Upgrading your kit to ultralight gear can make backpacking more enjoyable, but only if you do it right. Here's the gear ...

Gear up without weighing yourself down with these smart lightweight backpacking picks.

I first encountered the ideas of ultralight backpacking in 1994, in an article in now-defunct (and much-missed) Backpacker magazine. It was titled “Less is More,” by Mark Jenkins. (I still have a PDF ...