Ultralight Hiking Blog

Adventure Needed but Denied by Andrei Turró

Adventure Needed but Denied by Andrei Turró

As a person who works a full-time job I have always kept a kinda timetable of adventures and places I want to visit and when to visit them. I check the upcoming year how many extra public holiday d...

Gatewood Cape Review by Jada Lippincott

Gatewood Cape Review by Jada Lippincott

If you’re an avid backpacker or outdoors person, you know the importance of multi-use items. They make life easier, your pack lighter, and you happier. When you’re in the market for a new tent, it’...

Letter to an Appalachian Trail Hiker by Amiththan Sebarajah

Letter to an Appalachian Trail Hiker by Amiththan Sebarajah

I can only imagine some of the feelings you must be feeling. And all those questions: Is my pack light enough? Boots or trail runners? Will it rain in Maine? Will I get sick of ramen?  Are two pair...

Rocky Mountain National Park Trip Report by Monica Stapleton

Rocky Mountain National Park Trip Report by Monica Stapleton

Back in 2022, I spent a summer working at Rocky Mountain National Park as a Wilderness Ranger. The work was enjoyable, largely in part due to the group of people I worked alongside and the post-wor...

Upper North Fork of the Smith River, Attempted Headwaters Run Part 4 by Nicole Smedegaard

Upper North Fork of the Smith River, Attempted Headwaters Run Part 4 by Nicole Smedegaard

My personal opinion of his trip is that actually, it was a success in many ways, although we were not able to complete the run. I also believe that an objective analysis of both incidents can attri...

Upper North Fork of the Smith River, Attempted Headwaters Run Part 3 by Nicole Smedegaard

Upper North Fork of the Smith River, Attempted Headwaters Run Part 3 by Nicole Smedegaard

This is where the final deciding accident of our trip occurred. Getting to shore felt like a must-make move since we could not see how much of the tree was in play in the class IV rapid below us. T...