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Ron Moak (left) and Eric Ryback (right) at the Annual Day Zero Pacific Crest Trail Kickoff Over the years, I've had the pleasure of meeting various well known characters in both the climbing and backpacking fields. However, none have come as close...
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For those tracking the progress on the Refuge X - Cuben Fiber version. We've finally received our supply of fabric and will start cutting tents tomorrow. I hope to have tents available when I get back from our trip to ADZPCTKO or Annual Day Zero Pacific...
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On March 21st, GoLite founder Demetri Coupounas (Coup) set out for an adventure on the AT ( GoLite Press Release ). Unlike the hundreds of other aspiring AT thru-hikers, Coup had a different plan. He started his trip from Springer with a pack loaded with...
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I love winter, I really do. Though for the last few years I've not really taken advantage of it. We had a great snow year here in Oregon this winter and I did manage to get up to the slopes once for a day of skiing. Unfortunately the trip home was...
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I recently picked up this Starlite review from Philip "earlylite" Warner at sectionhiker.com . Starlite Ultralight Backpack The Starlight Pack from Six Moon Designs is a wonderful ultralight pack for any serious backpacker and at 4,200 cubic...
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Recently, I've been getting some inquiries and comments about bathtub floors. Mostly in regards to our decision not to include one in the new Refuge tent. So I thought now would be a good time to discuss some of the pros and cons of floor style on...
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I'm still trying to get this whole blog thing down. Since we don't do newsletters, yet. The blog is supposed to be keep people informed about what's happening here. Of course that means sitting down and writing. The last few weeks we've...
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In case you hadn’t noticed, I’ve been somewhat delayed in the next installment of the Philosopher’s Guide. The next section is proving to be more in depth than I had originally planned. So that along with the normal Christmas stuff has delayed things...
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Understanding your own Desires, Capabilities and Fears will yield the greatest rewards and may be your most difficult task. We are dynamic creatures; our desires fluctuate as wildly as our emotions and are frequently at odds with each other. Identifying...
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Focus on Maximizing the Experience Not Minimizing the Gear Too often when start talking about this subject or that we overlook the obvious or at least what we assume to be obvious. We dive directly into the meat of the matter without bothering to elaborate...
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There are four core principles that when fully understood, crystallize the essence of the Ultralight Hikers Philosoply . They are Focus on Maximizing the Experience , Embrace Multipicity , The Power of Synergy and finally The Theory of Elasticity . If...
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In the dozen or so years since the concepts of Ultralight Backpacking was first penned by Ray Jardine, much has changed. Early adopters of ultralight backpacking were forced to make most of their own gear. Aside from your basic tarps, little ultralight...
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For over a year the four of us (Brain Frankle, Glen Van Peski, Henry Shires and I) talked about doing a hike together. Busy schedules and other life conflicts always seemed to intervene. Finally after much discussion, a date was set, last week of September...
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This new introduction to the Six Moon Designs website is to help facilitate communications within the Ultralight hiking community. On these pages we'll post current product information, photos of products in use, trips, gear lists and user supplied...
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