[at-l] Lightweight backpacks?

[David Addleton]

http://www.rei.com/product/747515

dunno if they'll start selling this pack again but talk about value @ $99
when I bought mine . . . . @ 2.5 lbs w/ minor modification . . . . I don't
treat it gently and it appears durable enough for me . . .  switching from
Dana's 6.5 lb K-2, this pack has made a big difference in lightening my load
**and it has an aluminum frame**




On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Mark Hudson <mvhudson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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