RE: [pct-l] Ultra Tricks

> Monty,
>
> Saying that one needs or our should hike with a 60 plus pound hike means
> absolutely nothing. To be perfectly clear,  I'll repeat it again,
> "Absolutely Nothing!"
>
> Weight has nothing to do with hiking. What gear you carry, why and how you
> use it does. I've been backpacking for over 30 years and have never
carried
> over 50 pounds of gear anywhere. Including backcountry ski touring, or
> winter mountaineering with mountain rescue.
>
> So exactly what is it that you are carrying that weights so much an is
going
> to save your ass under all conditions? For the life of me I don't know.
>
> One of these days I'll write about great "The Myth of the Three Day
Storm".
> I'll leave that one to a later post.
>
> In the meantime, let's try and stop blasting others. If you've got a
better
> way tell us what it is.
>
> Ron "Fallingwater" Moak
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>
>
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