[at-l] Lightweight backpacks?

[JPL]

Neato.  Warmlite tents look like they're more for colder weather right?  I want to get a cold weather tent, but probably not this year.  Thanks for the note.
:)

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mara Factor 
  To: JPL 
  Cc: at-l 
  Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 7:53 PM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] Lightweight backpacks?


  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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