[pct-l] New Trail Gear - Double Your Load for Less Effort

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You are correct!  I'm an old "newbie" and I was happy to get the info re: the MULE.  Most interesting.  But too pricey as usual.  

I climbed Mt. Whitney a few years ago, in just the manner you describe.  Spur of the moment decision.  Didn't have the proper gear.  Did my first ever glissade coming off the mountain.  Bad, bad move.  I'll write the gory details another time, but suffice it to say that a man died the next week, doing the same thing in the same spot that I glissaded.  His wife had to be airlifted out.  It was quite the ordeal.  Instead, take all those annoying steps that you took up, to get back down.  Much safer.  Even with new knees.

Wheeew

Hiker97 at aol.com wrote:      Tortoise writes: You've told  us about this before.  I'm waiting for you to give it a good field test  with say 40 KG of gear -- say hike from Whitney Portal to the top of Mt. Whitney  and see how it goes -- that is if you make it at all.
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 Switchback replies: Yes, but the new folks on this List probably have not  heard about it.  We old timers need to keep the youngsters informed.   Say, I will not need a M.U.L.E. for Mt. Whitney after my knee surgery  Friday.  I will probably just do a day hike up and back with a small  daypack.  No problem at all.  The M.U.L.E. will be for some of the  senior folks on this List who need mechanical assistance.  I wonder who I  am thinking about, .........Tortoise?





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