 I've just been browsing Backpackinglight.com and reading a few posts about guys with a packweight of sub 3KG!!!! Has this level of extremis reached the UK lightweight community or are the plucky Brits still struggling on with over laden packs? 
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| Edited: 29/08/08 01:20 |
I can do about 4kg in the summer.....but US SULrs are going sub 5lb...... 
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 ...or are the plucky Brits still struggling on with over laden packs? The plucky Brits are still struggling to equip themselves for British weather!
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 I can do about 4kg in the summer.....but US SULrs are going sub 5lb......
oh come on Ed, 4kg is just your butties......
I agree with Paddy in so far as because we have such changeable weather we have to be a bit more realistic with kit.....or take a chance......
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 I agree with Paddy in so far as because we have such changeable weather we have to be a bit more realistic with kit.....or take a chance......
I thought he was implying not everyone was using Paramo yet
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Paramo is good but I feel like a lobster with it on in anything but Winter....... 
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 You need to try the Paramo 3rd Element jacket!
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no I dont!!! I have enough kit as it is........
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You actually have to applaud the inventivness of some of the SUL guys, they're talking about getting down to a sub 1 pound (450g?) base weight given the right conditions!!!!!!
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 And there was old AW with a jacket and large pockets full of sarnies and apples all those years ago ;-)
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 My summer backpacking base-weight is usually under 3kg. I'll carry a bit more for a weekender.
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These guys are looking at 450g for a 150+ mile multi-day trip!!!!
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These guys are looking at 450g for a 150+ mile multi-day trip!!!! That's fine for nice settled weather. Glad to see you on BPL.
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In three weeks in the Sierras I saw and spoke to about 5-6 UL packers......although they were not soo light (10lbsish) as they had to carry bear cans; they were a minority though...people thought our packs were small, 90% were sporting 90 litre + behemoths 
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 I tried a a week of ultralight back packing in the Lakes one summer, but the kit I had twenty years ago, the least weight I could manage was twenty pounds without getting stupid. Mind that is a good idea, ultralight travelling, less weight in living stuff means more capacity to carry beer. Maybe I should join the ultralight bandwagon and spend loads on featherweight gear, but it is a tadge expensive just to carry a useful amount of cheap beer.
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my philosophy on (S)UL is that if I can pare down my weight in 90% of my equipment and clothing I can have a few luxuries on the other 10% ....for example I carry an exped downmat which is 900g but most of the rest of my kit is really light.... horses for courses
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 anybody know i could ask colin ibbortson a question
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