[pct-l] Pack weight

Gail Van Velzer vanvelzer at charter.net
Sat Mar 21 20:20:53 CDT 2015


Some of those "never used in two weeks items" will be critical when you do 
need them.
Golly

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Douglass" <mdouglass3 at gmail.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Pack weight


> And remember, what you start with is not necessarily what you will end
> with. I started with 16lbs and sent 3 lbs back home at Mt Laguna. You will
> have options to add/subtract as you gain experience on the trail.
>
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Scott Bryce <sbryce at scottbryce.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> On 3/21/2015 2:49 AM, Eric Lee wrote:
>>
>>> Let's do a thought experiment. You want to walk to Canada. What
>>> should you take with you?
>>>
>>
>> One very obvious, but oft overlooked fact that I like to point out is
>> that whatever you bring with you, you will carry it a lot more than you
>> will use it. So one question you need to ask yourself is am I willing to
>> carry this item all day, every day for the few minutes I will use it
>> every day or two?
>>
>> On my too quickly aborted through hike attempt, I carried a base of 16
>> pounds, including a pound or two of small items I didn't think I could
>> hike without, but never used in the two weeks I was on the trail.
>>
>>
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