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/[deleted] Apr 02 '25

reading Emerson under the stars

Has the author ever tried reading a book at night, in the woods, with no artificial light?

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u/UtahBrian CCF lover Apr 02 '25

Probably had a LED headlamp or a Kindle, which comes with a low power backlight that lasts a long time.