[pct-l] Lightweight Shelter and Pack

[RJ Lewis]

As for tents, you can check out Henry Shire's Tarptents too. He makes 
some nice tents, very lightweight, and useful. The Rainbow series is a 
freestanding tent, and comes in at about 2 lbs, for the single person 
version. He also makes a 2 person version, at about 2.5lbs, still well 
under the weight of most tents out there. He has others too, it just 
depends on what you are looking for.

As for packs, there are multitudes of them out there, and it all depends 
upon your own personal needs and comfort level. Some of us need more 
structure to our backpacks, and have special needs, others can get by 
with something like the GoLite Breeze or similar, and be perfectly happy.

It's all a matter of personal preference, and personal need. Each person 
is different. Go with what works for you. :)

Soul Sista



Brick Robbins wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Alden Dale <alden at cedar-creek.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> So the first thing is to ask you'rself, like Steel
>> said, is to decide how much you want to carry,
>>     
>
> Then try carrying that amount around town for a week, everywhere you
> go. (Dried beans in the pack work pretty well as a simulation.)
>
> Then decide how much you REALLY want to carry
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