Always a treat when Bryce drops a new video.

"Light enought to be comfortable in the back country" this is the best description I have heard yet!!

Thx for the Kg translation. much appreciated, from South America 😉🤙

Bryce this is the best equipment video ever.

One of the best equipment videos I've seen in a very long time!

Well done dude! Next chapter for you!

Dude, you said 4.5oz tent and I was baffled 😂

Good pro tip to buy the backpack at last! I'm also into evolving since 15 years, starting with cheap but rugged surplus stuff. Now into a mix of ultralight (backpack, tent, sleeping pad, cooking stuff, headlamp) combined with versatile remainings (swagman roll, folding mat). I highly recommend an ultralight chair like helinox zero and a folding lantern (mine is 5,5 oz / 150 g original WW1) with anti mosquito candle which makes each trip so much more enjoyable and is worth every ounce in gold 😂

So good!! I love your style man! Really solid info too!

Love your videos. Entertaining, interesting and informative!

Excellent info!!! Thanks Bryce!

The two to roll up sleeping pads lol. Classic.

Keep the tips coming Bryce !

Nice Bryce, good to hear from you. Put my new tent through it's paces Rain. Omg rain. Not a single issue.

Thanks for the eBay suggestion, I don't ever remember to look there. And thanks for the PayPal tip as well.

Your videos are the best: good info and entertaining. Those shorts look amazing and now I’m shopping🤗. Like so many others, I’m sorry about the divorce.

Great video.

Great video brother

Awesome.video newbold!

My key...second job at REI 😂 But I love it, it is my sanity job (I teach HS). However, I am constantly helping people with packs and tents on trail. Always shop sales. All the big brands have major sales, especially Black Friday and Memorial Day. And I am all about reusing plastic bottles. Yes, lighter weight is fab, but store brands are great too and not much heavier. You don't need a second mortgage to get great gear.

Yes, be well. Keep up the good work 👏 I'm new in backpacking, I just bought a New Nemo hornet osmo UL 2p semi free standing tent trail weight of 2.1 pounds $250. Cheapest I can find.

Thanks for the target weights - that's good information. I am far from ultralight, but it's good to know the target weights as I upgrade things. FYI: a sleeping bag liner makes sleeping on a sleeping pad with a quilt more comfortable. Sleeping pad materials can be uncomfortable against the skin. (or wear base layers while sleeping - yech) 32 Degree has some packable down jackets for under $40 so far, I'm happy with mine other than the sizes run small. Picked up a no-name titanium 750ml pot off Amazon for $10 on clearance. Probably not as light as toaks, but I'm happy with it. (DIY alcohol stove stove is 7grams - but will bring an inexpensive canister stove for more than a couple of nights because I think the fuel is lighter for a multi-day trip)

S2s traveller hybrid quilt - 15 oz / s2s etherlite long - 33 oz / Mier lan shan 2 - 35 oz / Granite gear Virga 2 - 20oz = 103 oz or 6.43 lbs. I don't always use this setup, but it is a nice light one.

Two to three pounds for a tent? My DIY Floorless Dyneema tent, 4.4 ft W x 9.15 ft L x 3.5 ft H weighs 4.7 ounces. I folded it and it sits in the palm of my hand. I also made a 4.05 ounce tent. I'm about to make a 6.3 ounce two person tent. A floorless tent provides the owner to decide what material and how much area for the anticipated conditions. Separating the It has a waterproof entry/exit zipper, waterproof mosquito netted vent zipper and hood and has a loop at its' peak for supporting the tent from above by eight or more methods or a pole. You could make one as well. about $170 fpr all materials. I can describe to you how to make it.

Good reminders to buy deals. Don't just go by the first thing you see or what someone on KZread recommends.

And… shared to family❤

klymit pads do suck. once upon a time I wanted to get a good pad for cheap so I tried out several and I wish I would have just taken that money and used it on something better from the start. I have 3-4 pads sitting in my closet I never use. just shop around or try and find used: nemo, thermarest, big agnes or Seatosummit. if you want actually warm + comfy + under 2lbs you are gonna have to spend a little more. also some people may disagree but I salivate at an opportunity to buy broken or used gear.. I will happily buy a pad with a hole in it and patch it. or a tent with a snapped pole or a bag with a hole and a broken buckle. Happy to pay a fraction of the price and fix it myself. I have a very nice montbell puffy and a montbel mid layer light jacket and both of them i bought used with small holes. I fixed them up and now I have like $450 worth of jackets I paid like under $200 for.

Re-using single use plastic water bottles is one option, but to eliminate single use plastic use is better. Get a CNOC or 2 😊

Hey Bryce, glad to see ya . Sucks anout the "D". Stay strong man.

Finally got out to Mohican about a month ago. First time at site 3 or any site other than 8-10. What are the other sites down there like? We didn't cross the creek or check out any other sites.

Pretty good stuff. I disagree in general with the bladder, but there are certainly drawbacks. Whatever floats your proverbial boat is all good. While Ebay and FB Marketplace are pretty good, I've found that Sierra (either in-store or online) had some ABSOLUTELY AMAZING deals, mostly because the stuff is generally last-year's models (who cares?). I've found some very high end equipment there and some items that do truly push into the UL realm. To be clear, I'm not affiliated with them in any way at all nor am I paid by them in any way shape or form. I'm just a guy who stumbled into the local one and found some incredible deals; it's an alternative and the gear is all brand new.

the first step to my Ultralight Backpacking was to adopt a set of heating pads, powered by a power bank [that I use for everything else I need to power too] and a foldable solar panel [20w] for the longer trips, to keep the power bank charged... after that everything changed... small single-layer tent, lightweight sleeping bag, clothes, and everything!... and I don't even go for expensive brands!... no need to! Instead of preserving my core temp, I use tech, to produce more! a change of attitude and everything else follows...

@olrascal5569

2 ай бұрын

holy shit...

Those are some interesting shorts with a lot of cool features, but if they want to break into the hiking community their going to have to cut that inseam length in half. 🤣🤣🤣

My phone always goes I’m my back left pocket. Those shorts would make me insane

Hi Bryce, whats that jacket in the thumbnail? Looks neat

A bear chewed up my bladder nozzle a couple of days ago. Time to give it up.

@earlydawn81

Ай бұрын

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Nailed it again Bruce.... I mean Bryce.... :) Yeah I still do not understand the whole Jetboil thing. BTW you forgot to mention your DQ spoon....

@brycewalburn3926

2 ай бұрын

As a fellow Bryce who's been called Bruce far too many times, how dare you?! 😜

@HikingwithGus

2 ай бұрын

@@brycewalburn3926 HaHa.... a couple years ago Bryce came out and spent 5 days with me in the Enchantment Lakes area of the Alpine Lakes wilderness here in Washington. The entire time I butchered his name, so it's kind of an inside joke. :) But thanks for responding Bruce.... ;)

@brycewalburn3926

2 ай бұрын

@@HikingwithGus I figured there was a story there! One of the worst parts of the Bryce/Bruce mixup is that y and u and next to each other on the keyboard, so sometimes I end up betraying myself by fat fingering it and mistyping my own name.

@HikingwithGus

2 ай бұрын

@@brycewalburn3926 lol

@2:25 Mynar-is that made by Dupont?

Bro Decathlon is not a brand, it’s a outdoor store that sells brands like Forclaz Quechua etc

@FOXMAN09

24 күн бұрын

Decathlon owns Forclaz and Quecha bro

Good video Bryce. Sorry about the divorce.

Divorced? Sorry to hear it bud. Not sure if that was a joke or not. Anyway thanks for the great practical tips.

@RyanSchell

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I was sad to hear that too. Life is hard.

@freeheel748

2 ай бұрын

Worst time of your life. It's better on the other side though I promise.

@jeffs6229

2 ай бұрын

@@freeheel748 my wife and I came very close years ago but we weathered the storm thankfully. Learned a lot from my friend’s divorce while he was going through his. Backpacking really helped me as well. You can process a lot while hiking.

@jacobpoucher

2 ай бұрын

Its OK newbold made out. Have you seen that chick? He dodged a bullet.

@mobilewintercamp7515

2 ай бұрын

I thought he was joking,it’s true?

As a mountaineer a lighter pack means I’ll be a lot less sore for the climb there next morning.

Bro getting more mileage out of that before photo than all trail miles combined 😂

I am glad that Bryce has reached a point in his personal journey and the can mention his divorce with his usual loquacious wit.

Trimming that big beard down must have saved a few Oz, also go faster and look way cooler!

Do an actual ultra light thing

Sorry to hear about the divorce. Be well. 🦑

@mobilewintercamp7515

2 ай бұрын

He’s joking?

Man, when i see the f'in tent i cant even watch video anymore..... I cant care less when i see xmid

#639th viewer!!!! Sorry 'bout the D if serious

I am by no means an ultralighter, but you always help me lighten my load, which is welcome. I hope the divorce was the outcome you wanted.

Props for urging people to reuse their Smart water bottles! I see people repeatedly using new ones. If you can reuse them on the trail when they are less than clean, reuse them when you can take them home and clean before your next trip! SMH

I thought the divorce was a joke. I'm so sorry man.

I don't get the aversion to paying for top quality gear. people will drop $$$ on eating out, hotels, coffee, but draw the line at backpacking gear (?). Zero foresight. In the long run you really are not paying a lot.

I don't understand why everyone has to have a sleeping pad. I never needed one until I was 50 yrs old..

@scottplumer3668

2 ай бұрын

My sleep is so precarious in the best of conditions that I wouldn't sleep otherwise. Even with a pad, I still barely sleep camping. It wasn't until I upgraded to thicker pad that I actually slept. I was actually disoriented when I woke up, I slept so well.

@EthanDurant

2 ай бұрын

it's not about comfort, it's about insulating you from the ground which is the biggest thief of your body heat.

@rudolphschenker

2 ай бұрын

@EthanDurant That doesn't explain their usage in hot weather or the endless youtube vids comparing them for comfort level..

Мля, мужик, даже с тобой развелись. Куда катится этот мир 😞

Sorry this cool guy got a divorce, that girl from before looked nice. This guy deserves a nice girl. But sometimes it just doesn’t work out

I would imagine a divorce would shave 100-200+ lbs of weight and lighten the fk out of your wallet. Then you shave more reducing your tent size…😬😉. Sorry, dark sarcasm. Sorry to hear you have gone through that. Hope you are doing well all considered

How to go ultralight - just git gud bro 🤷‍♂️

Hammock 🤮😂😂😂

Excellent choices. I love my Outdoor Vitals UL ShadowLight 45 L pack. I do have a Nemo 2p tent, but I like using my Aquaquest tarp 10x10 nearly as much, unless there are bugs.

Cool story bro. I would love to get an ultralight setup, but three huge barriers are in the way. One is cash. I can't sell a kidney, and I'm not a trust fund kid. Two, I'm big and tall. There is virtually no viable ultralight equipment that fits my size and girth. All of the ultralight companies think that everyone who wants to get outdoors is a 5'6" emaciated vegan...I'm pretty sure that the people that make this stuff are 5'6" emaciated vegans...I'm just saying. Three, I'm afraid that I am going to rip this type of gear to shreds if I accidentally brush it up against a thorn bush. I'd recommend that people work out, and condition their bodies to be able to lug a heavy load out.