This is the first podcast from the four part series recorded at the 2012 Outdoor Show in Friedrichshafen and based around the topic of Lightweight interests. We discuss the range of sleeping pads and other inflatable ideas with Cory Tholl from www.klymit.com including the Inertia X Frame, Static V Pad, Air Beam Pack Frame, Cush Seat Pillow. Trekking umbrellas have an ever increasing following across Europe and beyond so Jurgen Brotz introduces us to a couple of new almost unbreakable items and explains the attachment system which works with any rucksack with a hipbelt. www.euroschirm.com Exped is a well known brand, but in the UK not many would associate them with lightweight rucksacks, however the new Lightening range looks it will change all this, and probably in a big way for the average hiker who wants to go 'lighter'. Marc Raillard is the in ...