[pct-l] [Spam] Gram savers' tips

[giniajim]

I actually have found something else but have only used them a few times.  Nylon mesh shoes generally for wear around a pool.  2 ounces for the pair.  Not too crazy about them either but 2 ounces is as high as I want to go for weight.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: giniajim 
  To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 7:50 PM
  Subject: Re: [Spam] [pct-l] Gram savers' tips


  Camp shoes.  I've never found a satisfactory camp shoe.  Something that you can walk a few yards with.  Shower shoes are the best I've found and really don't like them much, but don't want anything heavier.  Thoughts?
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Tow, Doug 
    To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
    Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 6:18 PM
    Subject: [Spam] [pct-l] Gram savers' tips


    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