Over the years, ultralight backpacking has garnered an unfortunate reputation: obsessive, elitist, unsafe, prohibitively expensive. While we could debate the first three (obsessive is the only one I’d ...

Adventurers on an extended packrafting trip should expect to carry 10 or more extra pounds during overland stretches to cover the weight of the raft, oars, lifejacket, pump and perhaps a helmet and ...