https://pmags.com/minimalist-backpacking-via-clint-eastwood Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:27:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://pmags.com/minimalist-backpacking-via-clint-eastwood#comment-615188 Sat, 25 Mar 2017 14:21:50 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=13928#comment-615188 I laugh when I think back on how much weight I carried. Now, down to 27 lbs with all of the comforts needed, so much better in all respects.

]]> https://pmags.com/minimalist-backpacking-via-clint-eastwood#comment-614526 Sat, 18 Mar 2017 15:07:55 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=13928#comment-614526 So true. One of the beautiful things about backpacking is that it allows me to escape the commercial world, and yet at the same time so much of the discussion about backpacking involves gear. And thats ok, because it’s part of the fun of it- but only up to a point. No one should be fooled into thinking that they can :buy: a better moment in nature. Sure, there’s a certain threshold amount of gear necessary to serve as your passport to the outdoors, but that list is short. Once you have the basics, just get out and go.

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