Dear Santa,

I feel my backpack could need a bit more order. You see, while the enlightened beings recommend to pack your rucksack in the fluffy cloud style, I find the mess this creates terrible. Cuben stuff sacks weigh mere grams and allow me to pack my gear waterproof and tidy in my pack. How great is it that LITEMOUNTAINGEAR has some wonderful black cuben stuff sacks, which allow me to keep law and order in my backpack! Drop three of them in my stockings, will ya?

Best,


- An aspiring UL-Backpacker




Leave a photo with the various gear you plan to stuff in your new cuben stuff sacks!

UPDATE I

Excuse the delay in announcing the winner - I was abroad and out of town till yesterday night.

And the winner is... Daniel Müller - Congratulations! Please contact me via Email, you got till tomorrow 15 o'clock to get in touch otherwise it goes to the second in line! Thanks everyone else, see you tomorrow at 6 AM!

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Dear Santa,

Alcohol in winter just doesn't cut it. Half as efficient as butane gas and gasoline, it is high-time to put a liquid gas stove on my wish list. Browsing through the Bergfreunde website, I saw the Edelrid Opilio - at 170 gram one of the lightest gas stoves on the market. A nice big pan support gives even big pots in winter enough support, and its 3 kW output power means there's some serious power there to melt snow and boil water! 3 minutes for boiling a liter of water ain't shabby, and means I can eat and drink a hot cup of cacao a lot quicker. It'd be swell if you drop one of them in my stockings, because the 20+ minutes it takes my alcohol stove to make a bit of snow lukewarm just puts me closer to hypothermia then a warm meal.

Best,


- An aspiring UL-Backpacker








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UPDATE I

Suspension is killing you.

It kills you till Tuesday.

UPDATE II

Excuse the delay in announcing the winner - I was abroad and out of town till yesterday night.

And the winner is... Eugeneius - Congratulations! Please contact me via Email, you got till tomorrow 15 o'clock to get in touch otherwise it goes to the second in line! Thanks everyone else, see you tomorrow at 6 AM!

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Dear Santa,

with my foray into climbing and mountaineering the needs from a backpack have changed a bit. See, in the mountains there's rocks, made of stone - granite, sandstone et al. Hard materials, which can be tough on materials. So for my Alpine & Mountaineering adventures, I reckon I'd be better off with a backpack which is made of slightly more durable materials than silnylon and cuben. Osprey makes some sweet backpacks, and their new Mutant 28 pack looks like it just made for what I had in mind. Light, enough space for a luxurious dayhike or a multiday alpine adventure, the pack can hold my ice axes, has two hydration hose exits, a floating lid with a lid pocket which can be completely removed and a mighty comfy backpanel as well as a superb compression system.

Best,


- An aspiring UL-Backpacker







Leave a photo of all the (climbing/ ice climbing/ mountaineering) gear you plan to carry in the Mutant 28 if you win it. The pack is a Size Medium - it be good coincidence if you're too!

UPDATE I

Small update folks: You also can post a photo of the gear (not climbing/ mountaineering) you would use the pack with - this makes it hopefully more attractive to many of you =)

UPDATE II

Suspension is killing you.

It kills you till Tuesday.

UPDATE III

Excuse the delay in announcing the winners - I was out abroad and out of town till yesterday night.

And the winner is... Visa Jokelainen - Congratulations! Please contact me via Email, you got till tomorrow 15 o'clock to get in touch otherwise it goes to the second in line! Thanks everyone else, see you tomorrow at 6 AM!



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