[pct-l] Adding Weight to Pack for Training

[Tortoise]

A simpler (and cheaper if you don't already have the weights) is to use 
several 2-litter beverage bottles filled with water. You can vary the 
weight more to gradually build your strength. And if the weight gets to be 
too much on a hike, you can dump the water.


Tortoise

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>


Jim Keener wrote:
> 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
> 
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