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Med barn på vandring i Jämtland
Turer Nattåget till Enafors gick 23.45 från Stockholms Central. Det var såklart något av en pers för min nioåring att vara ute och åka så sent på kvällen. Men vad gör man, det är de tågen som går till...
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Brooks Range Vacation I - The Beginning
Finally there. Landed and supporting my pack beside the plane, exchanging a few last words with Dirk Nickisch of Coyote Air.By Jörgen Johansson The clouds were hanging low over Joe Creek, a place that...
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Weight on your feet
In several books, including the soon to be published Smarter Backpacking, I have written that it is five times as energy consuming to carry something on your feet, compared to carry it on your back....
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Welcome to Fjäderlätt, a world of featherlite hiking
My name is Jörgen Johansson and here on my site you will find a number of articles on lightweight backpacking. Some are in English, some are written in Swedish. Since 2003 I have realised that...
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Finnmarksvidda - tundra at the top of the world
Finnmarksvidda is a huge, fairly flat tundra area in northern Norway. At 70 degrees north it is a long way to the Arctic Circle at 66 north. Some years ago I made an attempt to cross Finnmarksvidda in...
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Time to retire
It happens sooner or later, to us all. That the time will come to retire some of our most favorite gear. Now the time has come for my Hyperlite Mountain Gear Porter Pack 4400. I will take this...
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Interview and musings on Haglöfs LIM Crown Proof
I interviewed Paul Cosgrove, Global Product Manager at Haglöfs, about lightweight products and mainly the new LIM Crown Proof rain jacket that is hitting the stores in the spring of 2020. This also...
View ArticleTalk: My experiences with lightweight gear in huge, wild areas
This is a talk from an outdoor fair in April 2020 at Uthuset (www.uthuset.nu), a Swedish outdoor retailer. I tell of my experiences from long outings in Alaskas Brooks Range and Canadas Northwest...
View ArticleInterview: How I got started with lightweight backpacking
Here is an interview, trailer for a blog actually, about how I got started with lightweight backpacking and decided to write the first edition of Vandra Fjäderlätt. Interview in Swedish.By Jörgen...
View ArticleTalk: My experiences with lightweight gear on tundra in winter.
This is talk about my personal experiences using lightweight gear on tundra in winter, something I have not really written a lot about. This talk also covers some basics on lightweight gear, since a...
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Tarptent Aeon Li in hard wind and rain on the tundra
In August 2021 I walked Lapplandsleden, a new trail in Swedish Lapland, 190 kilometers from Hemavan to Borgafjäll. The tent I used was a slightly modified, older model of Tarptent Aeon Li and my last...
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Är du långvandrare eller lägervandrare?
Detta är en krönika jag skrev i Utemagasinet för en del år sedan. Begreppen "långvandrare" och "lägervandrare"är översatta från Andrew Skurkas blogg. Jag tycker de är väldigt tänkvärda eftersom de...
View ArticleTalk: Lightweight backpacking and hiking the Swedish Green Ribbon
This talk is about some basic rules for lightening your back. This serves as an introduction to some highlights along Gröna Bandet (The Swedish Green Ribbon).This talk is in Swedish.By Jörgen Johansson
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My latest book now in both Swedish and English: The Swedish Green Ribbon - a...
The Swedish Green Ribbon is a unique trail, because it is not a trail. You have to walk the entire length of the Swedish mountains, 1300-1400 kilometers between Grövelsjön and Treriksröset. The route,...
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Western Mountaineering - visit to the sleeping bag factory
Western Mountaineering is a well-known brand among outdoor enthusiasts. Their bestseller is the WM Ultralite, a bag that I used a lot for 10-15 years before replacing it with a Versalite a couple of...
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