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Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 26
In This Month's News: Woman Plans 5-Year Trek Across the Americas; Man and Woman Meet and Marry on the PCT; UL Sleeping Bag and Quilt Comparison Table; Ingredients for Planning an Expedition; Beginner Tenkara Tips; and much more!
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 25
FBI Fugitive Found on Appalachian Trail, A Survival Video Game, The Zion Flash Flood, A "Walk In the Woods" Inspires People to Get Out, MSR FlyLite Tent, and much more!
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 23
Top stories, hiking, backpacking, people, and all things outdoors.
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 22
In this week's news: Crew One completes #windrivers 2015, bear advice from a controversial figure, compare tent options, and more.
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 21
Teenaged expeditioners + news, gear, and stories.
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 20
In this Week's News: It's time for the 2015 Packraft Roundup, a father scares a bear away to save his son, five trails to know in the Colorado area, get to know Leslie Hittmeier, and much more!
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 19
News this week: Get a look at the Tahoe Rim Trail, a stove shootout, meet the founder of Soul RIver Runs Wild, and more.
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 18
News This Week: Wrangell Alaska is left high and dry, a backpacker survives fifty meter fall, spend the day trekking Tahoma, a Camp Chef Stove that weighs 8.3 ounces, and much more.
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 17
News this week: Rising Arctic Temperatures, California’s El Nino, Yellowstone Rangers Save a Man’s Life, Turn a Low-Cost Tent into a Great Tent, and Much More.
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 16
News this week: Get a look inside the 2015 Everest Climbing Season, Have Some Tea After Completing the Mt. Huashan Trail, Get to Know Author Frederick H. Swanson, and Much More!
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 15
News this week: Mt. Everest Avalanche Adds to Tragedy in Nepal, The U.S. Outdoor Act of 2015, Take a Trip Through the North York Moors, Craig Weiland Discovers a New Diatom, and much more!
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 14
News this week: The U.S. Senate votes yes on SA 838, Eric Barone becomes the fastest man on a mountain bike, YouTube opens 360 video uploading, an off-trail route in King's Canyon, Exped Lightning Review, and much more!
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 13
News this week: Expedition Brings Sight to the Blind in Nepal, Skiing in the Cascades, Gear needed to Hike PCT in the Winter, 83-Year-Old who Runs a Ski Resort, and much more!
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 12
News this week: Steger's Solo Winter Traverse through the Boundary Waters, the 235-mile Trans-Adirondack Route, ISPO 2015, and more!
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 11
Backpacking Light has scoured the web and will now bring you salient backpacking news stories, gear releases, and trip reports.
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 10
Backpacking Light has scoured the web and will now bring you salient backpacking news stories, gear releases, and trip reports.
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 9
Backpacking Light has scoured the web and will now bring you salient backpacking news stories, gear releases, and trip reports.
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 8
Outdoor news: stories, gear, trips, and more!
Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 7
Backpacking Light has scoured the web and will now bring you salient backpacking news stories, gear releases, and trip reports.
