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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [pct-l] Gossamer Gear packs anyone?</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Popping seams has never happened to us. Torn mesh
has but that falls into the category of user error. We are careful with our
packs but a bushwhack (as opposed to a cross country hike) always seems to tear
something (jacket, bandana, skin or pack). We try to put everything inside the
pack to have a slimmer profile when bushwhacking. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We both hiked the CDT and the AT with the
green GVPs. For the ADT we each used two blue Mariposasfor 5000 miles. We
do not tend to max out a pack and did not have a seam splitting problem, but on
one of the packs Ken's hipbelt started pulling out, a problem that was quickly
taken care of by Glen. A lightweight pack that lasts 2500 miles seems like fair
value to me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think the sun causes the most deterioration to a
pack, fading the top and front which then fray. </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>All gear at the end of a thru is dirty, smelly, worn, frayed and sun
damaged just like the hiker that carried it. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I read about, but did not get to see, the Mann's
modified 8-oz Mariposas. I would like to know how those packs
fared!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>YMMV</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marcia</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=vaporjourney@gmail.com href="mailto:vaporjourney@gmail.com">Eric Payne</A>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pct-l@backcountry.net
href="mailto:pct-l@backcountry.net">pct-l@backcountry.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 27, 2008 9:29 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [pct-l] Gossamer Gear packs anyone?</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Does anyone have any experience using a Gossamer Gear pack on a
long-distance hike? Nearly all of the reviews I've read are by people who
take them out for the occassional weekend. I have read a few accounts by
people taking them on long hikes, and saying that eventually the seams give out
when you max out the pack, and the mesh has a tendancy to tear. This is
frustrating because the Miniposa seems like the perfect pack for me, but I
hesitate to buy the pack knowing that it will probably give out on me when
carrying heavy water loads or 10 day resupplies through the Sierra's.
Perhaps someone has experience to the contrary? <BR>
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