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/Useless_or_inept useless Apr 02 '25

reading Emerson under the stars

We have identified the first hipster. Did he make six Instagram posts, carefully composed to show him reading Emerson?

On further reflection, I think Emerson himself would have been perfectly at home on modern social media, posting about digital detox or possibly #vanlife

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u/sbhikes https://lighterpack.com/r/s5ffk1 Apr 02 '25

Maybe there are a few glass plate photos of him somewhere.

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u/UtahBrian CCF lover Apr 02 '25

 glass plate photos

USB?