@hakan_geijer Oi, every time I see them mocking American thru-hikers, I'm like "you know Canada and Alaska exists, right? And ultralight packrafting, hunting, bikepacking, bushcraft etc has their own base weight separate from thru-hiking."
@hakan_geijer Yeah, have those conversations with Nordic backpackers who didn't know the origin of lightweight backpacking lied in rock-climbers and ultra-marathoners broke their knees then switched to hiking.
I just don't know why they have to ridicule American thru-hikers who are only gram-counting because of FKT (fastest known time) competitions, when we had conversations about "stupid ultralight" which led to splitting of categories like "mountain ultralight" and so on. I don't know if there is such a thing as "Nordic ultralight" to compensate for how wet the peninsula can get. I do know Alaskans and Canadian ultralighters are always telling Americans to pack heavier clothes for bush-whacking and more insulation for sudden weather shifts and longer periods of rain.
@hakan_geijer Yeah, I only bought "ultralight gears" when I needed to offset the weight of the winter equipment. The gear list weren't much different from this person's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KaneDoesOutdoors/videos. Otherwise, I would be traditional as well.
Think I only converted a previous partner to the UL trend because she was approaching her 40 and carrying her Finnish traditional gear was not very fun with ageing bones.
Oh, the othe reason is the time when her Fjällräven tent got moldy due to two weeks of non-stop rain, yet the tent I had dried out every evening. But I also remember people tarp-camping and Lars Monsen on TV choosing to use a tarp for summer hiking, so it's not like it's a new concept.
@hakan_geijer Same. I trust the people who are "I go ultralight because my skis are too heavy" or "I go ultralight because my packraft is too heavy" more than the thru-hikers.