In case you you discover your self saying "Hey, that's a good concept," to a lot more than 1 from the following, you might be an ultralight backpacker. They are collected from various light backpacking forums. For those of you that do not write about our passion for ultralight backpacking, allow me clarify that these are funny, but additionally mostly true testimonies.
You Just Might be An Ultralight Backpacker If...
- Your wife's purse holds a lot more stuff than your backpack.
- You pack light for a family trip to Grandma's house.
- You use the fruit scales in Walmart to determine the weight of a possible new piece of gear.
- At house you utilize just 4 toilet paper squares, to "practice".
- You read that last 1 and say, "toilet paper?"
- You have no concept what the title, scale or contour interval of the map is because.... you cut aside all from the margins to conserve weight.
- You rest at house with the temps turned down while within the buff just to get used to the cold so you can take an even lighter sleeping bag.
- The thought of 1000 fill-power down provides you a little shiver down your spine.
- You are glad you are going bald.
- You are wondering if your compass would still work OK without all that heavy liquid.
- Your woman says, "Go down child!" and also you hop away from bed hootin and hollarin and purchase a Western Mountaineering Highlite!
- You no longer have tags on any clothing you put on.
- Your mailman is attempting to determine why individuals send you empty boxes all of the time.
- You eat with $40 titanium chopsticks instead of a plastic fork because they weigh .01 ounces much less.
- You stroll via the grocery store considering "saltines have 1760 calories from fat every pound, but mixed nuts have 2720 calories from fat every pound".
- Your waterproof/breathable rain jacket cost a lot more than your greatest suit.
- You shave All the hair off your body to conserve several ounces in your "from the skin out" weight!
- Your trail runners weigh a lot more than your multi day pack.
- You know the weight of the backpack, and not your wife.
- You have to take your tent down to use your mixture spork/toothbrush because you used it like a stake.
- You compulsively weigh points you have absolutely NO intention of actually getting backpacking, just because.
- You take laxatives before a trip, just to "lighten the load."
A Note To Backpackers: You might be an ultralight backpacker if you can easily come up with a lot more of those from your personal experience.
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