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Join hosts John Kelley and Jeremiah Stringer for an hilarious episode that discusses Glen’s new book, poop, the Crotch Pot recipe club, Appalachia accents, using backpacking umbrellas, and much more…

Join host Ray Targosz as Glen shares his extensive experience and personal journey into the world of ultralight backpacking. In this weeks episode of the Trailmark Podcast, Glen discusses the delicate balance between comfort and durability in ultralight gear design, and delves into the mindset that drives adventurers to lighten their loads.

Join globetrotting host Francis Tapon, who Glen joined briefly on his SOBO PCT thru-hike, as he talks with Glen about how reframing & recalibrating your self-assessment changes everything, Glen’s top five tips on lightening your backpacking load, and the story of Glen being in a small single-engine plane that crashed, killing the pilot, and much more!

Join host Josh Guerrero in this episode as Glen tells some of his stories from cycling across the US and from ultralight backpacking. He also talks about his journey with building Gossamer Gear, and shares his insights for aspiring entrepreneurs. Furthermore, we discuss some of the life lessons that he’s learned along the way and how they’re woven into his book, Take Less. Do More.

Glen joins his longtime friend Simon Willis on his Always Another Adventure podcast from Scotland. The last time they saw each other was 20 years ago, when Simon and his wife Liz were hiking the PCT, and Glen joined them for the first few days, after modifying their Golite Breeze packs by sewing on side pockets.

On REI’s Wild Ideas Worth Living podcast, Glen reunites with his friend host Shelby Stanger. They discuss meeting at a Girl Scout presentation, Glen’s early involvement in the outdoors, his cross-country bicycle trip in 1976, the founding of Gossamer Gear, the benefits of going lighter and how those extend into all of life, and of course… the Crotch Pot.

Ryan Jordan of BPL and Glen have a wide ranging discussion about ultralight backpacking gear, gossamer gear’s new backpack suspension, minimalism, curiosity, and more… 

Glen joins his new good friend Ryan Schlosser on his Walking and Talking podcast. We had a good time, so much fun that Ryan had to mute his mic so it didn’t pick up laughing, more than once!

Max Nijst, host of the Fearless Happyness podcast, has a free-ranging discussion with Glen about kindness, generosity, hard times, Glen’s 1976 transcontinental bike trip, happiness as a 2×2 matrix, gratitude, the value of time outdoors, and more…

In interview with Authority Magazine on Medium, Glen discusses 5 lifestyle hacks, including Subtract Instead of Add, Generosity Pays, Revise/reframe the Stories You Tell Yourself, Invest in Relationships, Write Personal Notes.

Glen joins Georgian Benta to talk about Happiness as a 2 x 2 matrix, how we can focus on things that we don’t have and also don’t want, and how a long trip in the wilderness with a very light pack engenders increased gratitude.

Glen joined Renee Patrick on her podcast Inentional Hiking: a conversation, to discuss hiking, how wilderness restores us, and to talk about what ultralight backpacking teaches us about generosity, gratitude and curiosity.

Glen Van Peski discusses the decision to donate 100% of the profits from sales of his book, managing production, when a side hustle turns into a ‘real’ business, and more.

Some people start businesses and fail. Glen Van Peski didn’t try to start a business but succeeded – serendipity. Serendipity meets you when you’re doing something you love.

On a backpacking trip through Utah’s Buckskin Gulch with ultralight gear legend Glen Van Peski, our writer learns about the Crotch Pot, an Oscar-winning actor’s anti-snoring technique, and that there’s a whole lot of shit you don’t need when you’re on the trail 1,000 miles from home

How Glen Van Peski applies his ultralight backcountry experience to a 2-week walking tour in Italy. He didn’t have to carry a sleeping bag or tent, but also wanted to look nice for the dinners in nice restaurants. Learn how he accomplished this fitting everything into a day pack, including his pocket square.

The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) is a route from Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells, New Mexico, traveling 2,700 miles along mostly gravel and dirt roads. When Glen’s neighbor proposed bikepacking 900 miles of it from the Canadian border to Jackson, Wyoming, Glen had to apply his hard-won lessons in ultralight backpacking to bikepacking. Since the last time he camped on a bike was when he rode 4200 miles across the U.S. in 1976, he had a lot of catchup to do before departure.

Backpacker Radio interview of Gossamer Gear founder Glen Van Peski. We learn all about the origins of Gossamer Gear, about some of Glen’s proudest gear innovations (including the crotch pot), and how he’s been able to achieve a three pound base pack weight.

It had always been a dream of Glen’s to head into the backcountry for a 3-day trip with only a lumbar pack. A chance meeting at Outdoor Retailer in the Mountainsmith booth put the wheels in motion for just such a trip.

The New York Times looks at ultralight backpacking.

A conversation walking along a dusty road in Tuscany gives renowned investment advisor Alexander Green a different way to think about retirement.