[pct-l] New Gear Weight Scale

[Tortoise]

Switchback, you can perform another extremely valuable service to all 
the ultralight gram-weenies out there.
Weigh all the gear and then post your weights to the list here. Someone 
wants to know how much weight they can save by only painting the top cm 
of their tent pegs.

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Tortoise

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>

I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
Using Mozilla Thunderbird  http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
> After being bullied, intimidated,  and harassed by the Extreme Ultra Lighters 
> and Ultra Light hikers, I went down  to Fry's today and bought an new scale 
> that measures to the .1 ounce and to  one gram (27 grams to an ounce).  I 
> refuse to buy one that measures to .1  gram.
>  
> The day I have to measure gear  weight to .1 gram is the day I go back to 
> playing golf and give up  backpacking.  You have to draw the line somewhere.
>  
> Anyway, when I got it home I  noticed that I started getting as nutty as they 
> are.  I started thinking  what is the difference between my painted and 
> unpainted super light TI tent  stakes?  What would be the difference between just 
> painting the very top of  a stake fluorescent orange or the whole stake?  How 
> much does an empty  quart ZipLock bag weigh?  How much do those extra rubber 
> bands  weigh?
>  
> I need professional  help.
>  
> Later,  Switchback
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