[pct-l] hiking calories

[Charles Williams]

Did it say anything about my 100lb "front pack"?

--- On Sat, 4/7/12, Hikes and Bikes <hikingis4me2 at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Hikes and Bikes <hikingis4me2 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [pct-l] hiking calories
To: "PCT-L Backcountry" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Date: Saturday, April 7, 2012, 8:32 AM


My latest newspaper insert (Rejuvenate) from a local hospital says that "an 11-pound backpack increases the number of calories you burn by about 6 percent" when hiking.  Is there any data on this for weights and miles hiked?

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