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Christmas gifts for light-weight backpackers

LightBackpacking.com has a bunch of suggestions. Interesting ditty: A Nikon monocular/spotting scope. I have one made by Zeiss that I use occasionally — it’s small, light & handy but hard to hold still enough to get much use out of.

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2 Responses to “Christmas gifts for light-weight backpackers”

Tom Clifton Says:
December 7th, 2007 at 7:38 am
If it is really windy, I would suggest heavy boots for the light-weight backpacker. They also may want to carry more water than usual to keep them firmly attached to the ground.
Steve Sergeant Says:
December 7th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
The only product I covet on that list is the Black Diamond First Light tent.

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