I think there is actually some things that UL'ers do well and have applied those tips to my own methodology which I admit leans much more to being prepared than not, so I automatically disqualify a UL rating.

That being said most UL'ers are not whack jobs. They make their own gear which I really like in some regards and rely heavily on their own sense of ability on the trail. The hypocrisy is that they survive only through a highly organized delivery service of friends and business along the trail. Nothing wrong with this at all, but its a completely different category of trail user than the typical backpacker.

The vast majority of backpackers invest in better constructed, higher quality, (yes heavier) gear that lasts much longer than 1 season and prefer taste, comfort, a heavier fixed blade knife, to distance.