I didn't take it as such. But maybe I'm too used to that kind of stuff, and I don't find it all that much different from how I go out in the winter, so it doesn't strike me as that much different, other than a bit larger scale and focused on lake travel (Not nearly as many lakes where I am)

Then again I don't find lightweight backpacking that much different than "regular" other than
"use your brain, don't buy overfeatured junk, and take what you need and have tested, not what
looks good in the store" so maybe I'm just weird, and a weirdo-inclusionist <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />