If you you find yourself saying "Hey, thats a dazzling idea," to more than one of the following, you might be an ultralight backpacker. They are collected from various lightweight backpacking forums. For those of you that dont share our passion for ultralight backpacking, let me explain that these are funny, but also mostly true stories.

You Just Might Be An Ultralight Backpacker If...

- Your wifes purse holds more stuff than your backpack.

- You pack light for a family trip to Grandmas house.

- You utilize the fruit scales in Walmart to determine the weight of a possible new piece of gear.

- At home you make use of just 4 toilet paper squares, to "practice".

- You read that last one and say, "toilet paper?"

- You have no idea what the title , scale or contour interval of your map is because