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Risk's
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Philmont Scout Ranch was my real introduction to backpacking. I was 13 and we walked a lot of miles, hung our food, saw a bear, and got tired. |
In the fall of 2002, my father loaned me a copy of Bryson's "Walk in the Woods" about his partial hike on the Appalachian Trail. It got me hiking again. In the spring of 2004 I walked the same 185 miles that Bryson and Katz walked - from Springer Mountain to Clingman's Dome. |
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Kampfire Messages
Recent Project: Risk's CoffeeStove Just click the picture! |
Over
the last several years, I have become an ultralight camper with a
three-season base pack weight of about 11 lb (5 kg) and skin out weight
of 20 lb (9 kg). I have completed many section hikes on the Appalachian
Trail (AT) in all four seasons, with a total mileage of nearly 450
miles (725 km). I am a gearhead, a hammock camper, and make much of my
own equipment..
Testing Antigravity Gear's Mapdana I started reading about ultralight hiking as developed by Ray Jardine in his classic "Beyond Backpacking." I bought a 1 pound pack, sewed a tarp, and cut the tongues out of a new pair of running shoes. Next, I began experimenting with hammock camping. Since it was the middle of the winter, I was able to do cold weather testing of the hammocks.
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I have done some research on various home-built stoves. I even went to the trouble to build a couple of the Brasslite Stoves. The first wood burning cooking apparatus was the UltraLite Kettle listed to the right below. The Forge, WoodGas, and CoffeeStove stoves are my most recent wood burning works in progress. |
Philosophy of UltraLite hiking |
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Trail WebCams
Web Cam from Purchase
Knob in the Smoky Mountains
My Trail Journals with Pictures F2's AT Journal: Hot Springs to Erwin Risk's
AT Journal: Waynesboro to Montebello Risk's September 2003 AT Adventure |
Web Cam from Look Rock
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Health Hints: It is important to wash your hands! -Flyfisher's Giardia Page
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Contained on this
page are a number of links I find useful as I learn about ultralight hiking Risk's September 2003 Packlist
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Other Appalachian Trail Resources |
Ohio Trail Resources Buckeye Trail Site Flyfisher's Buckeye Trail Journal
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FlyFisher's Hammock Cold Weather Tests Ordering a hammock "kit" - prices |
Whipped
End of Hammock |
