[pct-l] Gram savers' tips

[Brandon McGinnity]

Don't forget to take a dump at least twice a day. Get rid of that dead
weight!

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>wrote:

> Don't forget to take a dump at least twice a day. Get rid of that dead
> weight!
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Austin Williams <
> austinwilliams123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "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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>> Info on PCT gear, resupply points, maps, movies, etc.
>>
>> "*Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a
>> fruit salad.*"
>> -Proverb
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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