[at-l] Lightweight backpacks?

[Mark Hudson]

He's pretty much coming out of the dayhiking scene, so he's starting from
zip backpacking. Which means we can match the gear weight to the pack, or
the pack to the gear weight, as we go along. There's certain advantages to
starting fresh - already have him interested in a 1 pound Tarptent ;  )

skeeter

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Leslie Booher <lbooher at charter.net> wrote:

>  Your friend's base weight (everything except food and water) should
> certainly be under 20 pounds to use one of these packs, but that's not hard
> to do these days.
> On the other hand, if your friend is using "traditional" gear -- a 5+ pound
> tent, a 4 pound synthetic sleeping bag, a heavy stove and cook kit, etc.,
> these light packs probably won't work very well.
>
> Even when I started hiking in '89, the recommendation for tents was 3.5 lbs
> per person.  Almost any tent these days will fit that formula.
>
> I thought the current thinking was (is) all the base items coming in at
> under 10 lbs.  That's pack, sleeping bag, mattress, tent, and cook kit,
> isn't it?  No clothes in that weight, nor food and water, as you say.
>
> a'bear
>
> Humankind (be both)
>
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