>>1233083You eejit, tents are the first things to wear down. The principle of ultralight design is primarily getting rid of superfluous stuff, the weaker materials is secondary: for example, a military surplus backpack is covered in MOLLE webbing, has too long straps, and is overbuilt in areas that civilians will never wear out. A Zippo is heavy and harder to fill than replacing a bic. 4 spare pairs of underwear is unnecessary when you could cycle 2. There’s no need for a saw or axe when you’re not building a shelter or doing winter firebuilding. Generally 1 750ml pot will cook everything for a single guy. That’s the whole idea of ultralight: do more with less. You can get below 10lb without using any cuben fibre or having a weak disposable backpack, if you spend the time to really analyse your gear choices
Remember, 100 years ago people would wrap up some bread, a tin cup and a spare pair of socks in a wool blanket and hike the entire John Muir trail. Amerisharts who carry 10 shirts, an axe, a kukri, a Bowie knife and a machete, 5 pots and pans and a “survival kit” every weekend are not the people who walk trails that take 4 months to complete on a speedrun.
