[pct-l] (no subject)

[Gail Van Velzer]

When I first read this book I found it very comical too!  The sad part is 
that I have seen, with my own eyes, thru-hikers doing the same things: 
buying a new pair of boots and setting out on the trail, getting a new tent 
that they've never set up, or a new stove that they've never used.  How do 
you know it's not defective?  Yep.  It happens.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "echoplex" <echoplex at gmail.com>
Cc: "PCT List" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 2:21 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] (no subject)


> Interview with Strayed about her backpack:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdq_LSwqauA
>
> As far as modern external frames, the current Osprey Exos is as much an
> external frame as the old Gregory pictured.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 8:13 PM, Ed Jarrett <edjarrett at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> In the book, she could not even lift the pack initially, having to put it
>> on sitting down and then pulled herself up on the radiator.  She 
>> eventually
>> dropped some of her equipment, but never was very light.  One of the
>> funniest parts of that story was her taking all of her brand new 
>> equipment
>> out of their wrappings the night before she launched from Mohave and 
>> trying
>> to cram it into her pack, ending up tying some of it onto the outside. 
>> And
>> then trying to get it on.  Quite comical.
>>
>> Ed Jarrett (Eeyore)A Clay Jar: http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/  Twitter:
>> https://twitter.com/EdJarrett53 Facebook:
>> https://www.facebook.com/ed.jarrett.71
>>
>> > Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 11:04:41 -0700
>> > From: sean.nordeen at gmail.com
>> > To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>> > Subject: [pct-l] (no subject)
>> >
>> > 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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