HIKING TECHNOLOGY OF THAT WORKS

   Hiking has become a passion for many. There is a fairly new thought that extreme light weight equipment is the way to go today. The ideas is that if you carry all the essentials and they only add up to a quarter or a third of the older equipment you used to lug around, you will certainly enjoy the hike so much more.
   There are some limitations. Two liters of water still weighs in at two liters of water worth of weight. However the container you carry the water in can weigh either a few ounces or a pound or more depending on the choices you make in containers.

(hiking a typical Adirondack trail)

   There are still times when you may opt for a bit more weight in some items simply because of the greater durability of that item. Nothing spoils a hike or overnighter like a piece of failed equipment. This brings up another idea that is a good piece of advice to follow. Do not take a new, untried and untested item into the wilds without first know how it will perform and stand up to the rigors of the back country usage.
   Modern Technology has been a great boon to the back packer and camper of today. Technology allows us greater freedom to move about in the back country with ease and confidence. The one tendency that many still manifest is that tendency to pack more than is actually needed, and thus they defeat the advantages of technology.