Prior to beginning my traverse of the Japanese Alps this year, I had the chance to visit Jotaro Yoshida, founder of LOCUS GEAR at their headquarters in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture, just outside of Tokyo. LOCUS GEAR is a small gear manufacturer, based in Japan, that specializes in lightweight
8 Cheap And Easy Ways To Lighten Up Your Pack
In case nobody's told you, all the cool kids (or at least all the kids who tell themselves they're cool) out backpacking, thru-hiking, and being vagrants in the wilderness are party to an ongoing dick-measuring contest when it comes to the base weight of their packs (that is, the pack's total weight
Ultralight Backpacking Explained
Given that I am relatively new to the long distance hiking scene I feel that now would be a perfect time to express some of my partially informed yet surprisingly staunch opinions regarding the perceived debates surrounding the activity. On the spectrum of how much gear hikers decide to bring