Technical notes on strategy, trust, systems, and durable growth.

"Light" is not satisfying only when carried in a pack. I'm not even talking about life connotations today, but something not so far removed from wilderness travel: river running. I wonder about the logistics…

Faraway vacations, expensive jewelry, gluttonous meals, populous receptions ... doesn't anyone celebrate anything simply - or lightly - anymore? Photo: Ryan and Stephanie Jordan, 15th Wedding Anniversary, Grand Teton National Park. September 2007.

It's been 25 days since my ankle surgery. On the one hand, I had expected to be up and around and back to some type of "normal". On the other hand, being "down" (literally)…

I'm trying to remain as distracted as possible this evening to stave off the pending reality of tomorrow morning's ankle surgery so I close my eyes and what do I see? A Bushbuddy, a…

Joel Walthall (Backpacking Light's Sales Manager) and I snuck into the Wind River Range a few days ago to shoot Boulder Canyon in packrafts. Snow, shelf ice, cold water, moose turd fuel, all the…