[pct-l] 80 lbs

[giniajim]

Would you mind posting your base gear?  I'm stuck at 10 lbs.  
:)  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Reinhold Metzger 
  To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 11:49 PM
  Subject: [pct-l] 80 lbs


  Diane,
  If what you said was only intended to be a joke, then all is forgiven.

  However, it did not sound like a joke...it sounded like another of your
  frequent swipes at "Heavy Truckers" by criticizing and ridiculing Yoshi.
  Here is what you said..."I'm confident that he'll see the light one day.
  But not until someone first writes an article about ultralight backpacking
  in Japanese that he can cite".
  Sounds like ridicule to me.

  And now here you come again with...."and you all won't think Chuck and I
  are the only whack jobs out there who wear trail runners instead of boots,
  carry sub-20lb base weights or whatever".

  You are so right you and Chuck are not the only ones.......now days the
  majority of hikers, including me, do.
  On my JMT speed hikes my base weight including tent, sleeping bag&  pad,
  cold weather gear, rain gear, compass, maps, 1st aid kit, flashlight,
  knife, water purification, toilet articles, APP, and yes...potty trowel
  is 7lb....with food and water, 22lb for the 210 mile trek.
  So you see, I am lighter than you, but you don't see me criticizing you.
  But, when I hike with the scouts or my wife I'm a "Heavy Trucker".

  There are still plenty "Heavy Truckers" including many of my hard-core
  hiking buddies.
  They are "Heavy Truckers" because they are more interested in comfort,
  eating healthier food, being better prepared and  are capable of carrying
  the heavier load.
  That is their "preferred" way of hiking...not because they don't know any
  better as you frequently have a tendency to infer.

  Diane, gear recommendation is one thing.....ridiculing somebodies  gears
  selection is another thing.
  There is no absolute correct way.
  What works for you is the correct way for you.
  What works for the "Heavy Trucker" is the correct way for the "Heavy Trucker"
  Don't try to infer that your way is the superior way.

  Somebody once posted the following on the list...."Da$#$#...my way is the only
  absolute correct way......if you're not hiking my way you are not hiking the
  correct way...Da$#$#"

  You don't agree with that....or do you Diane?

  JMT Reinhold
  Your UL&  "Heavy Trucker" trail companion
  -----------------------------------------
  Diane wrote
  >/  Really Diane....is that so?
  />/  Did you ever consider that Ned or the other "Heavy Truckers", that
  />/  you have
  />/  a tendency to ridicule, also have good reasons to carry heavy
  />/  backpacks?
  /
  I said that Hiro has a perfectly good reason to carry a heavy pack.
  He carries stuff for his wife and camera equipment. And then I made a
  joke that he'd go ultralight when there was a Japanese article to
  site, which was teasing him because he frequently cites erudite
  japanese articles on the topics he writes. Maybe you didn't see
  my ;-) emoticon?

  Anyway, I'm glad the returning hikers are posting again because now
  there will be more realism when it comes to gear recommendations and
  you all won't think Chuck and I are the only whack-jobs out there who
  wear trail runners instead of boots, carry sub-20lb base weights or
  whatever.

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