[pct-l] Camera weight

[Diarmaid Harmon]

As I said earlier it all depends on what you want to achieve. Please remember not everyone is a super light weight hiker and a lot of people will sacrifice a little extra weight to carry the one or two items that they feel they need to accomplish their goal. If the hiker wants to make sure they capture the wonderful experience by using a heavy camera then thats their choice. I have seen people hiking with everything from small chairs to heavy air pads. What is weight to one is a necessity to another. This mind set that unless you remove each and every ounce you can you will fail is going overboard in my mind. I finished the trail with a heavy pack by most standards and I had no problems. I still hike with a heavy pack compared to the ultra crowd but I am used to it. I believe you need to hike the hike that suits you. A six pound camera to you may be way overboard to me it is the tool I choose to bring.

Just my humble opinion of course.

Irish.
On Jan 12, 2014, at 3:43 PM, GottaWalk <gottawalk at pacbell.net> wrote:

> On Jan 12, 2014, at 3:31 PM, Diarmaid Harmon <irishharmon at comcast.net> wrote:
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> "It is not so much about what the camera weighs more about what you want to achieve."
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> For a thruhike I think I a really important consideration is pack and gear weight. Is gear (and thus a heavy pack) more important than completing the thru? Would a long section hike be acceptable if the body couldn't hold up to carrying the heavy pack?
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