RE: [pct-l] big pack or little pack

["Brett Tucker" <blisterfree@hotmail.com>]

>From: "Reynolds, WT" <reynolds@ilan.com>

>you are NOT as comfortable with a light pack as you would be with a
>heavy pack. Don't kid yourself. Watch me sit in my Slinglight chair, eating
>my freshly baked chocolate cake and reading my novel and tell me you are
>more comfortable.

Taking this logic further, as I prepare to set up my humble stealth camp, 
featuring all of the amenities I truly need for a warm, comfortable night 
sleep, surrounded by the pines and the stars above, I should suddenly break 
from my bliss and admit that, hey, I was far more comfortable back home. I'm 
bailing out.

The idea of comfort has many levels, from the hedonistic to the plain and 
simple. Again, I maintain that my comfort level is not less, it is more. 
Why? Because I do not ask my wilderness experiences to resemble life back in 
the city. I ask that nature fulfill more of my needs, and I ask that my 
travels be unburdened by any unwillingness to adapt. My longer journeys are 
about adaptation and personal growth. I have carried all of the amenities in 
the past. Now, 6000 trail miles later, I do not. Camping with all the gizmos 
and gadgets was fun, but hiking with it was never fun, and camping without 
it is just as comfortable. Mental shift, away from the overcivilized, and 
toward a simpler happiness.

- Blisterfree




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