Backpacking Light Podcast

Oct 31, 2019

Today’s guest is Jeff Garmire (trail name Legend). In the summer of 2019 Jeff achieved the fastest known time on Vermont’s iconic Long Trail, clocking all 272 miles in five days, twenty- three hours, and forty-eight minutes. Prior to that he set unsupported and over-all FKT on the Arizona Trail, completed the Great...

Oct 17, 2019

In this podcast, we address three key questions:

1. What are clothing systems and why is it important to consider clothing in the context of a system?
2. What does it mean when we talk about inclement conditions or summer vs. 3-season or 4-season backpacking?
3. What pieces of clothing do we need to add or replace in our...