{"id":4057,"date":"2007-11-12T12:37:08","date_gmt":"2007-11-12T12:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2025-09-30T01:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:55:18","slug":"latest-read-lig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=4057","title":{"rendered":"Latest Read: Lighten Up! A Complete Handbook for Light and Ultralight backpacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a quick, breezy read with plenty of useful (and fun) diagrams. It is very comprehensive: from soup to nuts, or perhaps better put, from shelter to hygiene. <\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=115,height=115,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/11\/12\/lighten_up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lighten_up\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Lighten_up\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/folly\/images\/2007\/11\/12\/lighten_up.jpg\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s probably nothing in this book that you can&#8217;t find online, but as a general guide to lightweight backpacking it&#8217;s good to have it in one place &#8211; a 100 page handbook. <\/p>\n<p>The information is generic, very few brand names are mentioned. The seven chapters and two appendixes include titles such as&nbsp; &quot;Understanding Lightweight Backpacking&quot;, &quot;The Big Three&quot; (backpacks, shelters, sleeping systems),&quot;On the Trail&quot;, and &quot;Back Home Again&quot; &#8211; this last on how to clean and store your gear. <\/p>\n<p>A good general guide if you&#8217;re a beginner, and also offering some useful ideas to experienced hikers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a quick, breezy read with plenty of useful (and fun) diagrams. It is very comprehensive: from soup to nuts, or perhaps better put, from shelter to hygiene. There&#8217;s probably nothing in this book that you can&#8217;t find online, but as a general guide to lightweight backpacking it&#8217;s good to have it in one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9376,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057\/revisions\/9376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}