For me, lightweight is not about the weight. It's about simplification and higher awareness.

Going light lets you focus on the wilderness and not your stuff because you haven't brought much with you. Out in "the world", we insulate ourselves from feeling and experiencing through gadgets and unnecessary crap.

If you have to figure out how to use what little you've brought to survive, you are forced to become more creative and plugged in to your experience.

my two,

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