As we put together to welcome in 2023, we’re taking time to look again at the place we’ve traveled. Particularly, we’re taking a look at the place the world-renowned Gentle Ft weblog has taken us over these final 12 months. 

Our purpose is to make Gentle Ft our group’s go-to vacation spot for uplifting interviews with outside fanatics, helpful suggestions and tips for the path, adventuresome tales from the backcountry, useful gear highlights, and all issues light-weight backpacking. Due to visitor contributors, knowledgeable interviews, and our top-shelf, in-house artistic brainstorming workforce, we’ve printed some fairly enjoyable content material this 12 months, if we do say so ourselves.

To find out the most effective Gentle Ft blogs from 2022, we used a extremely scientific course of that concerned wanting on the variety of views every of our articles received this 12 months and mixing that with an total vibe examine. Following this thorough assessment, we’re excited to current you with the highest 15 Gentle Ft weblog posts from 2022!

New to thru-hiking? Seeking to undertake a number of methods so as to add extra ease to your hikes? This 12 months, we detailed 5 nice path hacks for newbie thru-hikers. The weblog additionally discusses several types of path hacks and varied methods you possibly can study new ones.

Some issues by no means change. Certainly one of this stuff, it seems, is that hikers certain appear to love to speak about pooping within the woods. This 12 months, we printed a three-part interview collection with pelvic flooring bodily therapist, Dr. Lauren Trosch, PT, DPT. Whereas readers additionally loved the interviews about peeing on path and postpartum climbing, Dr. Trosch’s perception on backcountry bowel actions proved to be the preferred of the three.

It appears like lots of you had been enthusiastic about discovering some solitude within the wilderness this 12 months. Our suggestions and tips for solo climbing had been a success with the Gossamer Gear group. We hope you all had some beautiful and protected solo hikes!

Regardless of how properly you propose your backpacking journey, rain finally appears to seek out all of us. We lined the variations between pack liners and pack covers for preserving your gear dry on moist days. This weblog may help you determine whether or not our light-weight pack liner is perhaps a very good choice in your subsequent journey.

We had a hunch that lots of you had been feeling torn between the Gorilla 50 and the Mariposa 60. Given the visitors to this weblog, it appears we had been proper! In the event you’re seeking to spend your vacation present playing cards on a brand new pack for 2023, be certain to take a look at this weblog for an in depth overview of the similarities and variations between these two in style packs.

The winter months don’t preserve our group inside! A lot of you learn our information to chilly climate layering to be sure you can keep heat whereas adventuring in the course of the chilly months. We will’t wait to see your whole snowy summit selfies in 2023!

We interviewed filmmakers Carlo Nasisse and Maria Luisa Santos, in addition to thru-hiker extraordinaire Heather “Anish” Anderson, about their launch of The Ghost. This quick movie supplies an intimate exploration of Heather’s private journey from unknown hiker to the holder of a few of the most coveted information within the climbing world.

Anybody else have “be higher about staying hydrated” on their 2023 checklist of recent 12 months’s resolutions? A number of you “drank” this weblog proper up in 2022. In the event you want a “refresher,” give it one other learn for the brand new 12 months. Okay, okay, we’ve quenched our thirst with all of the water puns.

Begin your new 12 months’s decision to apply mindfulness off proper with a re-read of our suggestions for quieting your thoughts whereas on path. We supplied some concepts for the right way to tune into your environment extra whereas climbing throughout occasions whenever you might need a busy thoughts.

Throughout Psychological Well being Consciousness Month this 12 months, we welcomed a dialog about post-trail despair. With a number of nice perception from our model ambassadors, we shared extra data on what post-trail despair is, its widespread causes, and suggestions for assuaging it. We’re hopeful that this may be only one piece of an ongoing dialogue about this widespread expertise. By bringing it to gentle, we may help carry it collectively and keep in mind we’re not alone.

We kicked off a collection this 12 months about what it’s like being an out of doors content material creator. In our first interview, we chatted with our personal Michelle Zhang about her expertise as a model ambassador. We’ve additionally chatted with Treeline Assessment’s editor-in-chief, Liz Thomas, about her path to changing into a gear reviewer. Keep tuned to the LIght Ft weblog in 2022 for extra interviews within the collection!

We chatted with Josie Kinney over at Rugged Thread to study extra in regards to the firm’s mission and imaginative and prescient for the way forward for gear restore. This was a enjoyable interview for us since we’re pumped about our ongoing partnership with Rugged Thread and our shared dedication to sustainability.

One factor is evident: all of us love cute images of canines climbing. This 12 months, we had an lovable visitor submission to the Gentle Ft weblog from Bailey Bremner about how she makes use of her Gossamer Gear climbing umbrella for her canine whereas on path. It’s the cutest use of our umbrella to this point. Do you could have images of your canine doing cute issues on path with Gossamer Gear merchandise? In that case, we can not underscore this sufficient: PLEASE SEND PHOTOS.

Our personal Nancy East printed a memoir about setting the quickest identified time for the Smokies 900 referred to as Chasing the Smokies Moon. We requested if she’d be keen to share her perception from the writing course of with our group since we all know lots of you could have nice tales to inform too. This superb weblog is the end result. In the event you’re seeking to write your individual outside journey story, be certain to take a look at her suggestions!

We like to comply with most of the girls within the outside business who usually are not solely taking over their very own unimaginable feats, however encouraging others to do the identical. This weblog goals to assist readers reinvigorate their Instagram feeds, discover some inspiration for his or her subsequent outside adventures, and join with an inclusive outside group by sharing 9 girls within the open air to comply with.

Thank You and Comfortable New 12 months!

From all of us at Gossamer Gear, we wish to specific how a lot we recognize you being part of our group. You made the journey an excellent one this 12 months and we’re excited to get to maintain climbing with you into the grand vistas of the longer term. We want everybody comfortable trails in 2023!

Be sure that to share your adventures with us by tagging tagging Gossamer Gear on social media (@gossamergear) and utilizing the hashtag #takelessdomore. And when you’ve got an thought for a visitor weblog, be happy to achieve out to korrin@gossamergear.com!