[pct-l] Golite Pinnacle Pack - good deal

[Jeffrey Olson]

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The Golite Pinnacle is the "next generation" of the Golite Gust.  As 
many know, there are a number of different pack systems you can adopt 
for your section and thru hikes. 


The Gust was perfect at 20 oz or so, for using a quilt, a full-length 
blue foam pad, and light tent.  Make the blue foam pad into a cylinder, 
insert it into the pack, and then tightly pack clothes and gear.  This 
makes a very efficient "frame" between waist belt and shoulder straps. 


On top of this put the quilt into a lightweight garbage bag and put in 
the pack.  The pack will always be full this way - always look full as 
the quilt compresses and expands based on the food being carried.  This 
way the quilt never needs to be stuffed into a stuff sack, and you never 
"waste" insulation by sleeping on compressed down. 


The Pinnacle arrived today, and has more straps and pockets, a more 
comfortable waist belt, a silly strap connecting the two shoulder straps 
across the chest, but is still essentially a Gust, but now at 26 or 27 
oz or so.  My base weight is about 12 to 14 pounds depending on whether 
I carry a book and stove/fuel.  The improvement that had me get this 
pack is the two side pockets for my gatorade bottles.  Perhaps an 
expensive $80 for two pockets...  But it beats having to undo the pack 
everytime I wanted a drink...


Jeffrey Olson
Martin, SD "The Flyover Zone"