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[Reinhold Metzger]

Hey Gail,
I also still have several external frame packs (1 Jan Sport, 2 Keltys,
and 2 Adventure 16) and also won't part with them.

When I go "Heavy Trucker", when I hike with my wife or Scouts, I much
prefer the external frame over the internal frame.
I hauled an 85 lb pack on my first JMT with the scouts.
Heck, if I would have used an UL Internal Frame it would have ripped
the bottom out of that pack.

However, on my JMT Fastpacks, like Brick, I much prefer my UL home made
pack which, with all the gear and food and water for the 212 miles,
weighs only 25 lb.

There is nothing wrong with external frames or "Heavy Trucking" if you can handle the load.
It all depends what you want out of your hike...speed? or comfort?

JMT Reinhold
  

While I don't have an external frame pack, my husband does, an old Kelty,
that he won't part with.  My new one weighs double what the old Kelty
weighs!  I woudn't be so against those external frame packs because they are
lighter and seem to have more pockets to organize things and get to quickly.
I'm also against people being so extremely light that they are not bringing
essentials....like first aid kits and soap!  I'm all for lightweight, and I
do pack small, but in the early 90's it wasn't so cool to be uberlight!
  Golly
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From: "Lindsey Sommer" <lgsommer at gmail.com  <http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l>>
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Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 11:20 AM
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>/  Yep, definitely, she calls her pack "monster" and it's massive size is a
/>/  huge ongoing issue through the whole experience.
/>/
/>/  See: (I'm not sure this link will work, since maybe you need facebook)
/>/  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=338756449482985&set=pb.322155257809771.-2207520000.1405189180.&type=3&theater
/>/
/>/
/>/  On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 11:15 AM, <ekingc at gmail.com  <http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l>> wrote:
/>/
/>>/  In the book the huge weight and size of her pack is a prominent theme.
/>>/
/>>/  > On Jul 12, 2014, at 1:06 PM, Sean Nordeen <sean.nordeen at gmail.com  <http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l>>
/>>/  wrote:
/>>/  >
/>>/  > oops.  I dropped the subject line somehow.  I was talking about the
/>>/  > Wild Trailer.
/>>/  >
/>>/  >> On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Sean Nordeen
/>>/  >> <sean.nordeen at gmail.com  <http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l>>
/>>/  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/