We sat down with Glen Van Peski, author of Take less. Do more. Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude, and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker. We discussed some amazing Type2Fun adventures and of course, his ultralight backpacking skills.
Glen Van Peski is widely recognized by the trail name “Legend” for his legendary contributions to the backpacking community. A native Californian with a childhood rooted in the western outdoors, Glen’s journey into backpacking began when his oldest son joined Scouts, and he led the Troop’s backpacking program. Through those experiences, he became intrigued by lightweight backpacking and started sewing his gear.
In 1998, he founded Gossamer Gear, a company dedicated to manufacturing ultralight backpacking equipment. Over the years, Glen and his company have been featured in Backpacker, Outside, and National Geographic Adventure magazines, and The New York Times.
The Sub-3 lb. Gear list mentioned is here.
Glen's First Aid kit is here. The gear list for my bike packing on the Great Divide is here, and the blog post about the trip is here.
For Europe hiking or adventure travel the gear list here, and a blog post about how I he did it here.