Originally Posted by
alan s
The bike and trailer look ultraheavy to me. All that climbing gear weighs a ton. Proper UL etiquette would have been to ship it ahead to the base camp. Unless you are referring to the weight savings by not wearing a helmet?
+1.--> 240 pounds of gear is not UL. He's actually practicing ultra-self-supported which is somewhat anathema to ultra-lighters. Example: Most UL through-hikers have supplies shipped to them at mail-drops. Most UL tourers will purchase what they need, beyond the minimum essentials, on an as-needed basis, rather than carry it.