[pct-l] Fwd: G'day and updated

[Timothy Nye]

Here is a message from Caroline regarding the theft of her pack. I urge Big
Toe and any others who may be able to help to hopefully contact her and
prevent the end of her journey.  I'd hate to think that this theft is the
message she will leave with from our country.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Caroline <parablesfromthe_electrichorseman at yahoo.com.au>
Date: Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:23 AM
Subject: G'day and updated
To: timpnye at gmail.com


Heya! Well I'm sorry I haven't replied sooner. Town stops have been a little
crazier than I thought. Well firstly thank you for cutting my pack weight
down. It's made a huge difference and made the last 370 miles far more
enjoyable. That said I think my journey is over. I also fell victim to pct
crime yesterday and had my pack stolen. Literally everything is gone :( it
was on that stupid detour into wrightwood. There is no where to get off the
road to walk so I couldn't go the the loo. When I got to the firing line I
took it off just outside the gate and flew into the toilet and to get a
drink. Big mistake. It's gone :( So I'm pretty sure my trip is over now, as
much as I don't want it to be. It's been eventful from day 1 lol. From a
cracked foot to the pre kickoff events it's something I definitely won't
forget in a hurry lol. It's also generally been awesome, yesterday just
tipped things over to miserable tho. Oh and I've almost stepped on a
 rattlesnake now. Damn things lol. I also apparently tend to walk past and
not see them lol. Everyone else cops them. I can live with that, i'm not
overly fond of them anyway lol. Anyway I am off, i just wanted to say thank
you for my pack shakedown and also give you and update. I'll try and send
out a more detailed one for the past few weeks when I get proper net access.
 Caroline

On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:26 EST Timothy Nye wrote:

>The cost also reduces the chances of injury.  Cumulative injuries accrue
>proportionate to the weight carried.
>
>On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> wrote:
>
>> Well the cost per mile is relevant when considering how much more to
spend
>> to lighten your load.
>> Obviously if one only does a couple hundred or so miles a year, the cost
>> per mile goes up which may change one's decision on which to buy.
>>
>> Obviously there are other ways to reduce one's pack weight -- the easiest
>> and cheapest is simply to not take unneeded stuff, to do without so much
>> stuff.
>>
>> When I buy something I consider not only the initial cost but how much I
>> will use the item, how long it will last and how much per use. One needs
>> also to consider the consequences if the purchase fails  -- mail be
>> trivial, the candy taste bad and you toss it; or your vehicle fails miles
>> from anywhere, or your tent fails in a raging blizzard. One has to
>> guesstimate based on knowledge of one's self. But the cheapest to buy is
>> not necessarily the cheapest to use.
>>
>> Tortoise
>>
>> <> Because truth matters! <>
>>
>> On 06/01/10 14:54, Lawrence Pelo wrote:
>> > Tortoise wrote: I am comparing silnylon vs. cuben fibre stuff sacks
over
>> > on the ZPacks.com website. I'm also a (retired) accountant and
sometimes
>> > love to analyze. So I did a little spreadsheet to compare the cost to
>> > save an ounce or a pound or a gram or a kilogram for the various sizes
>> > I'm interested in.
>> >
>> > Results - to save: 1 ounce                 $  28 1 pound
>>   $448
>> >
>> > 1 gram                        $  1 1 kilogram         $991
>> >
>> > dollar amounts are rounded.
>> >
>> > the costs to save weight seem high until one considers carrying the
>> > weight on a thruhike of the PCT. then the costs to save a pound per
mile
>> > hiked are less than $0.17 per mile. Would you carry a pound for a mile
>> > for $0.17? More info to consider in your gear planning.
>> >
>> > **************
>> >
>> > I love the cost-per-ounce-saved ratio. I've been using it extensively
to
>> > lighten my own pack (I spent $3.46/oz to lighten my pack, shelter, and
>> > sleeping bag). But I doubt the utility of the
>> > (cost-per-ounce-saved)-per-mile ratio. It sounds like the sort of thing
>> > an oily car salesman would say:
>> >
>> > "Now, Mr. Tortoise, the luxury model does cost $10,000 more than the
>> > basic model. But it will last 200,000 miles, so you are really only
>> > paying 5 cents extra per mile! Wouldn't you pay 5 cents per mile to
>> > drive this fine luxury automobile?"
>> >
>> > But $10,000 is a lot of money. You should be considering (a) whether
you
>> > can afford the extra cost as a whole, and (b) whether the upgrade is
>> > worth that extra cost. The extra cost divvied up over some arbitrary
>> > unit (Miles driven? Hours of driving? Days of service?) is misleading.
>> >
>> > If you can afford to spend $448 to cut a pound off your pack, then go
>> > for it. But for me it would be a bad financial decision, no matter how
>> > you slice it.
>> >
>> > -Lawrence
>> >
>> >
>> >
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