Light and Fast Backpacking Seminar
March 16th through the 18th, NOLS Southwest hosted the Light and Fast Backpacking Seminar, which was sponsored by the company, Go-Lite. The group of NOLS instructors attended the seminar to learn state of the art methods for light weight backpacking. The course took place in Saguaro National Park, and was co led by NOLS instructor, Ryan Hutchins and a team of Go-Lite instructors.
Below, Steven Brutger carefully weighs the contents of his pack.
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