[pct-l] Gram savers' tips

[Austin Williams]

"5.  NO electronics.  No GPS, cell phones, SPOTs, or iPods.  A pound!"

There was a time - not long ago - when that wasn't considered such a crazy
idea....

How quickly the world changes....

;)

Austin Williams

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On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Tow, Doug <DTow at americanriverbank.com>wrote:

> The gram savers are missing out on lots of opportunity:
>
> Let me remind you before I start - if you complain that following any of
> this advice constitutes a threat to comfort or safety or pleasure, you
> won't sound like any ultralighter on these august pages...
>
> 1.  Shave your head.  Lots of grams, maybe ounces, to be shed.
> 2.  Sandpaper your entire skin surface.  I don't know how much dead skin
> falls off, but it weighs something, right?
> 3.  Cut 1/2 inch off of the end of your whistle.  Changes it from an
> E-flat to a B-sharp, but who cares?  Coupla grams.
> 4.  Trade out your neck lanyard for dental floss.  4 grams easy.
> 5.  NO electronics.  No GPS, cell phones, SPOTs, or iPods.  A pound!
> 6.  No cooking.
> 7.  Camp shoes?  You wuss.
> 8.  Headlamp out.  Superglue a Photon to your temple.  3 ounces saved.
> 9.  Don't need a watch.  Teatime is when you feel like it.
> 10.  I'm kidding...you really shouldn't sandpaper your skin.  Clip your
> fingernails, though.  1/5 gram.
>
> Doug
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