ultralight backpackin' tips

the author and his book I am an author now, just like  Ernest Hemingway and Fyodor Dostoevsky! Honestly, there is only one reaso...

pretty views and verbal camera directions A short little video showing Pete and myself coming to terms with our middle-aged-ness, all whi...

cute little bottles One question I get asked over and over is - where do I get those cute little bottles?   I order them thru this s...

All the info required for retail ordering is listed below. Any questions? Please lemme know! ULTRALIGHT BACKPACKIN’ TIPS  By Mike Cle...

minimal info, white text on a black background Backpacker magazine (AUG 2014) did a one page thing on going ultralight. I have strong...

love your feet Sadly, the product I have long used for blister prevention and foot care—HYDROPEL—is no longer avalable. But, a new p...

Two boing marks, three happy marks. From this book HERE . _________________________________

Big trees and ferns in the Pacific Northwest. I'll be working as a guide with Andrew Skurka on two separate 3-day trips in Olympi...

an excerpt from the amazon's book reviews This review defines  the very reason I wrote the book! So I finally got in shape an...

From the Bellingham Herald: The fastest way to backpack weight loss By CRAIG HILL From the article: The first and most important ste...

there is a revolution happening Lightweight and Ultralight backpacking are real, and it can change the way you appreciate the Wildernes...

 Tidy little video with an empahsis on the philosophical grroviness of utraight travel. _____________________________________________...

  click on any image for a hi-rez view TIP number 116  I’m always disapointed when my camping team-mates walk into the woods for a...

This is an advanced technique, so it requires a long and detailed video. For more info, read tip number 106, How I treat AQUAMIRA. ...