Ultralight Hiking Blog

The Inaugural Moray Trail Twenty20 by Jim Sutherland

The Inaugural Moray Trail Twenty20 by Jim Sutherland

On the last Sunday of June six friends, family and work colleagues rode off from The Bothy Bakery, Grantown on Spey on the  inaugural Moray Trail Twenty20.  The team consisted of John Davidson a f...

2021 Philmont Reflections by Harrison DeFord

2021 Philmont Reflections by Harrison DeFord

This summer was my second season working as a Ranger at Philmont Scout Ranch, located in the northern New Mexico Rockies. My job is to take crews of 8-12 Scouts and adult advisors into the backcoun...

Haven Tent First Impressions by Adrian Redgwell

Haven Tent First Impressions by Adrian Redgwell

Testing out the pitch at home Recently, I finally received the 2p Haven tent. I have been watching a lot of videos of this very nice tent for the past few months and the wait is finally over. ...

The Story of an Average Hiker to an Almost Ultralight Hiker by Adrian Redgwell

The Story of an Average Hiker to an Almost Ultralight Hiker by Adrian Redgwell

The AT on display   I think most of us who started to seriously hike in 2015, still had a lot to learn. That is year when I heard the mountains calling.  It was the same year that the YouTube e...

A Plein Air Painters Love of Ultra-Light by Richard Olivier

A Plein Air Painters Love of Ultra-Light by Richard Olivier

The author in the field getting ready for some Plein Air Painting When I first decided to go outside my studio to try plein air painting, I thought it would be easy. After all, I had spent a lot o...

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO PART 3 by Sarah Dhooma

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO PART 3 by Sarah Dhooma

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO PART THREE: Essential Camino de Santiago Planning Tips Packed up and ready to begin the Camino de Inverino in Ponferrada Photo by Sarah Dhooma Now that...