[pct-l] base weights and ultralight packs

[Patrick]

>
> What I should have done was drink deeply at water sources and carry
> only enough to drink to get to the next and if the current water
> source was the last until dinner, also carry only enough additional
> water to make dinner and breakfast. That would have reduced my weight
> greatly, but not to 20oz. No way. I was way more thirsty than that!
>

I started doing this in northern California. It takes awhile to occur  
to one's self, I think. It's the exact opposite of how you're "taught"  
to backpack and an extremely risky thing to do -- of course, if you  
know the water sources ahead, as on the PCT, it's not that dangerous,  
but there's always a risk.

I hiked with Nimble for awhile in Washington and his pack really was  
tiny -- most of his gear was custom or prototype, he had some cool  
stuff.