Jimbo wrote on Dec 16^th, 2022 at 1:19pm:

I may start taking my Kindle along.  It's far lighter than the danged thick books I usually bring.  Since I'm now committed to bringing solar panels & a Goal Zero battery, I figure "What the heck, why not?" Yeah, I know.  I've opened Pandora's Box. Jimbo   8-)

The e-ink Kindles' (black and white, text only) batteries last for weeks of use without a charge (unless it is below 40) and carry hundreds of books at 1/6 of the weight of a single paperback. On some trips I read a great deal, on others not at all.

Will not work as emergency fire starter.

As an aside a secret pleasure of solo tripping was reading paperbacks, burning the  pages as I finished them. Subversive.