gardenville

• Age: 68
• Gender: Male
• Astrological Sign: Leo
• Zodiac Year: Dragon
• Industry: Sports or Recreation
• Occupation: Design Super Ultra Light Backpacking Gear.
• Location: South Texas : United States

About Me

What I am doing: Planning an "Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike" - "Breaking the Five-Pound Barrier" - "Can A Sane Person Truly Enjoy SuperUltraLight (SUL) Backpacking?" - "Make Most of my own Gear". For almost 2 years I have been working on and thinking a lot about a set of Ultra-Light gear for an AT Thru-Hike. I have read alot about "SuperUltraLight (SUL) gear lists /gear and breaking the "Five-Pound Barrier". I have read a lot of other articles and looked at a lot of gear lists for Ultra-Light Backpacking. My definition of the "Five-Pound Barrier" is as follows: "Base Weight is herein defined as the dry weight of gear and non-consumable supplies in your pack, excluding clothing worn, items normally carried (like trekking poles), and food, fuel, and water."

Interests

• Designing and building Hyper-Lite and Super Ultra Light Backpacking Gear. My current goal is a home-made set of really light gear for a long Appalachian Trail hike. My preference when it comes to a pack system is one made around a very light External Frame Pack.

gardenville's Blogs

	Blog Name	Team Members
	Vi Castis Mountains Consolidated Railroad
	6 Banana Designs
	Banana Woks
	Totally Ultra
	Ultra-Lite Skunk Works
	Open Source - Light Nomadic
	Super Ultra Light - The Cuben Connection