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rld all about hiking lightweight all about hiking lightweight lighthiker s world home about cottage manufacturers ul gear shops do it yourself diy audio podcasts hiking heroes and the winner is posted by lighthiker in gear competition on april 18 2011 111 t j hart you are the lucky winner and i will send the cuben sacks to canada thanks a lot to all who participated and remember even if you had no luck if you are able to join the ul group meeting in cologne on may 1 you will surely win as we have another raffle there with as many prices as participants but in case you participated simultaneously in the raffle on hrxxlight s blog you might be a winner there leave a comment this or that dual raffle sponsored by laufbursche gear posted by lighthiker in gear competition on april 1 2011 this or that img class alignright title laufbur spring is coming and everyone is getting ready planning their hikes for the warmer times of the year in order to help you a bit to lighten your load for those adventures laufbursche kindly donated a few new cuben items for a raffle no worries this will be an easy one just leave your comment and i will randomly choose the winner on april 17th but why dual raffle simply because in mine you can only win the cuben fiber stuff bag set showed above if you want to win the cuben fiber hip belt pocket you need to visit hrxxlight s blog same rules and timeline two great raffles at two separate blogs in parallel how does that sound just some details for the set of cuben sacks their color is anthracite similar to a pencil lead sack s 1 2l 40 6 fl oz 5g 0 17 oz sack m 2 7l 91 3 fl oz 7g 0 25 oz sack l 7 0l 236 7 fl oz 11g 0 39 oz happy commenting and yes i know it sounds to good to be true but i can assure you it is no april fools joke and before i forget in case you want to meet laufbursche in person and get a chance to see his cottage factory you can meet him and other crazy ul freaks in lovely cologne at may 1st details can be found here 115 comments via alpina stage information updated posted by lighthiker in via alpina on march 23 2011 i just wanted to let everyone know that i updated my via alpina stage information to reflect the hiking stages along this route during the past three years 2007 2010 it covers updated route and accomodation information in german for the via alpina stages b1 b26 yellow trail and r69 r91 red trail plus some information how to link the yellow with the red trail in south tyrol where both come close together please use either my boxnet widget further down on the right side of the blog or download the pdf directly here enjoy and use this 47 pages condensed pure information piece for your own planning in the alps the document will be further enhanced after this years hike with info from the blue trail 3 comments seasonal greetings posted by lighthiker in miscellaneous on december 22 2010 looking at my deserted blog i saw that may last contribution dated from end of october shame on me i can tell you that i m still following closely what is going on in our little world and have many ideas in mind for future articles but from a prioritization point of view there are things in life which deserve more attention than this little hobby of mine so no promises being made ramping up my publishing frequency but i will at least try doing better in 2011 having that this i wish everyone who celebrates christmas a peaceful and quiet celebration and a good start into 2011 for the others just a good start into the new year and for the rest my best wishes anyhow i was thinking about the most appropriate way to deliver my wishes and decided a choir of seven women from the trail dames singing the outdoor version of twelve days of christmas would suit my requirements best enjoy 1 comment something to play with lb tp 2 0 shelter posted by lighthiker in gear shelter on october 21 2010 disclaimer the following product is a prototype and not available for sale the mission design a lightweight stable tarp shelter which can be used for 2 persons plus baggage and works in a wide range of conditions read not californian summer only i do really like my tarptent double rainbow it is a rock solid and very variable shelter but after several years i was looking for a roomier more lightweight alternative the usual suspects came to my mind the duomid from mld but i wanted more setup options and a sturdier zipper maybe the echo ii from hmg but i did not want to mess around with detachable beaks and i was missing a proper ventilation option too so i reached out to another usual suspect of mine laufbursche lb he already designed a good classical two person tarp called tanzpalast tp so why not adding some more fool weather protection to it various phone and mail conversations later i can now hold it in my hands the lb tp 2 0 it may never be commercially available as the pure material costs for the cuben fiber alone are already high but who knows there maybe will be a demand once his shop goes live so for now this is a one off prototype only but it provides some ideas how such a product could look like small pack size but big no humongous size unpacked 4 30m 14ft long 2 25m 7 4ft wide can be pitched in bad weather shelter mode with still plenty of usable size left 3 90m 12 8ft long 1 80m 5 9ft wide also notice the closable vents one each side on the beaks or in classical tarp mode or something in between the tp 2 0 incorporates one door with a protected heavy duty zipper i just started to play with it build quality is as usual top notch from lb all lines are catenary cut and the tp 2 0 in cuben fiber weighs together with 25m 82ft of guylines 465g 16 4oz a real roomy palace for two plus gear and of course with the option adding a nest for bug protection if needed 5 comments unfulfilled promises light talk posted by lighthiker in media podcasts on october 1 2010 once upon a time i had the idea for a series of podcasts with the main contributors of the cottage industries an ambitious project with a focus not so much on the gear itself but more about what is going on behind the scenes in those companies the reasons for their success the motivation of the persons who run them and how they imagine the future the plan was putting a transcript of the talks on the blog and making the interviews available for download i wanted to establish my light talk series and then reality hit after the first recordings i realized what a lot of work it would mean making a transcript of an interview which lasted 1 5 hours and who would be really interested reading those long posts afterwards my workload in the office increased dramatically and i could not devote so much time to my blog anymore and it doesn t looks that this will change soon time passed by and our fellow blogger hendrik had a similar idea and started his own series of interviews was there any good reason kind of duplicating his efforts now time passed by what should i do well i came to the conclusion making a clean cut and putting this project to an official end nevertheless i thought it would still be of interest to some hearing what the persons behind golite and tarptent had to tell me but be aware those are lengthy talks and i m by no means any media professional not entertaining at all and i did not polish the recordings in any way having said that over to dimitri coupounas from golite and henri shires from tarptent thanks once again to coup and henri for their willingness to provide some background stories to me enjoy 2 comments little shelter updates lightheart gear solo cuben and gossamer gear lodge posted by lighthiker in gear shelter on september 29 2010 about 1 5 years ago i wrote the first time about a cottage company called lightheart gear who just released their first 1 person shelter called the solo back then since that time they created the 2 person version quite naturally called duo of it and now they released a new cuben fiber version at their site the solo in cuben is supposed to weigh around 397g 14oz which is more than e g the zpacks hexamid but is also a more classical construction which reminds me of the old wanderlust tent which never saw the light in the commercial world with a few additional options for modifications price point is steep even for a cuben product and what concerns me is that it is non refundable cuben is a delicate material to work with and they are not many ways doing it right and not weakening the seams tieouts etc so i would wait for the first longer tests in the real world unless you are an early adopter of things not a big surprise is the immanent release of the first pyramid shelter from gossamer gear called lodge no not a cuben one at least from the photos i saw but with a square bottom mesh skirt and an approx weight of 567g 20oz pole height should be 140cm 55 looks like the release will be soon and in conjunction with a re designed website from gossamer gear when will they jump on the cuben bandwagon leave a comment cottage producer bear paw tents posted by lighthiker in gear shelter on september 21 2010 if you see a paw logo on a website and you are living in germany you instantly think about a company you normally don t like but this is a different story bear paw tents is a kind of unique mixture first of all their sell their own line of tents tarps and inner nettings additionally they sell raw materials for the myog aficionados and on top they do offer custom made products like e g a more spray resistant inner netting for the zpacks hexamid range addressing their shortcomings which have been recently described by philip werner from their product offerings i found their pyranet series interesting as they are lightweight highly customisable and offer a good price to feature relationship they do manufacture like many us cottage producers in the us only and sell their stuff on ebay too i found some positive remarks about them in the bpl forum section but so far they do not seem to be widely known and i do personally not have any experiences with them as usual give them a closer look if you are interested leave a comment watching movies edward abbey david horton and shane o donnell posted by lighthiker in long distance hiking media movies media videos on august 23 2010 it has been a while ago that i posted something on outdoor hiking related movies but given the fact that my wife is currently out with the kid and the weather was miserable i had the chance to watch a few let s walk from old to new edward abbey a voice in the wilderness is a re edited dvd version of the original movie which has been released in 1993 edward abbey who died in 1989 at the age of 62 was a writer who consistently voiced the belief that the american west was in danger of being developed to death and that the only solution lay in the preservation of wilderness his most popular book is desert solitaire but his most personal one probably the fool s progress which he completed close before his death and which describes his and his family s life one of his books called the monkey wrench gang is perceived as the nucleus which led to the foundation of the earth first organization in the us currently there is another documentary called lines across the sand planned about that specific book and it s influence and you can find out more about on their website and please consider a small donation making the movie happen this documentary looks back at his life through 16 interviews with relatives and friends combined with gorgeous pictures of arches national parks canyonlands national park grand canyon national park great basin national park and the sonoran desert i would consider it a must watch if you want to know about him as a person and his believes the runner is a completely different movie it describes david horton s succesful attempt to run the complete pacific crest trail pct in 2005 in just 66 days the movie describes the run itself but also provides a good understanding of horton s obsession with ultra running and what s motivates him personally it is fascinating to watch his dedication and the mental ups and downs he encountered during this adventure he did this run in a supported fashion with a crew preparing the overnights and providing him with food and drinks to some extent this is history because last year scott williamson and adam bradley did the same thing in 65 days 9 hours 58 minutes and 47 seconds beating horton s record by 21 hours what makes it even more remarkable is that they did it in unsupported backpacking or better fastpacking style meaning in brad s words no slackpacking giving your pack to someone else so you may hike without one no trail magic that i have arranged and most importantly every resupply must be walked to no hitching that way my feet never leave the earth amazing what both did and a shame that it almost was unnoticed in the public media you can find some good articles here and here last but not least a just released movie also about hiking the pct called wizards of the pct filmed by shane o donnell trailname jester he completed the walk in 2008 and if you like the style of the pct movies from scott herriott you will surely like this movie too it describes his adventures and the one s of a few hikers he walked with along the trail you can observe how he changed during the walk starting with a nicely trimmed beard and a white shirt at the start and looking a bit different at the end and discover the usual food obsessions fire detours and gorgeous scenery along this trail if you don t want to hike the pct yourself after watching the movie i can t help you 2 comments via alpina 2010 gear wrap up posted by lighthiker in gear clothing gear electronics gear miscellaneous gear packing gear photo video gear sleeping via alpina on august 9 2010 well my two weeks hike along the via alpina is the longest timeframe in a row i get approved by my boss and the family once a year and also my little kind of testing laboratory for gear what works for a weekend outing does not necessarily perform as good over a longer period and in changing weather conditions as usual i changed some of the items i took with me compared to last year and the following are my lessons learned 1 clothing all weights are my own measurements for a size l elite trousers without belt 159g 5 6oz ultra silver t shirt 65g 2 3oz and ultra silver trunks 36g 1 3oz from rohan in the uk rohan might be unknown to most but they once where cutting edge in terms of lightweight during the early 70 s but shifted their focus afterwards towards more outdoor fashion type of clothing nonetheless for this year they released a new ultralite clothing series and i was very pleased with their performance in specific the trousers are really durable for their weight and abrasion resistant more durable than e g last years thorofare not sold anymore pants from bpl and not translucent they do not repel water but dry very quickly even in damp conditions cut is generous which leads me to...