

6. What skills and habits can I work?

This is partly about learning survival skills. Why? Because being at home in the desert, it is safer to go faster. If, for example, you know how to make a warm bed sheets dry grass, it is safe to try and lightweight sleeping bag, which otherwise could not quite hot enough for you. Being able to identify and eat edible wild plants, it is safer to carry less food. In fact, if sufficient capacity for survival, an ultralight hiker could be prepared for almost anything.

Copyright Steve Gillman. To get a free ebook for "Ultralight Backpackers", and to see photos, gear recommendations, and a new wilderness survival section, visit: http://www.The-Ultralight-Site.com

Sleep well at camp?

I will go camping in a few weeks. I will set up tent camps in and what I want to be good to me. Sleep. Fans I try to sleep on a mattress, but I do not work very well for us. I have found some pads in the camping gear, but they do not look very comfortable. I do not want to waste money. Any ideas? Provide easy and portable!

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