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[Brick Robbins]

She did her hike in 1995, the same year as I did mine, before the
ultralight revolution, and before the widespread use of the internet.

The few other thru hikers I met in that high snow year had external
frame packs like hers also, though none so large as that.

I had a 12lb base weight that year, with a home made pack and shelter,
from my "fast packing" of the JMT, which I had done a few times before
Jardine published his book. People I met, including rangers, assumed I
was a day hiker, I actually had one ask me how I had gotten so far
from a trailhead on a day hike. Only my beard and filth (and gauntness
north of the Sierra) convinced people I was a thru.




On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Sean Nordeen <sean.nordeen at gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to know why no one is talking about the huge external frame
> backpack in that trailer.  It looks like photos I've seen of our PCT
> '77 alumni.  I've personally never seen a pack that big on the PCT.
> I've seen them on other trails on people doing short distances though.
> But its so rare to see an external frame anymore.  I have my doubts
> about going over 1000 miles in one unless they were young and strong.
> Especially doing so while watching most hikers with much smaller and
> lighter packs constantly passing you.  That would have to be a huge
> morale crusher.
>
> Did she really use a pack that big, or is this just a case of
> Hollywood using it as a prop because they think a pack like that
> matches the average person's perceptions about backpacking?  Which we
> all know were mostly formed from 70's era movies and TV shows.  Tiny
> packs just don't give that feeling of suffering that backpacking is
> all about.  ;-)
>
> -Miner
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