Ultralight backpacking: tips to lighten your travel load

The ultralight backpacking craze started with one Ray Jardine and the Pacific Crest Trail Hikers' Handbook , which outlined Mr. Jardine's efforts to hike the PCT with the absolute minimum weight of pack. Since then, ultralighters have refined their gear until a tent can weight 2 pounds, a backpack 4lbs, and a stove only 12...