TGO Kit List Highlights 2024
Posted by Andy Neil, Danny Pearson and Lois Fife on May 02, 2024
May means one thing in the Ultralight office: The Great Outdoors Challenge, or the TGO, for short. We are incredibly proud to sponsor this communal coast-to-coast crossing of Scotland. This year, Lois, Danny, and I are taking part in this years crossing. Lois is embarking on her first, and Danny and I are attempting our third TGO challenge.The TGO Challenge is a unique coast-to-coast trek across S
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Gossamer Gear’s updated Mariposa. What's changed?
Posted by Andy Neil on Apr 12, 2024
The latest iteration of their Mariposa 60 backpack exemplifies Gossamer Gear's “Take less, do more” ethos. It boasts a host of updates aimed at elevating durability, comfort, and versatility for backpackers of all stripes.
GR221 Dry Stone Route – Mallorca September 2022
Posted by Danny Pearson on Jan 25, 2024
Late in 2021, I decided that with travel opening up I wanted
to walk a GR route and having looked at the Cicerone book by Paddy Dillon it seemed to be perfect.
Originally, I was planning to go in late March or Early
April 2022 but due to the launch of our new website and a few issues with that
(apologies if you experienced any problems when it launched in April 2022) this
had to b
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Ultralight Outdoor Gear Awards 2023
Posted by Andy Neil on Dec 22, 2023
2023 was an excellent year for new ultralight equipment and clothing, and we wanted to highlight some of our favourite gear that hit the market this year. Some pieces, like the Montbell Plasma 1000, pushed the limits of what it means to be ultralight even further. Others, like the Nemo Tensor Extreme Conditions sleeping pad, showed real innovation by raising their R-value to an industry-leading 8.
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Andy’s 2023 TGO Kit List
Posted by Andy Neil on May 09, 2023
May means one thing here in the Ultralight office, The Great
Outdoors Challenge, or the TGO for short. We are incredibly proud to be a
sponsor of this communal coast-to-coast crossing of Scotland. Three of our team,
Danny, Chris and myself, are participating in this year’s TGO, so I thought I’d
give you an insight into what’s in my pack and some of the gear I’ll be taking
for this year’s chal
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Mariposa 60 Rucksack Review - Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Posted by Andy Neil on Jul 29, 2022
I have been fortunate enough to hike almost 300 miles with
this pack, I first took it out on The Great Outdoor challenge, a coast-to-coast
crossing of Scotland, and also the Cleveland way, so it’s fair to say we are
well acquainted. It’s American in design, rather than the more classic European
style, so at first, it appears bulky as it has no compression straps, though
you won’t notice
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Gossamer Gear Gorilla 50 Rucksack Review - Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Posted by Danny Pearson on Jul 07, 2022
The Gorilla 40 rucksack has been in the Gossamer Gear line
up for many years and had remained largely unchanged since 2015 but was updated
for 2021. This has been the first opportunity to test the updated version, the Gorilla
50. There are several changes including:
An increase in its capacity to 50 litres (without
increasing weight, in fact we found Gorilla 50 to be slightly li
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Gossamer Gear Mariposa 60 Review - Ultralight Outdoor Gear
May 05, 2022
Gossamer Gear’s Mariposa 60 is an amazing rucksack, there
are three elements to it that make it so good;
1.It
has a feature set designed by backpackers that actually work
2.It
has a very comfortable harness system
3.It
is extremely lightweight despite 1 and 2 above.
Feature Set
On a recent trip to Switzerland backpacking the Tour of the Matterhorn we took the Mariposa for a tes
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Gossamer Gear Information Page
Mar 11, 2019
Gossamer Gear was founded by Glen Van Peski, initially as GVP gear in March 2000 then as Gossamer Gear in 2007. It all started with ultralight backpacks which Glen was making for himself, as word got around he started making them for other people, and as his reputation grew so did the company.With Gossamer Gear its always been about ultra lightweight, functionality, durability and comfort, but kee
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Trek Scotland Review - Gossamer Gear Gorilla 40
Posted by Trek Scotland on Oct 15, 2018
Gossamer Gear have built up quite a following for their ultralight packs
in recent years so we were very happy to receive the news that the
Gorilla 40 would be making its way to our base in the Cairngorms. Dubbed
as “the guru of lightness”, Gossamer Gear’s founder Glen Van Peski has
built his reputation on creating ultra-lightweight products that have a
focus on aiding trekkers throughou
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The Gossamer Gear Family
Mar 20, 2017
FAMILYWe’re the ultralight OG. For over two decades we’ve been shedding every possible gram while elevating performance, comfort, and durability. Our commitment, creativity, and grit drives our innovative pack, shelter, and trekking pole designs. We know that carrying less frees you to do more - more miles, more fun, and more awesome experiences.Glen Van Peski is a past Board member of the Pacific
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