Forums and info pages:

(e-mail me if you want to recommend a site, I'll check it out)

AT Hikers A Yahoo E Group of AT hiking enthusiasts, similar to the ATML Surrogate.

TheBackpacker.com One of the best outdoor sites I've seen.

Web site of a great magazine.

 - A great site with detailed articles about ultralight hiking, theories, and principles.

Biker Dave's comparison charts

The Lightweight Backpacker. The best site out there on lightweight backpacking.

Peak to Peak Trail and Wilderness Links

  - A new site that covers articles about thru hiking and has a gear store that carries light weight gear recommended for thru hiking.

Trail Journals. A good place to read trail journals from hikers who have been there. Now with a new forum.

Trail Place. WingFoot's new site that is attempting an ambitious on-line trail guide and information project.

A new web site dedicated to the Appalachian Trail.

Wings - The home made stove archives. Before you go spend a ton of $$$$ on a stove, try building a lightweight stove yourself for next to nothing.

- Zen Alcohol stoves. A very cool site with lots of information about different stoves and stove related science.

Trails and trail organizations:

Appalachian Trail Conference, please support them. They keep the AT going.

Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association. They produce the Thru-hiker Companion.

A great site about the Appalachian Trail, my favorite place to hike.

Hiking Alabama. A great personal web page from Mr. Lee Van Horn. I have hiked in the Sipsey and on the Pinhoti. 

The Official NPS Mammoth Cave National Park Home Page One of our favorite spots to hike.

Retailers:

(only retailers I have used and can vouch for)

A pretty good outfitter if your near Birmingham.

Check out their lightweight zone.

A great on-line supply store.

Great store with 100% satisfaction guaranteed.

Adventure store, but they sometimes have great deals on hiking and camping stuff.

Personal pages:

(e-mail me if you want to recommend a site, I'll check it out)

DANCES WITH MARMOTS - cool PCT Thru-Hike journal.

Fool on the Hill, Sweeper's site. Great gear ideas and trip journals.

Glenn's ultralight Backpacking page. A personal web site with some cool stuff. Check out the $100 $10 pound pack.

John 's Ultralight Backpacking Page. Another personal page on ultralight backpacking.

Michael's Ultralight Backpacking Page. A personal home page dedicated to ultralight hiking.

NCO Links. A site that collects links to good NCO related web pages.

JR "Model T" Tate- Homepage of the author of "Walking on the Happy Side of Misery", one of the funniest and best books on thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail I have ever read.

Onestep's Ultralight Backpacking Resource. Another cool ultralight page.

Skysapper's Ultralight Backpacking. Another career soldier that has converted to lightweight hiking and started his own site to help others out.

StoveStomper's Light Weight / Ultralight Backpacking - Cool Website of a fellow stove freak.

One of my favorite trail journals.

Trail Talk Contributor's Page. Phil's page devoted to Trail Talk regulars.

Amanda Tikkanen's excellent site about hiking with your best friend.

Data:

(Useful when needing to convert weights, figure light data, etc.)

Backpacking Gear Weight Calculator for Windows A cool weight calculator if you don't have a spreadsheet or don't know how to use one.

Converters for weights, volume, temperature, etc.

Table of specific gravity. Good when you need to know weight per ounce for fuel, oil, etc.

Light Data. Sun rise/set, moon rise/set, percent of illumination. etc.

Stove Weight Calculator by Howard Johnson. A nice Java page that can help you compare the weight efficiency of various stoves.

Gear Manufacturers:

A:

  - Asolo Boots

B:

- Supported AT hikes

C:

  - Cascade Designs Thermarest pads

  - Camelbak Water Bladders

- Cedar Tree, maker of the Packa, the StrapPack, and the StrapoLounger

Clark Jungle Hammocks

Peak 1 Tents and stoves

D:

Dufold  - Dufold Underwear and T shirts

E:

  - Equinox Sil-nylon stuff sacks and pack covers

F:

G:

- Gore-Tex Outerwear

H:

- Hennessy Hammocks

Hikelight - "Helping hikers lighten up with lightweight backpacking gear"

H I K E     U S A  - Supported AT hikes

I:

J:

 - Jacks 'R Better. Makers of cool ultralight quilts and under quilts for Hennessy Hammocks, as well as other hammock and backpacking accessories.

K:

- Kodak Cameras

- Krill Lights

L:

- Leatherman Knives

- Lowe Backpacks

M:

- MAG Lights

Custom made lightweight gear at very reasonable prices.

N:

  - Nunatak Sleeping bags

O:

- Outdoor Research Outerwear

P:

Q:

R:

Ranger Rick's Action Gear. More than just a gear site. He has tons of great ideas, and he is an outstanding senior NCO.

S:

- Snow Peak Cookware

- Suunto Compasses

T:

- Thorlo Hiking Socks

- Timex Watches

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