[pct-l] base pack weight

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Dec 21, 2009, at 5:03 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> 2) Use a tarp instead of a tent.  Tents are for weenies (I'm  
> totally just
> joking, I love all you tent people  :D ).  You don't need a $140  
> Cuben fiber
> tarp (although, that *would* be awesome).  Even a cheapo, $20,  
> homemade, 14
> oz Tyvek tarp (like mine) will work.  Not a make-it-at-home  
> person?  No
> problem.  Buy a tarp for $80.  But go with a tarp and save at least  
> a pound
> over the lightest of tents ( or igore this one, HYOY).

I did the math on tarps and in order to have the joy of lying naked  
on top of my sleeping pad while eating my noodles and reading my  
novel at the end of a long day of walking, I have to add enough  
mosquito netting to my tarp to make it weigh more than my tent.

I like my comforts, yes I do.