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A minimal overnight kit laid out on a lichen-covered rock: a small pack, trail running shoes, a quilt, a rolled tarp, folded trekking poles and a titanium pot

What is fastpacking?

It's trail running crossed with ultralight backpacking: a multi-day route covered with a pack you can run in. What you give up to move that light, and whether it's for you.

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