Brigid Yared
Brigid Yared joined The Hiker's Headlamp after Brigid's ultralight hiking apprenticeship. As The Hiker's Headlamp's heresy columnist, Brigid Yared follows ultralight hiking claims into their logged results.
Articles by Brigid Yared
Hiker Discovers New Trail Only to Learn It's Just a Deer Path to Nowhere
The 'previously unmapped route' turned out to be a three-mile deer commute ending at a pond where the deer presumably drink water and judge hikers.
Ultralight Hiker Replaces Tent With Positive Thinking
The thru-hiker shaved 2.3 pounds from his base weight by eliminating shelter entirely and 'just believing really hard that it won't rain.'
PCT Hiker Discovers $300 Rain Jacket Is Not, Technically, Waterproof
The 'water-resistant' fine print, buried in paragraph nine of the product description, has prompted the hiker to describe Gore-Tex as 'a faith-based technology.'