Where To Get More Info
Warning: URLs are subject to change without notice (and they never even ask my permission).
Cooking
Campfire: http://bit.ly/pWLCF4
Cookery: Lipsmackin’ Backpackin’: http://amzn.to/L4IgIr (book)
General: http://bit.ly/a5UOuf
With wood: http://bit.ly/Lm5LyO or http://bit.ly/NpABbV
Fire
Campfire: http://bit.ly/9v9LuR
Campfire basics: http://bit.ly/LSjVq1
Fire building and fuels: http://bit.ly/Kna80k
Fuel
Backpacking Stove Fuels: http://bit.ly/87r3B4
Fuels for hiking: http://bit.ly/Kjj5s8
Gear Reviews by Hikers
Backpackgeartest: http://bit.ly/3lMj3i
General Info
Backpacking Lightweight: http://bit.ly/17PZNy or http://bit.ly/K8oDpJ (archived)
ClubTread: http://bit.ly/bATHgA
Hikelight: http://bit.ly/JQ3Q95 or http://bit.ly/JHhR4d (archived)
Hikelight Ebook: http://bit.ly/L2VsB0 (free PDF: 654kb/120pp.)
Lighten Up!, by Mike Clelland!: http://bit.ly/KybXYu (article)
Lighten Up!, by Mike Clelland!: http://amzn.to/LgmA1H (book)
Lightweight Backpacking 101 (BPL.com): http://bit.ly/L7qCp9
Practical Backpacking Forums: http://bit.ly/10y6Yo
Sgt. Rock’s Hiking H.Q.: http://bit.ly/jAeS2u
TrailQuest UL backpacking page: http://bit.ly/aqJMxz
Ultralight-hiking.com: http://bit.ly/KaTE5Q
Walkers and Hikers WebRing: http://bit.ly/JHjRte
WhiteBlaze.net: http://bit.ly/IUdyC4
Thru-Hiker stoves/cookware: http://bit.ly/KKMEkV
Ultralight Manufacturers / Retailers
Backcountry Gear: http://bit.ly/KYEdRg
BackpackingLight.com: http://bit.ly/aYsdt
goFASTandLIGHT.com: http://bit.ly/8fwyOi
GossamerGear: http://bit.ly/113lRE
Hennessy Hammock: http://bit.ly/H3suO
Lynne Whelden: http://bit.ly/JFlgFh
Mountain Laurel Designs: http://bit.ly/baklpr
Six Moon Designs: http://bit.ly/L9mlFU
Speer Hammocks: http://bit.ly/jQ7Mbv
Tarptent.com: http://bit.ly/bqqKyV
Thru-Hiker: http://bit.ly/ii95J
ULA Equipment: http://bit.ly/9S5LDA
Stoves
A to Z: http://bit.ly/LPG5K6
Basics: http://bit.ly/Kng0XE
Beverage-can: http://bit.ly/5iQXQ
Brasslite ultralight alcohol Stove: http://bit.ly/L4Y2qW
Bushbuddy wood burning stove: http://bit.ly/csVmEc
Classic camp stoves: http://bit.ly/KyfcNZ
How to choose a stove: http://bit.ly/b8Hlm9
Ion stove: http://bit.ly/L4WCIN
Kerosene: http://bit.ly/KS1p3t
Minibulldesign Cult: http://bit.ly/mWjYiB
Nimblewill Nomad’s Little Dandy wood stove: http://bit.ly/439od0
PackaFeather.com: http://bit.ly/NBj3tf
Penny stove: http://bit.ly/ysr3GE or http://bit.ly/NpuILG (archived)
Pika stove: http://bit.ly/7ZARUi or http://bit.ly/Kjr1cS (archived)
Risk’s Coffee stove: http://bit.ly/7Xok3S or http://bit.ly/KS2KY6 (archived)
Risk’s Brasslite-type stove: http://bit.ly/8xq8ox or http://bit.ly/Kyhw7F (archived)
Risk’s Woodgas stove: http://bit.ly/6aTTSN or http://bit.ly/JFtEEK (archived)
Ron Moak’s Fallingwater stove: http://bit.ly/K3v6eV (archived)
Ron Moak’s KISS stove: http://bit.ly/Lmf3ec (archived)
Scott Henderson’s Pepsi Can stoves: http://bit.ly/LPNMQG (archived)
Sgt. Rock’s Cat stove: http://bit.ly/KnnBp5
The Garlington WoodGas Stove: http://bit.ly/64zXMz or http://bit.ly/L3xpjN
The Stove Collector (main): http://bit.ly/MgCGdi (archived)
The Stove Collector (technologies): http://bit.ly/KjtpjY (archived)
Trangia alcohol stoves: http://bit.ly/aNzdqz or http://bit.ly/KnoLRp
Ultralight Outfitters: http://bit.ly/9H2Woa
Vargo Esbit and Alcohol stoves: http://bit.ly/6d5h49
White Box Stoves: http://bit.ly/LiBgIe
Wings: The home-made stove archives: http://bit.ly/Ky5fA7 (archived)
Zen backpacking stoves info site: http://bit.ly/9fZe6O
Exercises
- Look up “ultralight backpacking” on the internet. Memorize everything you find.
- Stop swearing at exercise 1. This is a gift. Try being born before the internet, when if you were lucky you had a library in town. One with real books, and they let you in if you promised to be quiet. Then you would have more humility. Yes, you would. And a whole lot more gratitude. Shape up.
- Haven’t learned your lesson yet? OK, then go back in time for real, to 1955, about when Emma Gatewood took up backpacking. Get some gear. Like a big canvas bag with straps on it. That’s your pack. How do you like it? Get a pair of leather boots, weighing at least three pounds. Each. A Nice, waxed canvas tent. Waxed to keep some of the rain out. For the first 15 minutes. Of the first time that it rains. Don’t put it up yet, just try to lift it. We’ll wait. Think about which size iron skillet you’d like to carry. Really think about it.
- Buy a roll of dental floss and take it home. Pull off four or five feet and drag it around on the carpet in front of your cat. Watch what happens. This is your reward for being good. It won’t work with a dog.