If you have ever carried a backpack that was too heavy, you cognize it can suck the fun from a trip. You backpack to enjoy the wilderness, right? A few challenges may add to the experience, but makes suffering? I don't think so.

Imagine hiking in the mountains - and you hardly feel the pack on your back. Would be you like that? You can sling the pack from one shoulder as you hike, simply to let your back cool off. You can run up that hill, simply to see what is there. You have everything you need to be safe and comfortable, and it all weighs less than 20 pounds. Wouldn't that be much fun than troubled with a fifty-pound load on your back?

Get the new ebook, Ultralight Packing Private secrets (And Wild Survival Tips), and shortly you'll be packing in style and comfort - with half the weight on your back.

What you'll discover once you buy the book:

• Which 7-ounce waterproof I took to 20,600 feet.
• The four basic route to purify water.
• How to finish acquiring blisters.
• How to do a one-ounce packing stove.
• How to go as light as ten pounds for a weekend.
• How to buy cheap, high quality gear.
• How to breath to hike much efficiently.
• A trick for maintaining your compass heading.

There are some "Ultralight Packing Quick Tips" in each chapter - 150 in all. They include new ideas, lightweight packing techniques, advice, wild survival tips, and more. For example:

• Why it matters once you try on new hiking shoes.
• Which way your tent should face.
• What foods to eat for warmth.
• The basic wild berries anyone can identify and eat.
• Plants you can use as insect repellent.
• Lies the "experts" tell you.
• How to have a cold drink in the desert.
• How to be warmer, even as with a lighter sleeping bag - or no bag at all.
• Fire starting tricks.
• A quick snow shelter you can do without tools.
• A plant you can use to do warm mittens fast.
• A plant that can finish your headache.
• A plant that can clean cuts and scrapes.