Ultralight Hiking Blog

What’s Behind the Name Six Moon Designs?

What’s Behind the Name Six Moon Designs?

Photo by Pack Rafting Chile. I have spent the last 2 years traveling, around the US and abroad, in my role at Six Moon Designs, helping spread awareness of our brand and line of products to o...

Bikepacking the Sierra of Montsec, Catalonia by Andrei Turro

Bikepacking the Sierra of Montsec, Catalonia by Andrei Turro

Free vacation days? Yes, please. Combine them with winter vacation days? Yes, please. Go ride and explore places that during summer might be a bit too warm?  Yes, please and that is how the traditi...

A first-timer's guide to Joshua Tree By Jason Huckeba

A first-timer's guide to Joshua Tree By Jason Huckeba

Joshua Tree National Park is a true desert park. There are 2.8 million visitors that come here every year.  The park is located in Southern California and is approximately 130 miles east of downtow...

Rock Climbing with the SMD Traveler by Francisco Miller

Rock Climbing with the SMD Traveler by Francisco Miller

Backpacking has been my passion for close to 10 years now and my career for going on 7 years, and one of the greatest gifts I’ve received from my dive into the wilderness has been my discovery of n...

Water in the Desert by Ashley Manning

Water in the Desert by Ashley Manning

I open my eyes after what felt like a lifetime of silence and solace to a desert view complete with twenty story tall red and sandstone walls. It’s still dark out, but the sky is no longer black bu...

X-Pyr: Paragliding Across the Pyrenees by Kinga Masztalerz Pt. 3

X-Pyr: Paragliding Across the Pyrenees by Kinga Masztalerz Pt. 3

There was an obvious mountain Pic d'Escales on the way to Arbas TP, so we hiked up. Inigo and his supporter were 2km in front so overtaking them was a fun goal for the morning, on the 7th day any e...