sierra designs parka on massdrop

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A place to chat about gear and the philosphy of ultralight. Ultralight bushwalking or backpacking focuses on carrying the lightest and simplest kit. There is still a good focus on safety and skill.

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Ultralight Bushwalking/backpacking is about more than just gear lists. Ultralight walkers carefully consider gear based on the environment they are entering, the weather forecast, their own skill, other people in the group. Gear and systems are tested and tweaked.
If you are new to this area then welcome - Please remember that although the same ultralight philosophy can be used in all environments that the specific gear and skill required will vary greatly. It is very dangerous to assume that you can just copy someone else's gear list, but you are encouraged to ask questions, learn and start reducing the pack weight and enjoying the freedom that comes.

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Base pack backpacking the mass of the backpack and the gear inside - not including consumables such as food, water and fuel
light backpacking base weight less than 9.1kg
ultralight backpacking base weight less than 4.5kg
super-ultralight backpacking base weight less than 2.3kg
extreme-ultralight backpacking base weight less than 1.4kg
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slparker
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sierra designs parka on massdrop

Fri 24 Jun, 2016 9:54 am

don't want to steal aushiker's thunder but this popped up in my email. probably not 'ultralight' but looks warm for weight for a good price in US dollars.

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/sierra-des ... down-parka
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Re: sierra designs parka on massdrop

Fri 24 Jun, 2016 10:02 am

That is Ultra Lite in my book
I just bought my winter top tho
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Re: sierra designs parka on massdrop

Fri 24 Jun, 2016 7:34 pm

slparker wrote:don't want to steal aushiker's thunder but this popped up in my email. probably not 'ultralight' but looks warm for weight for a good price in US dollars.

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/sierra-des ... down-parka


You must be ahead of me in the queue or in a special queue :). Haven't seen this one.
slparker
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Re: sierra designs parka on massdrop

Mon 27 Jun, 2016 4:09 pm

the emails that I get from massdrop mysteriously appear in my regular mail or in my junk mail completely randomly... perhaps this arrived in your junk mail....

It looks like a great jacket.... if I didn't already own a couple of puffy's....
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