I have been to REI and seen those street acceptable clothing combinations that provide the “right” amount of mountain chic to make the wearer look like they actually get out in the backcountry and it is a stretch to think that practical outerwear and cool intersect. There are even multiple levels of clothing choices that allow you to go toward the “cool” mountain chic or “dirtbag” mountain

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When people talk about fast and light it conjures up images of a minimalist existence bordering on hardship and depravity. For us, light and fast is more of a philosophical approach to traveling in the backcountry and we use the light approach to allow us to go farther. At a certain point going faster becomes covering ground for the sake of a measurement of time, and ultimately missing out on the important things that are the wilderness. So, for our purposes, we use light gear to allow us to go farther at a reasonable pace, thus FAST and FAR is our style of

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Good piece of gear and worthy of being toted far into the back country. The stove was reliable, easy to use when we were tired and performed well in wind, cold and rainy conditions. The compact design did not require an argument over who was going to take the stove and the low fuel consumption means that one cannister will last a couple of weekend trips or a solid five day trip.

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