Gear I Just Don't Use After 1,500 Miles of Hiking

[@amalielaursen1280]

I also swaped those items out, and I also dont use camp shoes😂. I use to bring an 800 g inflatable sleeping pad, a 450 g foam mat and a 1500 g synthetic sleeping bag = 2750 g for sleepsystem, now i bring a 250 g inflationen sleeping pad, a 97 g thinlite foam mat and a 575 g sleeping bag with downquality 900 cuin. In total 922 g for sleep system. I skiped 1.828 g on my sleeping system by getting lighter options that still did the job. And most of the items i got instead even did the job better than my old ones. And on trail the redused weigt made it easyer to walk the distances, have more control over my body movement (that will say less risk of injury) and have the feeling of more freedom. When I watch KZbin videos thay talk alot about chairs. I have 2 different types of those. Very light weigt. Very popular ones. At home, never with me on the trail. I just dont use it chairs out there.

[@PapaBoiOutdoors]

It sounds like you are headed in the right direction to me! It is unfortunate that lighter gear is more expensive in genera; however, I really do feel that we as backpackers, can make choices that improve our safety and reduces the wear and tear on our bodies. I have not hiked with a chair yet, but imagine I may try one for a shorter overnight or two day hike. I also don't want to pay for one. Thanks for the sharing your experience and take care.

[@muskadobbit]

Some smart choices here. I’ve changed out similar things: Nitecore NU25, MSR pocket rocket, Zero ZTrail sandals, Katadyne BFree, Smart Water bottles (took the label off), Topo Athletic Terraventure-not ultralight but much better than what I had before. Also love my Kakwa. Also, your ankles might be stronger because they don’t have the support of the boot and your body makes what it needs.

[@PapaBoiOutdoors]

Looks like we agree on a lot of what we use. I think you may be right about the ankles getting stronger. It is always a difficult balance to decide what helps and what our bodies just need to adapt to. Thanks for the comment and hope to hear from you again soon.

[@j3hikes444]

loved the vid, keep em coming agree on the mayfly's , I'm using the new Zpacks UL camp shoes

[@PapaBoiOutdoors]

Thanks for the encouragement! I am not familiar with the Zpacks UL camp shoes, but I'm guessing they are expensive 🤣.

[@PapaBoiOutdoors]

Those look pretty awesome, actually.