[pct-l] Every oz. counts....the lighter the better

[Austin Williams]

I think it has to do more with wieght on the shoulders than anything else
(at least for me).  Now, if I grew a beard on my back.... that might change
my attitude.

-Austin

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Sean 'Miner' Nordeen <
sean at lifesadventures.net> wrote:

> >What surprizes me is that so many of the UL hikers have beards
> >and lots of hair.  Hair does have weight!
>
> You and me both.  Being the ounce counter that I am, when I first saw
> photos of some of those beards at the end of the trail, my first thought was
> "how much do they weigh?"  Afterall, we spend huge amounts of money just to
> cut a few ounces from our packs and then some go out and grow some of that
> weight back.
>
> For the record, I hiked cleaned shaven (actually, most of the middle age
> men that I hiked around did the same for some reason while the 20 somethings
> had the huge Charlie Manson beards going).  I was actually told that I
> looked more like a hiker after I was home for a few months and grew a goatee
> and let my hair grow longer then I did on the trail.
>
> -Miner
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