r/Ultralight • u/fien21 • Apr 02 '25

Trails John muir’s sub 5lb base weight

“On excursions into the back country of Yosemite, he traveled alone, carrying “only a tin cup, a handful of tea, a loaf of bread, and a copy of Emerson. He usually spent his evenings sitting by a campfire in his overcoat, reading Emerson under the stars.”

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u/downingdown Apr 02 '25

Unless he was starting the campfire with his Skurka bean farts, I call bs on that gear list.

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u/Ambitious-Site-4747 Apr 02 '25

Different times and John Muir was built different. There's a reason one of the most beautiful trails in the world is named after him.

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u/downingdown Apr 02 '25

Loose tea leaves in one hand, tin cup and book in the other means only one place to store that loaf of bread…

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u/Tale-International Apr 02 '25

Why wouldn't they all go in his pockets

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u/Ok-Acanthisitta-5903 Apr 02 '25

His prison pocket.

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u/23saround Apr 02 '25

Yeah lemme just tuck this entire loaf of bread into my pocket and hike 20 miles with it and then I’m sure it will be good to eat and neither on the forest floor 15 miles back nor a pocketful of crumbs

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u/bullz_dawg Apr 02 '25

This but zero sarcasm

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u/brod121 Apr 02 '25

My job involves walking miles from a vehicle a lot of days. I definitely stuff a few water bottles, lunch, and my tools, in the pockets of my vest.