Shedding weight is less a packing problem and more a state of mind. Let WIRED show you how to keep warm and fed in the ...

Taking weight off your back is a good thing, but not at the expense of comfort, capability or preparedness. Here’s how to ultralight backpack in style. When venturing out into the wilderness on foot, ...

Sure, it’s expensive to achieve that elusive sub-10 pound base weight. But trimming a few pounds off your kit is shockingly affordable. You can spend less than $20 at your local gas station and trim ...

It’s way more expensive and not as comfortable. Our gear director weighs the pros and cons of an über-light kit. This question is all about aspiration. I remember the first time I saw an ...

Hunched over trekking poles, head down, shoulder and neck muscles burning, and thinking about what could make life any less miserable is part of the backpacking learning curve. I'm still on that curve ...

KENTWOOD -- Think a bandana serves no purpose other than protecting your head from the sun? Well, better make sure it is not wrapped too tightly, then. It is a marvelous, multifaceted little tool, ...

For plenty of outdoorsmen and women, ultralight backpacking conjures up a particularly kooky image. Sawed-off toothbrushes. Dingy plastic water bottles with water filters screwed on top. Backpacks — ...

Since the 1930s, backpacking has progressed in leaps -- from 1930s wood-and-rope Trapper John pack boards, to World War II surplus gear, to external-frame, hip-belted Keltys, to today's internal-frame ...

It’s the Haribo-licensed gummy bear power bank. It’s the lightest-ever 20,000mAH power bank, it’s got a gummy-bear themed ...