[pct-l] RE : Our European Buddies and Ultra Light Gear

[csxii at schizoaffective.org]

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:52:52 +0100 (CET), soulas cyrille
<cyrillesoulas at yahoo.fr> had this to say:

[snip]
>I lke very much those "little" compagnies you have in
>the US, like ULA, Gossamer, Six moon, Tarptent,
>Western Mountaineering...we dont have this kind of
>smart thru-hiker oriented compagnies, you are very
>lucky cause hiking lite is an accesible reallity, here
>it's still a luxury, iam lucky enough to spend 3
>months per year in the US, so i can buy everything i
>need...besides, many hikers start to make their own
>ultra lite gear here, the US market is very inspiring
>for us, actually my only french peace of gear is my
>Bic lighter...!
>
>French Bob


Even in the US if you want to go Ultra light you're better off making a lot
of your own stuff.