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Backpacking tarps are a great camping option if you want to significantly reduce your backpacking gear weight while experiencing a deeper connection to the outdoors, by sleeping under a shelter without walls. Backpacking tarps come in two basic flavors: shaped, catenary cut tarps that have curved sides to reduce weight and flapping in the wind, and square, flat tarps with …

The Cape Wrath Trail is considered the hardest hiking route in the United Kingdom. Located in Scotland, it runs from Fort William, through the Highlands and Western Scotland, to the lighthouse at Cape Wrath, the northwestern-most point of Scotland. Approximately 230 miles in length, most people take 2-3 weeks to backpack the trip. Technically, the Cape Wrath Trail is not a trail …

Skin Out Weight is the weight of your backpacking gear, water, food, fuel, the clothing you’re wearing, your shoes, watch, sunglasses, smartphone, trekking poles if you use them, and anything else on your person or in your pack. Backpacking Base Weight, in comparison, is your full skin out weight, minus food, fuel, water, and other “consumables” like sun tan lotion, …

The Outdoor Vitals CS40 is an ultralight rolltop backpack made with Ultra fabric that weighs 27 oz. It has two pre-curved carbon fiber stays that act as a frame with a removable hipbelt held in place by velcro. While it is made with Ultra (Ultraweave 200), a waterproof fabric, the pack is not waterproof and has a few quirky features …