[pct-l] Pack weight?

Kolby Kirk admin at thehikeguy.com
Wed Apr 13 13:16:38 CDT 2011


I carried a mini keg on a hike last year, much to the pleasant surprise of
my hiking cohorts.
http://www.thehikeguy.com/images/hike084/01.jpg

~Kolby

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Toby Maxwell <toby.m.maxwell at gmail.com>wrote:

> A friendly drinking game called 'slap the bag', which is pretty much all
> that it sounds like it would be, has given me first hand experience as to
> the indestructibility of wine bags.  Just so long as its not near anything
> sharp :).
>
> -Toby
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Sean Ansley <sdansley at swbell.net> wrote:
>
> > There are some box wines, that are actually okay, besides hiker
> standards.
> >  Pack in the box if you are worried about breaking the bag in your pack,
> but
> > at camp you can burn the cardboard box if you have am established
> firepit.
> >  Enjoy the wine and pack out the bag.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: giniajim
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 6:49 AM
> > To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Pack weight?
> >
> > In my younger days we would carry bottles of wine on our backpacking
> trips.
> >  Heavy for sure, but hey when you're young, ....   I still get people
> > looking at me askance when I tell this story and asking "you carried the
> > empties back out right?".  The answer is of course "yes".  Lots of what
> we
> > learned in Scouts served us well and preceded LNT!
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> >  From: Gerry Zamora
> >  To: Kolby Kirk
> >  Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> >  Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 2:35 AM
> >  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Pack weight?
> >
> >
> >  Im kinda worried about the glass but it would be nice with dinner.  Ya
> > just
> >  2 pints that's 2 good meals...lol
> >  On Apr 12, 2011 11:18 PM, "Kolby Kirk" <admin at thehikeguy.com> wrote:
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