Dear Santa,
This year I was especially nice. I found the light side, left behind my Meindl boots and Gregory 80 l backpack, learned about quilts, torso pads, down socks for sleeping and am thinking about getting a packraft. Anyway. To make the switch to ultralight backpacking, the
Gossamer Gear Murmur would be awesome. It has a big enough volume to fit all my new lightweight gear, has a nice front mesh pocket, two side pockets and the blue colour means I will always see it easily. In case I have a bit more gear with me - I'm still in transition, after all - the pack can expand the volume a bit with a cinch closure to keep things inside dry.
So, as I said in the video, leave a comment with a photo of your current backpack to enter the raffle for this pack. You have till twelve o'clock Finnish time, and I then will update the post with the winner in the afternoon.
Good luck!
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UPDATE I
12 o'clock Finnish time was the time limit, amigos! So Simon Tranter is the last one who is in on this one, sorry [The time frame is 6 am to 12 am (noon) Finnish time, though I think I might need to expand it on the next posts. Maybe till 3 pm. See tomorrow then]. I will now check the entries on this one, delete double posts and then throw the numbers in random.org. Check back in a while!
UPDATE II
Wow, you guys rock! 86 comments, plenty of cool packs & stories, many, many thanks! The next post goes online tomorrow at 6 am, so get ready for Door II!
And the winner is...
Aleksi Määttä - Congratulations! Please get in touch via
Email, you got till tomorrow 15 o'clock to get in touch otherwise it goes to the second in line!
Disclaimer & Rules
Dear Santa,
This year I was especially nice. I found the light side, left behind my Meindl boots and Gregory 80 l backpack, learned about quilts, torso pads, down socks for sleeping and am thinking about getting a packraft. Anyway. To make the switch to ultralight backpacking, the
Gossamer Gear Murmur would be awesome. It has a big enough volume to fit all my new lightweight gear, has a nice front mesh pocket, two side pockets and the blue colour means I will always see it easily. In case I have a bit more gear with me - I'm still in transition, after all - the pack can expand the volume a bit with a cinch closure to keep things inside dry.
So, as I said in the video, leave a comment with a photo of your current backpack to enter the raffle for this pack. You have till twelve o'clock Finnish time, and I then will update the post with the winner in the afternoon.
Good luck!
---
UPDATE I
12 o'clock Finnish time was the time limit, amigos! So Simon Tranter is the last one who is in on this one, sorry [The time frame is 6 am to 12 am (noon) Finnish time, though I think I might need to expand it on the next posts. Maybe till 3 pm. See tomorrow then]. I will now check the entries on this one, delete double posts and then throw the numbers in random.org. Check back in a while!
UPDATE II
Wow, you guys rock! 86 comments, plenty of cool packs & stories, many, many thanks! The next post goes online tomorrow at 6 am, so get ready for Door II!
And the winner is...
Aleksi Määttä - Congratulations! Please get in touch via
Email, you got till tomorrow 15 o'clock to get in touch otherwise it goes to the second in line!
Disclaimer & Rules
Advent Calendar - Door One
The Golite JAM2 is my only pack, and it's really too big for my short trips. Murmur would be nice!
ReplyDeleteWell here's a well-loved Mariposa Plus looking for a younger brother:
ReplyDeleteSWEET! I have been wanting one of these for the last couple of months...and when I went to buy one they were out and waiting on the new model to come in. Today I actually picked up a RikSak and a SitLite pad from them though...so this definitely gets my attention...
ReplyDeleteI will leave a pic of my latest pack, the Six Moon Designs Swift...
Old pack that I got off of craigslist (packed for two weeks in Europe in this photo). Would love to upgrade. Thanks for a great blog.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely need to downsize this behemoth monster to the Murmur!
ReplyDeleteHere is my home-made Ray Way backpack.
ReplyDeleteLet's try this again. Would love to update this pack. Even though it's done Mt. Whitney and the High Sierra Trail on a 10 day solo trip. Ahh memories. . .
ReplyDeleteklättermusen granit 2,8kg 100l
ReplyDeleteööööööööööööööööööhhhhhhhhhhöhöhhhhhhöhhhhhhhhhhhhhh up the mountain huaaaaaaiiiiiiiiöööööööö
and there's snow in the pic yihaa
My current Pack, a Gregory Z55, has served me well but it'd be nice to move into a frameless pack.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea Hendrik, looking forward to it unfolding.
ReplyDeletePictured are all nine of my current packs in a pile this evening. Everything from an 11 liter Black Diamond Bbee to my MYOG ~80 liter North Fork pack.
I like my Mammut Trion for ski touring but would be stoked with a GG for hiking, cheers Tom
ReplyDeleteMy current pack, a REI Venturi 40. This is my one and only pack and is a great pack but sadly nowhere near UL. As I don't have a Ultralight pack at all a GG Murmur would be a welcome addition to my gear!!
ReplyDeletei love my ULA OHM but at summer it is a bit big ...so this one can be the summer-pack :) //zeth
ReplyDeleteMe and my ultra heavy backpack in 2009 and 18 kg in total !!!! ..... to defend this it contains also a complete set of climbing gear, tent, sleeping bag, food for 2 weeks and winter clothes. But wow 18 kg .... what was I thinking.
ReplyDeleteI know it isn't ul, but I still have fond memories of my very comfortable Gregory forester. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1xfAXsrnQdVAV06YX7rWqg?feat=directlink
ReplyDeleteWell, Winston Churchill is loving my HMG Windrider Southwest pack, but what about Obama? I reckon the President would really rock in the Gossamer Gear Murmur!
ReplyDeleteThis is my current daypack. Custom oversized Torre....I'm not kidding.
ReplyDeleteMy current backpack from Halti. Meant as a bird hunter's daybag. Feather-light and small as are my catches.
ReplyDeleteA picture of me on a recent hike on the AT with my mariposa
ReplyDeleteplus. My mariposa plus was my first
ultralight pack and is my favorite pack, but its volume is slightly too big for
most of my 3 season use.
My Osprey talon 22. More for bikepacking than backpacking.
ReplyDeleteMy current pack, an Arc`teryx Naos -> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Z8tkqvsLCN397q-4fmi8_9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=embedwebsite .
ReplyDeleteMy big and slightly heavy Berghaus Extreme 80 l backpack (and the kids' smaller backpacks).
ReplyDeleteMy Osprey exos 58 pack, depicting the first snow in august last year at Kungsleden, Sweden
ReplyDeleteMy Gregory Palisade 80 (and Hello Kitty) near Pheriche, Nepal on Route to Everest Base Camp.
ReplyDeleteVery nice price, I thought the packs would come at the end. :) I'd love to play with the Murmur; still, I actually don't need yet another pack so I'll skip this one. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, it hurts to say that. Be tough, don't give in..
Goodluck to everyone, a fine ul pack!
Awesome idea this calendar, Hendrik!. My current pack is Lightwave Ultrahike. Photo taken this a couple of months ago.
ReplyDeleteHeavy stuff, Haglöfs OXO 75.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/41885997@N08/5707457782/
ReplyDeleteCurrent backpack : Lightwave wildtrek 60, not a great picture of the backpack but only one I could find
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/flyapen/4918287265/
Aarn Featherlite Freedom
ReplyDeleteThis is me with my Granite Gear Vapor trail at Jämtland, Sweden. After some days with a lot of rain we finally got a day with clear blue sky. Awesome day that we enjoyed every minute of!!
ReplyDeleteSo didn't have a great pic of me hiking with my backpack, this is one of me heading off interrailing over the summer with some friends. Did go to Switzerland however and hike up one of the mountains there, in the snow, in the summer, absolutely incredible! Thanks for putting on this competition Hendrik, amazing idea, been reading your blog for some time now and must say it's definitely some of the best reading on the internet! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteOh and it's a Lowe Alpine Nanon 50:60
ReplyDeleteGreat opening! :-)
ReplyDeletekeep the interesting gear reports and hiking stories coming! Here's my Dakine Poacher, not exactly a hiking pack to begin with.
ReplyDeleteMy Golite Pinnacle in Sweden this summer. Was a very nice trip, but the backpack was a bit to oversized :-) Something smaller and lighter would be great for future trips, which are shorter and with lighter gear.
ReplyDeleteOsprey
ReplyDeleteArgon
110.
I Know
It's huge!
But I'm willing
to Go frameless.
I just made my
own down quilt!
Currently using an MYOG backpack inspired by the murmur.
ReplyDeleteHere is me with my ULA OHM on far right of the picture, good picture of some other packs too ,one lightweight and one classic packused a lot here in Australia
ReplyDeleteThis is my Marpiosa Plus (Bottom left of the picture), just before starting the GR20 in Corsica.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy it and find it very comfortable, but I'd love to have a go at the murmur as well.
Awsome Hendrik,
ReplyDeletethis is me with my Golite Jam entering the Torrent de Parais on Mallorca.
No backpack is better than my current Laufbursche HuckePäckchen, well at least for me.. ;-) What I'm gonna do if I win the Murmur? Use it as a weekend pack for short trips because I want my HuckePäckchen to last forever on the long ones...
ReplyDeleteYoull se my Finnish army border patrol & scout pack M/85 here :
ReplyDeletehttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jyt0wM2_QOA/TUFuWp8eTSI/AAAAAAAAAzk/5CtbP0pJGGM/s1600/reppu+sivusta.jpg
Looks good immediately. You rarely any axes here, and if the pack has a name like "poacher".... :)
ReplyDeleteI was goin to get that pack once too, as i like that super silent cloth it has, which is a big Plus during hunting for any game, but it was too small, i mean the straps are too short for me.Other than that, it would have been nice pack.
ReplyDeleteI only discovered this blog a couple of weeks ago. I'm glad I did! A good blog with consistent updates is rare. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteMy current pack is an Osprey Argon 70. It's nowhere near ultralight, but it sure is nice to have when you go on long (2 weeks or more) trips where you have to carry all your food.
This is my G4 after my last trip.. got it as i started the transition from heavy to lightweight backpacking. Now its way to big for 3-Season Trips but still very good in winter :-) the Murmur would be nice for most of my 3-Season trips!
ReplyDeleteI'm still enjoying my Haglofs Limerick 45. Hoping it can fit all my winter kit in.
ReplyDeleteDam you automatically spell. Still a limerick pack would be cool. There once was a backpacker called.... :-)
ReplyDeleteMy current pack is a GG Mariposa Plus. Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteThat's nice! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is me wearing my generic Quechua (Decathlon brand) 70l pack while walking the West Highland Way last year. Not the most high-tech pack out there, but it served its purpose.
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to get lightweight and bought several 30l packs (Deuter and Jack Wolfskin), but they weigh almost as much as the full 70l pack. So a true lightweight pack would be most welcome.
The backpack I use on most of my trips is a Lowe Alpine Cerro Torre TFX7. This picture was taken somewhere on the Hardangervidda in Norway.
ReplyDeletemy winterbackpack is a light big drybag that i just strap to my golite jam(old one) and a childrens sled to make a nice light pulksystem, that way i can drag it all after me, or have it on my back in skechy stuff or have the light jam for summits or climbing.
ReplyDelete2 pics to see the jam(ok 3). best pack yet!
One off my packs. Golite ION
ReplyDeleteOne off my packs. Golite ION.
ReplyDeleteHei Hendrik! my current backpack is a Bach, good one for almost five years now.. so it's time for a new! ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm the person on the right in the pic, strolling the GR20... :)
Thats me with my GoLite Jam 2 descending from the Puig de L'Ofre at Mallorca
ReplyDeleteWho is that good looking (bad smelling ) guy next to you? ;-)
ReplyDeleteI am currently using Osprey Aether 70l (which weights about 2kg), which was great improvement over my old Fjällräven Fox 80+10l, which weights 3.7kg (http://matka.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Juha/Suomi/Birgitan+Polku/Houkkalammi+5183.jpg/small)
ReplyDeleteI would have to do lot of downsizing, before I would be able to fit my Hilleberg Nallo, Trangia etc. into Murmur, but I would love the challenge :)
Hey man !
ReplyDeleteFantastic site as always, here's my pack, the Haglofs LM 45, a few years old now and coming apart in places!
One of the 2 packs I use for multiday trips, a Golite Jam. This pack I use in Winter, the rest of the year it's normally an OMM Calssic 32L.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately this is the only picture I could find of my packs on my phone (due to time limit).
Excellent idea this Hendrik :-)
This is my back pack. Its the green Gregory Ariel 50. (the blue back pack was my friends, who couldn't take the load after taking a tumble on her ankle. She made me pose for a photo when we got down off the hill.)
ReplyDeleteThis is my back pack. Its the green Gregory Ariel 50. (the blue back pack was my friends, who couldn't take the load after taking a tumble on her ankle. She made me pose for a photo when we got down off the hill. If I win, I may be inclined to give her my gregory, that blue 70L was a beast)
ReplyDeleteMy favourite packs old and new :-)
ReplyDeleteGossamer Gear Mariposa Plus (retired) and the Laufbursche huckePack (in use)
Forgot to post the pic...
ReplyDeleteas I said ...favourite pack at the moment Laufbursche huckePack
My current pack's an OMM Clssic 32 - been very happy with it so far. :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is my tatty old Berghaus Arete 45, with lots cut off and a MYOG mesh pocket.
ReplyDeleteNice initiative Hendrik, thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'd enjoy the Murmur, to be able to go lighter then i can today.
My current pack is a MLD Super Exodus, which I modified slightly, but it still weighs around 800 grams.
somewhere in the Djebel Sarhro, Morocco.
ReplyDeleteI need a little blue brother, my GG Mariposa Plus is toooo big...
ReplyDeleteI know I have an old Golite pinnacle but you cant have too many packs
ReplyDeleteHi Hendrik
ReplyDeleteThe advent calendar is a great idea- I look forward to seeing what the prizes will be each day!
Daniel
This is my Golite Jam. I love the pack. I could love another one too....lighter. Thanks
ReplyDeletegreat idea, Santa's helper!
ReplyDeleteHere I am with the go lite pinnacle in garish red, too big for me now for anything other than treks. The murmur looks like a good next step
that good looking, fast running guy IN FRONT OF me...?
ReplyDeletedon't know, must be any stranger i luckily got to know better somehow..
had a great time!
And here is mine. :) Shot in a german train from Frankfurt Airport – coming home from a 350 klicks sea to sea crossing of the scottish lowlands.
ReplyDeleteHi
ReplyDeleteLove your blog! I realise I'm probably too late, but I thought I'd share anyway. Here's my Vango (unknown model, lost in the mists of time) from 1978 and still going strong, apart from the plastic lining finally disintegrating :( It weighs 1554g - that must have been SSUUL for the time! Main top section, smaller undersection and two side pockets.
I think Darren is carrying me and my rucksack in his one...... :)
I'm not sure if you meant 12 noon or 12 midnight, but since I've only just got on my computer today, I thought I'd send a reply anyway.
ReplyDeleteThis is me two weeks ago at Loch Hourn with my heavy Berghaus (65 litres, I think).
High up in the Pyrennes Mountains
ReplyDeleteMy Circuit and my son's camelbak mini-mule.
ReplyDeleteMy pack next to the Vignemale, Pyrenees. Osprey kestrel 38
ReplyDeleteMy EMS Summit pack from a recent week-long on the Long Trail in VT, USA. Too heavy!
ReplyDeleteMy current UL Pack - ULA Catalyst!
ReplyDeleteMaybe too late but who knows :) Murmur looks like a sweet weekend pack for my current gear. currently Osprey Stratos 24
ReplyDeleteoops.. there's my pic
ReplyDeleteHMG windrider
ReplyDeleteThis is my: it's a MYOG allday and hiking backpack made from X-Pac
ReplyDeletehttp://shop.nature-base.de/pack.jpg
70 l ext frame Halti from last millenium... :)
ReplyDeleteGG Gorilla in Alps this june
ReplyDeleteEven if it's to late, this is my Black Beauty, a Laufbursche huckePACK all black made of XPac.
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