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Lightweight Backpacking Reading List

Posted at 17:48

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Ryan Jordan, who I interviewed for this week's show, wrote to remind me that he edited and published a more advanced book on lightweight backpacking techniques than any I mentioned in the show notes. Ryan's book is titled LIGHTWEIGHT BACKPACKING AND CAMPING: A Field Guide to Wilderness Hiking Equipment, Technique, and Style

If you want to read all of the books mentioned in this post and this week's show, I recommend doing it in this order:

Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backpackin' Book, by Allen O'Bannon
Lighten Up! by Don Ladigin
Beyond Backpacking, by Ray Jardine
Lightweight Backpacking and Camping, edited by Ryan Jordan

Lighten Your Backpack!

Posted at 09:00

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[Book: Lighten Up!] This skills program explores lightweight backpacking. Ryan Jordan of Backpacking Light: The Magazine of Lightweight Hiking and Backcountry Travel talks about the lightweight backpacking movement.

Steve interviews Don Ladigin, the author of Lighten Up! (A complete handbook for lightweight and ultralight backpacking.).

Here are some other useful sources of information about lightweight backpacking:

Book: Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backpacking Book by Allen O'Bannon
If you're new to backpacking, read this before Lighten Up!.
Book: Beyond Backpacking by Ray Jardine
The original guide to lightweight backpacking, by one of it's earliest proponents.
Mailing List: Backpacking light Yahoo Group
A high-traffic mailing list with a very large subscriber list.

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