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I don’t know about you, but I’ve spent much of the winter thinking about backpacking and going light. And, of course, writing about it. But not doing any actual backpacking.

You’ll notice I use the adverb lightly to describe “go” and have placed parenthesis marks around the “l-y.” I guess I did this because going lightly doesn’t sound right to me, although it is grammatically correct. It seems most people have dumped the l-y’s and just use the words without them. Sounds ignorant to me after learning the correct way in school, but for the sake of the blog, I’ll use light with no l-y.

Okay, this isn’t meant to be a post about grammar, but to remind everyone that all this advice and posting I’ve done for the past five months since starting Lightbacking.com is all about getting out and backpacking. But also carrying as little as possible to maximize your wilderness experience.

So, why go light? It feels better, you’ll be less aware of the weight on your back so you can enjoy your surroundings more, and less weight is better on your back, legs, hips, ankles and feet. Some might argue that carrying less weight is safer, too.

In my next few posts I’m going to share with you my pack contents for the upcoming backpacking season. We’ll go lightly together.

In the meantime think light. Be safe. Be one with the pack.