[pct-l] Ultralight alert

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon, Doug,

How about:    Chapter 2: 201 Ultralight Backpacking
Tips<http://www.hikelight.com/20201ultralightbackpackingtips.html>
 at  http://www.hikelight.com/articles.html

As they say, “Get a haircut and trim your nails.”

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/


On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Douglas Tow <douglastow at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good afternoon!
>
> Over the past couple of years, I have gleaned the following best methods to
> do that final "skin-out" weight reduction.  Apologies if any of these ideas
> were yours:
>
> 1.  Sand down the caps of your Gatorade bottles - they are unnecessarily
> thick, after all.
> 2.  What's with the 8 1/2 X 11 Halfmile maps?  Print them out, and trim off
> everything but a 1" margin around the red PCT track.
> 3.  Memorize the Data Book.  Think about what those pages weigh.
> 4.  One Taco Bell spork.  Done.
> 5.  Sing, and leave your Ipod at home.  You'll be hiking alone, but it's
> all about the grams, right?
> 6.  Cold food.  You're seriously going to second guess the PCT speed record
> holder?
> 7.  Leave the Petzl Pretzel at home.  Replace with a Photon and a rubber
> band.  You've thought about that one already, haven't you?
> 8.  Sunburn one week before you leave.  Peel 3 grams.
> 9.  Pine needle tea on trail.  Leave the Lipton, and those backbreakinig
> teabag labels.
> 10.  Leave your worries behind - 20 useless pounds.
>
> Doug
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