As we put together to welcome in 2023, we’re taking time to look again at the place we’ve traveled. Specifically, we’re the place the world-renowned Light Feet weblog has taken us over these final 12 months.
Our aim is to make Light Feet our group’s go-to vacation spot for uplifting interviews with out of doors lovers, helpful suggestions and tips for the path, adventuresome tales from the backcountry, useful gear highlights, and all issues light-weight backpacking. Thanks to visitor contributors, knowledgeable interviews, and our top-shelf, in-house inventive brainstorming staff, we’ve revealed some fairly enjoyable content material this 12 months, if we do say so ourselves.
To decide the most effective Light Feet blogs from 2022, we used a extremely scientific course of that concerned trying on the variety of views every of our articles received this 12 months and mixing that with an total vibe examine. Following this thorough overview, we’re excited to current you with the highest 15 Light Feet weblog posts from 2022!
New to thru-hiking? Looking to undertake just a few methods so as to add extra ease to your hikes? This 12 months, we detailed 5 nice path hacks for newbie thru-hikers. The weblog additionally discusses various kinds of path hacks and numerous methods you may be taught new ones.
Some issues by no means change. One of this stuff, it seems, is that hikers positive appear to love to speak about pooping within the woods. This 12 months, we revealed a three-part interview collection with pelvic ground bodily therapist, Dr. Lauren Trosch, PT, DPT. While readers additionally loved the interviews about peeing on path and postpartum mountaineering, Dr. Trosch’s perception on backcountry bowel actions proved to be the preferred of the three.
It appears to be like like a lot of you have been inquisitive about discovering some solitude within the wilderness this 12 months. Our suggestions and tips for solo mountaineering have been successful with the Gossamer Gear group. We hope you all had some pretty and secure solo hikes!
No matter how effectively you propose your backpacking journey, rain ultimately appears to seek out all of us. We lined the variations between pack liners and pack covers for protecting your gear dry on moist days. This weblog will help you determine whether or not our light-weight pack liner is perhaps an excellent choice on your subsequent journey.
We had a hunch that a lot of you have been feeling torn between the Gorilla 50 and the Mariposa 60. Given the visitors to this weblog, it appears we have been proper! If you’re trying to spend your vacation reward playing cards on a brand new pack for 2023, ensure that to take a look at this weblog for an in depth overview of the similarities and variations between these two in style packs.
The winter months don’t maintain our group inside! Many of you learn our information to chilly climate layering to be sure you can keep heat whereas adventuring in the course of the chilly months. We can’t wait to see your entire snowy summit selfies in 2023!
We interviewed filmmakers Carlo Nasisse and Maria Luisa Santos, in addition to thru-hiker extraordinaire Heather “Anish” Anderson, about their launch of The Ghost. This quick movie supplies an intimate exploration of Heather’s private journey from unknown hiker to the holder of among the most coveted information within the mountaineering world.
Anyone else have “be better about staying hydrated” on their 2023 checklist of latest 12 months’s resolutions? Lots of you “drank” this weblog proper up in 2022. If you want a “refresher,” give it one other learn for the brand new 12 months. Ok, okay, we’ve quenched our thirst with all of the water puns.
Start your new 12 months’s decision to apply mindfulness off proper with a re-read of our suggestions for quieting your thoughts whereas on path. We provided some concepts for methods to tune into your environment extra whereas mountaineering throughout instances while you may need a busy thoughts.
During Mental Health Awareness Month this 12 months, we welcomed a dialog about post-trail melancholy. With numerous nice perception from our model ambassadors, we shared extra data on what post-trail melancholy is, its widespread causes, and suggestions for assuaging it. We’re hopeful that this may be only one piece of an ongoing dialogue about this widespread expertise. By bringing it to mild, we will help carry it collectively and keep in mind we’re not alone.
We kicked off a collection this 12 months about what it’s like being an out of doors content material creator. In our first interview, we chatted with our personal Michelle Zhang about her expertise as a model ambassador. We’ve additionally chatted with Treeline Review’s editor-in-chief, Liz Thomas, about her path to turning into a gear reviewer. Stay tuned to the LIght Feet weblog in 2022 for extra interviews within the collection!
We chatted with Josie Kinney over at Rugged Thread to be taught extra concerning the firm’s mission and imaginative and prescient for the way forward for gear restore. This was a enjoyable interview for us since we’re pumped about our ongoing partnership with Rugged Thread and our shared dedication to sustainability.
One factor is evident: all of us love cute images of canines mountaineering. This 12 months, we had an cute visitor submission to the Light Feet weblog from Bailey Bremner about how she makes use of her Gossamer Gear mountaineering umbrella for her canine whereas on path. It’s the cutest use of our umbrella up to now. Do you’ve got images of your canine doing cute issues on path with Gossamer Gear merchandise? If so, we can not underscore this sufficient: PLEASE SEND PHOTOS.
Our personal Nancy East revealed a memoir about setting the quickest recognized time for the Smokies 900 referred to as Chasing the Smokies Moon. We requested if she’d be prepared to share her perception from the writing course of with our group since we all know a lot of you’ve got nice tales to inform too. This wonderful weblog is the consequence. If you’re trying to write your individual out of doors journey story, ensure that to take a look at her suggestions!
We like to comply with lots of the ladies within the out of doors trade who are usually not solely taking up their very own unimaginable feats, however encouraging others to do the identical. This weblog goals to assist readers reinvigorate their Instagram feeds, discover some inspiration for his or her subsequent out of doors adventures, and join with an inclusive out of doors group by sharing 9 ladies within the outdoor to comply with.
Thank You and Happy New Year!
From all of us at Gossamer Gear, we need to specific how a lot we recognize you being part of our group. You made the journey an excellent one this 12 months and we’re excited to get to maintain mountaineering with you into the grand vistas of the longer term. We want everybody completely happy trails in 2023!
Make positive to share your adventures with us by tagging tagging Gossamer Gear on social media (@gossamergear) and utilizing the hashtag #takelessdomore. And in case you have an thought for a visitor weblog, be happy to achieve out to korrin@gossamergear.com!