[pct-l] snowshoes?

[Paul Robison]

If your base-weight is ten pounds, adding three is ridiculous... If your bpw is 25 lbs then the snowshoes wouldn't be noticed as much; it's all about perspective.

That said ... It's a personal choice but I'll try to get by with microspikes... I live in Canada and he majority of my camping experience has been on snowy mountains, so that is a factor...

~Paul

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On 2011-03-06, at 1:31 PM, Paul Mersfelder <pmersfelder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey party people.  Planning my first thru hike and I hear a lot of  
> chatter about people not using the ice axes they carry and post- 
> holing 'til the cows come home.  What do you vets think about  
> lightweight snowshoes out there?  The crampons underfoot would give a  
> little traction and post-holing would be a thing of the past.  Worth  
> the weight (under 3 lbs)?
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