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Are you looking for some hiking inspiration, camp recipes, indepth tips or enthralling adventure stories. The fashionable ray jardine on separate reality supertopo. May 10, 2015 much like many other long distance hikers, he had a passion for life, new adventures, and a longing to break away from the norm. Trained in aerospace engineering, ray jardine has also pursued numerous outdoor activities. Australian hiker trail life ray jardines lightweight. Categories gear, musings, the hiking life blog tags backpacking, hiking, ray jardine, thruhiking, ultralight, ultralight backpacking, wonderland trail in a nutshell the hiking life is a compilation of tips and advice on trip planning, lightweight backpacking techniques, and improving your wilderness skill set. Trail life is his first book with all color photos and diagrams so it makes a great coffee table book. S6d0129 am not sure if it is caused by a configuration s6d0129 or not. Okay, i have to put in my two cents because ray jardines book has been repeatedly maligned on this website. Of course, ray jardine says weve been doing it all wrong. Any cursory research into lightweight backpacking will inevitably lead to the name, ray jardine. If you have been around rock climbing or long distance hiking circles for a.
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Reflections on trail life by ray jardine hiking the great. Ray jardine is an american rock climber who, with bill price, in may, was the first to free at a slower pace. Leaders guide for navigators and adventurers trail leaders premiere edition trail life usa orlando, florida. Beyond backpacking is a followup to his book are how to hike the pacific crest trail. This is ray jardines new, fullcolour, 2009 edition of his bestselling book beyond backpacking.
But if your budget only allows for one book, then purchase ultralight backpackin tips, by mike clelland. The book was revised and retitled in as beyond backpacking, and revised and retitled again in as trail life. Plus, i wanted a custom job that could turn heads at an ultralighters convention bonus. Trail life usa is a christian adventure, character, and leadership program for young men. Now full of colour photos and diagrams, this new title reflects a multitude of updated information, detailing ray jardines lightweight backpacking techniques, his gear. Ive been a ray jardine fan ever since i read his first book, the pacific crest trail hikers handbook, back. This refers to a shaped tarp design developed by ray jardine, one of the early proponents of modern ultralight backpacking, and author of the lightweight backpacking classic, beyond backpacking. Much like many other long distance hikers, he had a passion for life, new adventures, and a longing to break away from the norm.
Reflections on trail life by ray jardine hiking the. In either case, regardless of your backpacking experience, you should read this book, or at least parts of it. My library system multi county thing my has plenty of beyond backpacking copies and actually has my personaloriginal copy of the pct hikers handbook. This is ray jardine s new, fullcolour, 2009 edition of his bestselling book beyond backpacking. Now full of colour photos and diagrams, this new title reflects a multitude of updated information, detailing ray jardine s lightweight backpacking techniques, his gear. Beyond backpacking by ray jardine backpacking light. Trail life book covers the essentials of ray and jenny jardine s lightweight hiking methods and equipment including clothing and footwear, nourishment and physical conditioning, and the myriad topics that contribute to these basics. There are several gear chapters, including backpack, tarp. Ray jardines trail life is a must for anyone thinking about doing the pct and a good idea for the jmt. Ray jardines new book trail life this makes no sense at all. Ray jardine has used his experience, education, and logical mind to improve on by most often simplifying equipment, technique, and i dare say the philosophy of backpacking. Ray was a very nice guy when i climbed with him in the valley years ago.
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His 25,000 miles of trail experience just scratches the surface of his sweeping array of accomplishments. Olavs way in 3 rainy weeks from oslo jul09, the via francigena in 11 weeks from canterbury augnov10 and the uk. Trail life book covers the essentials of ray and jenny jardines lightweight hiking methods and equipment including clothing and footwear, nourishment and physical conditioning, and the myriad topics that contribute to these basics. As of june 2017 the project still seems to be in the preedition phase you can get the pdf. Now full of colour photos and diagrams, this new title reflects a multitude of updated information, detailing ray jardines lightweight. When jardine first published the pacific crest trail hikers handbook. Ray jardines lightweight backpacking camping hiking. This 2009 publication is the updated version of rays classic 1990 beyond backpacking. By using many not all of jardines suggestions, i have stripped pounds off my back, without sacrificing comfort.
Now full of colour photos and diagrams, this new title reflects a. In one of our discussions todd told me of ray jardine, and his book trail life. Along the way they have systematically tried hundreds of equipment options. I got it working sort of but s6d0129 had to use arduino sell one like this.
Some 35 years and 20,000 miles of experience are distilled in trail life. Ray jardine played a significant role in popularizing an ultralight approach to backpacking. Ray and his wife jenny have logged numerous long distance trail hikes amassing over 25,000 miles. The hot springs trail official guide book by aria zoner whole food hiker the lost art of walking by geoff nicholson the national parks coast to coast. The ray way amounts to an almost total repudiation of what jardine. Ray and jenny claim 25000 miles of trailtested tips, and i have adopted their approach and equipment for 2000 miles with complete satisfaction.
This book was so encouraging and liberating that it made me want to get out into the backcountry even more. The k12 program centers on outdoor experiences that build a young mans skills and allow him to grow on a personal level and as a role model and leader for his peers. Ray s basic theory is that if you pack light enough, you can travel 2 or 3 times further with the same energy. Now full of colour photos and diagrams, this new title reflects a multitude of updated information, detailing ray jardine s lightweight backpacking techniques, his gear, and his methods for. Ultrahiker andrew skurka condenses his many thousands of miles worth of trail food wisdom into this little 37 page book. Like ray, i was so prepared for any contingency that i could hardly lift my pack.
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