Live Ultralight Podcast | Backpacking, Travel, and Adventure

The Live Ultralight Podcast is all about inspiring you to get outdoors and teaching you how to lighten your pack so you can go on more adventures. We largely focus on backpacking and things that are interesting to backpackers, but occasionally we delve into other adventure and travel topics as well. In addition, we aim to feature interesting and inspiring guests all around the backpacking, travel, and adventure space.

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EP 9 - Behind the Trip - Winter Trip

*Giveaway* Today we sit down to do an internal episode about our recent team backpacking trip. We discuss what gear worked well and what we would change next time we head out in the winter. Stay tuned until the end to find out how to enter our giveaway. If you would like to help us spread the word about the live ultralight lifestyle please give us a 5-star review and tell your friends to subscribe. We're available on Apple podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, and every major listening app.

Apr 23, 2019•59 min

EP 8 - Levi Pendleton, SUU Outdoors Coordinator teaches us how to climb Denali

On today’s episode, we sit down to chat with Levi Pendleton. Levi, a previous whitewater rafting guide in the Grand Canyon, Moab and Jackson Hole, ski patroller in New Zealand and now an overall outdoor enthusiast who currently works at Southern Utah University as the coordinator of SUU Outdoors. We spend time talking about some of his ultimate adventure stories that come from being a member of a Rescue Team in Denali National Park in Alaska. We focus in on understanding what it takes to climb a...

Apr 16, 2019•1 hr 20 min

EP 7 - Brian from Colorado Backcountry Adventures teaches us how to live full time on the road.

On today's we talk with Brian from Colorado Backcountry Adventures. He tells us how he escaped the corporate world to live full time on the road. He tells us how he can live for free by volunteering on our Public Lands. We talk about how to plan financially for living on the road full time. Brian recorded from a remote location in Bear Ears National monument so please excuse the sound quality for the first half of the show. https://www.coloradobackcountryadventures.com/ If you would like to help...

Apr 09, 2019•58 min

EP 6 - Devin Karch Teaches us how to plan your PCT & AT Hikes.

On today's episode we sit down with Devin Karch also know by his trail name of @DarwinTheHiker. He talks about falling in love with the AT at the age of 3. We talk about the differences in hiking the PCT vs the AT and how to plan financially for 6 months on the trail. He also tells a story about his brief run-in with Whitney Houston and how he wound up in the backseat of a strangers car with an enormous pit bull while on the trail. https://travelandtrail.com/ If you would like to help us spread ...

Mar 26, 2019•1 hr 9 min

EP 5 - Ryan Scavo Teaches us how to Adventure with Children.

On today's episode, we’re joined by Ryan Scavo). Ryan is a photographer, freelance writer, outdoorswoman and proud mountain mama, who sat down to talk with us about how to incorporate adventure into every aspect of your life--including parenthood. She gives advice on not giving up the outdoors while expecting, and how to continue adventuring as a family by setting realistic goals and expectations for taking the little ones along. She also talks about how to acquire used gear and what works best ...

Mar 12, 2019•36 min

EP 4 - How We Design Products

GIVEAWAY WINNERS ANNOUNCED! On today's episode, we discuss how we design our products at Outoorvitals. Tayson walks us through every aspect of the design process from the idea phase to the finished product. We'll do a deep dive into our newest one person tent and tell you how you can get it on a deep discount for being one of our listeners. We also announce our pillow giveaway winners. Learn more and subscribe at www.liveultralight.com

Mar 05, 2019•55 min

EP 3 - Sintax77 Teaches us how to camp better in the winter

On today's episode, we talk with Syntax77 about how he acquired gear for this first backpacking trip to now filming multi-day winter adventures in the White Mountains of New Hamshire. In this episode, we’ll learn how he got started on YouTube. His preferred shelter system when camping solo in subzero temperatures, how Tayson handles spiders crawling on his face at night and much more. If you like the episode please hit the subscribe button to get more amazing content in the future!

Feb 19, 2019•55 min

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