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Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank

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258 points arnon | 1 comments | 21 Sep 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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Zanni ◴[21 Sep 25 12:52 UTC] No.45322277[source]▶
Why your [ultra-light hiker] friend suddenly has [the world's lightest] power bank.

I remember Colin Fletcher, years ago, writing in The Complete Walker about trimming the borders off his paper maps to save weight, which seemed like an insane over-optimization to me. But then, I'm not an ultralight hiker.

I am impressed folks are getting their loads down to 10 pounds though.

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2OEH8eoCRo0 ◴[21 Sep 25 13:34 UTC] No.45322596[source]▶
Ounces equal pounds and pounds equal pain.
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lightedman ◴[21 Sep 25 20:50 UTC] No.45326512[source]▶
Pain equals gain.

Most ultralight hikers optimize for low weight, I optimize for low weight and maximum leftover space to haul a ton of weight back.

https://imgur.com/a/ezPqNG1

Cuz trust me, you don't wanna leave that behind when you find it.

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1. bluGill ◴[21 Sep 25 22:27 UTC] No.45327243[source]▶
Leave only footprints, take only pictures! Leave no trace. Everything you take is stolen from the next.