One of Backpacking Light's most valuable resources is its forum community, where you can ask just about any question you want and get answers fast from our community of extraordinarily passionate lightweight hikers.

Here is a list of my favorite "self-help" forums that prove to be immensely useful to our community:

• Gear Lists: Post your gear list and have our members give you advice on how to improve it / save weight.
• Make Your Own Gear: browse for projects, or ask for ideas on "How do I make _____?"
• Gear Swap: Buy and sell used lightweight backpacking gear.
• Pre-Trip Planning: Planning a trip somewhere? Post here and get helpful ideas to save you lots of time.

This should get you started. There are a few dozen other forums that include more than 140,000 topics and 1,000,000+ posts, so enjoy this incredible resource!

Happy trails,
Ryan
owner/founder

PS: A Basic Membership (only $7/year) is required to post in the forums (this helps eliminate spammers and pay for server fees!), but most forums are free to browse without a membership.

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