[at-l] Lightweight backpacks?

[Mara Factor]

Hey!  I ran into Susan and her husband, Ralph, in Torres del Paine
National Park (southern Chile) earlier this year.  Can't tell you
about her pack or bag, but they were using a Stephenson Warmlite tent.
 They shared some water with me and we swapped trail stories over
dinner after a very wet and windy day.

She wrote "We're in the Mountains, Not over the Hill: Tales and Tips
from Seasoned Women Backpackers".  Can't tell you more than that as
I've never read it.

Mara
Stitches, AT99

Visit my Travels and Trails web site at: http://friends.backcountry.net/m_factor



On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:46 PM, JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
> I heard a talk by a pretty well known lady backpacker (Susan Alcorn aka
> backpack45) who specializes in keeping things light.  The talk was at
> LeConte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite a couple of years ago.  Anyhoo, she said
> that her metric was two pounds each for: pack, sleeping bag, and tent.
> That's pretty dependent on where you are and the weather of course.
>    Check out her web site; I'm sure there's more info there.
> http://www.backpack45.com/
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Leslie Booher
> To: Ken Bennett ; Mark Hudson ; at-l
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 5:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Lightweight backpacks?
> 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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