[pct-l] Adding Weight to Pack for Training

[Jim Keener]

Greetings,

I added two five pound dumbbells to my pack for my last five day  
hikes. I hike 6-12 miles, four or five days a week. A result, which  
should have come as no surprise - yet did - was my amazement about how  
much harder it is to move that extra ten pounds. My elevation gain on  
these hikes ranges from 1,400 to 2,000. And I can tell the difference  
at the end of the hike. It has renewed my resolve to lessen pack (and  
body) weight.

Jim Keener ( J J )
http://oldmanwalking.net