It's the meeting space for conversation around ultralight backpacking.Ī backpacker’s baseweight is the weight of all their belongings that they can carry in a backpack during a trip, minus the weight of any consumables like food, water, sunscreen, and beer. R/Ultralight is a community forum, a place to get others' opinions on gear, trails, brands, etc. Though it adds 27 grams to my pack, it protects my phone from the elements, and keeps safety items like my lip balm and whistle close at hand.
Pictured here is the WEBO Shoulder Pouch. Nothing is off the table, and should be looked at critically. Get yourself a scale and weigh EVERYTHING. This is where you bear your soul … I mean, gear closet for the entire r/Ultralight community to peer at and critically analyze, down to the gram, often in the hopes that the community can help you cut your baseweight and total pack weight down for your upcoming trip. In many ways, my journey with r/Ultralight started the same way many people start their journey down the ultralight backpacking path.
Then I went from being a total backpacking noob to moderating the largest ultralight backpacking forum on the internet. I joined Reddit so that I could solicit backpacking advice. My relationship with the website has been quite interesting, to say the least.
If you want to talk about something as niche as your love for drinking water, or want to ask a very deep question to a group of total strangers, you can certainly find a subbreddit for it, a community with which to share your common interest. An off-trail route like this wouldn’t even be possible without the skills, knowledge, and friends I made on r/Ultralight. A picture of me along the Guadalupe High Route.
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