The sea to summit mug has been the key to my coffee brewing system for 5 or 6 years now; I use it even at home. Drill a 1/8 hole in rubber base between center and edge. Use #4 V shaped filter, don't fold seams, and position at 90° from hole. This allows for a free but contolled flow of coffee into cup and a nearly perfect brew and easy clean up

BOTH

Ultralite is "gay". I get out to eat. I like cooking over fire. Packs 60 lbs. Just get stronger and eat more😊

get an XL size, NOT regular size Trifecta bivy from 2GoSystems. It's made of reflective tyvek. Envelope it in a bag made of two fo the 2 person SOL reflective plastic "heat sheets". (3 ozs each. Tape one side of the heat sheets togther and then tape in a couple of sleeping bag zippers. Use this "envelope" around the Trifecta. Wear a 1/2 lb tyvek coverall over your clothing, with its booties and hoodie. Pull a 1 lb net hammock and a ridgeline thru the bivy, Pull another ridgeline thru the envelope, outside of the bivy. If you exercise a bit, have a hot meal and a hot drink, and put hot rocks or hot water bottles in the foot box of the bivy, wear a balaclava, shemagh, sock liners, unlaced shoes, gloves, take a sedative, wear earplugs and a sleep mask, this system will let you sleep ok at 34F in wind and rain. I forgot, I use a 1 lb buttpack and a 1.5 lb daypack, I had to add a much wider, stiffer belt to the fannypack. The sleep/shelter system is lashed to the top of the buttpack and the daypack rides on the gear. A heavy duty 55 gallon drum liner covers everything. A bit of tape, some spring clamps, and a 3x6 ft hunk of clear PEVA shower curtain let you convert this system into a Kochanski supershelter. use a couple of 4 log Alternative Swedish fire torches to ignite a Siberian log fire, and you can get thru a night at 0F. YT vids around both of these fire lays

Hopefully you carry a larger knife.

I’ve owned 3 of the ZPacks ‘Plex’ type tents and currently have the Plex solo. I’ve done hundreds of pitches and your video really nails it. Nice job!

Thanks for providing the content you make. I have done 2 trips over the last ten years and decided this year I'm going to priorities backpacking to improve my mental health. I enjoy watching ya and it has help prepare me for my upcoming journies

My last 2 trips I've rocked the MSR Frontrange. Its somewhere in between but mostly a tarp... it has worked well for winter camping so far! I'm the opposite of ultra light either way 😂😂

You are very audacious to go on this cold water. They say is good for the body. I say is good to freeze it.

I carry folding sewing scissors

So basically you ditched 1/5

Try the opaque nalgene its lighter and can hold boiling water to keep you warm on colder nights

Lol your using a front loader washing machine. Try using a top loader with an agitator on the heavy cycle.

Nope use both

Great introduction into freezer bag cooking! Yet I'd like to disagree with your comments about pasta and ramen. If you don't look for the traditional varieties which request all long boiling time but search for modern convenience food, you get easily dozens of options in every supermarket. There are plenty of noodles which are totally perfect for freezer bag hydrating with hot water, it simply depends on type resp. brand you purchase. For example all kind of so called cup noodles (basically some kind of ramen which come into a plastic cup which is simply filled up with hot water) are totally perfect, and there are other noodles in traditional ramen style packs which are already precooked and pre-fried like e.g. all varieties from wai-wai brand. You can eat them even without any further preparation cold, just as a snack. Also with common pasta you have just to select the varieties which are fast boiling (usually everything for which cooking instructions tell <3 minutes of boiling works, whiles the one with 10 min boiling like traditional spaghetti won't work). There are even whole ready-to-eat meals with spirali or elbow pasta which are usually meant to be rehydrated by simply putting hot water on top. There is also no danger for the freezer bag if you smash your noodles already in the pack in which you purchase them. Pinching afterwards a little hole inside the pack and getting the air out reduces the volume to 50%. And of course you would not carry the cup noodles in their original voluminous cup but fill them directly in a ziplock or your freezer bag in order to reduce the volume.

Excellent choices. Need a small Bic lighter to ignite it though.

0:23 Nearly middle aged? You look someone in his mid 20s.

This guy is pretty trim but it cracks mw up when i see chunky backpackers going on about saving ounces when they could easily drop lbs without giving up comfort if theyd just cut some carbs n eat better and exercise. Like tripping over a quarter to save a dime

Both.

Some aluminum pots, such as the soto 750 ml, are as light as the same sized Toaks titanium pots.

I save all my gear because I like to take people out on occasion with me on trips and it’s always nice to get newbies out and them not have to spend a bunch of money to enjoy their time with me. Also I’ve gathered enough gear that I’ve been able to create bug out bags for both my girls. If anything ever happens I have enough stuff to support a family of 5…and a cat…lol

haha this is literally the most popular and repeated cooking set up in all of lightweight backpacking

Nature is healing. You would love quotes by John Muir

Stuff sacs are a must have if you like a compact pack. I would not be able to bring all my winter gear in my 22L pack without a couple compression stuff sacs

I have that same knife i use it a lot

Great idea if you're not sharing your sleeping bag with a 60 lbs pit bull. 😂😂😂

For those who dont know how big the condensation problem is. It is massive made something like this with my tarp praising my self for how clever i was. 4 hours in and i was shivering because my sleeping bag was wet. Be very careful how and when u use those

Hello from Utah. Good video! Thank you.

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Give it to one of us

I want to look into a tarp tent for my future tent. Just used a Big Agnes Blacktail 2 Hotel in winter camping. Not ideal but boy the vestibule was super nice. Also wasn’t backpacking. We had a camper van to which my father slept in. So we brought a ton of gear.

Reusing single-use plastic bottles in place of Nalgene bottles assures you trade ingestion of chemicals and microplastics for losing a few grams of weight. If duh isn’t the first word that comes to mind you might need a brain hack too.

So basically you lied

Sleeping on a bed of pine boughs seems preferable to a CCF pad. I would take a pool floatation pad with a built in pillow back in the day when I backpacked only in the summer and was broke af.

Gidday mate! what would you recommend for car camping/ small hikes, where weight is mot as much of an issue, but size is? Something that has good heat conduction. Cheers from NewZealand🙏🏻

You can get a replacement pair of scissors for the Victorinox credit card thing. Basically just a stand alone pair of those scissors

I couldn't go through all the comments, so I'm not sure if anyone else mentioned this. Try filling your inflatable pad, then lay on your side and let some air out until just before your hip touches the ground. It works for me.

I hear you but this didn’t help me find one

Awesome vid, exactly what i needed to learn, clove hitch is being added to my knot game. Helpful when theres no trees around and im to lazy to dig out and burry a post in the sand with rocks at the beach. Thank you so much it was easy to learn from you!

Now I know what I've been doing wrong with bowlines, thanks!

i went on my first backpacking adventure last September and i struggled in the dark like a fool for the better part of an hour trying my hardest to hang my bear bag. I did not do it nearly as pro as you just demoed. The bag was to heavy, I couldn't throw it over a branch good enough, and to boot i couldn't pull the cord at all. Just a huge fail. Thank you for this video and i am totally going to follow you for more tips as I really enjoyed my time in the woods and am excited to adventure again.

This video resulted in me hitting the Subscribe button. Good, well thought out content. It often use single wall shelters, and sometimes even free-standing tents depending on the trip, but my go-to shelter is a tarp. I don’t like condensation and find tarps allow for a lot more flexibility when looking for a place to sleep. I’m also much more of a hiker than a camper. Like you mention though, a lot depends on the trail. If I am camping where there are a lot of people I will probably use a single wall shelters. Thanks for the video.

dutch army goretex hooped bivi's are to me, the best ever. bit pricey but awesome

very good professional explanation

Fewer bugs are a good thing. Btw, the opposite of "many" is "few." These terms apply to something that is measured in individual units. "Less people" is especially hard to hear for someone who was taught the value of clear and concise communication habits. Btw, I agree with his assessment. More space for less weight (fewer ounces/grams) is a win! 😊

leatherman raptor shears are heavy but bulletproof and cut anything

whats that spoon you have?

What about the geese? 😢

Quilts are only good for summer. In which case could just bring a fleece blanket