Fw: [pct-l] Pack Recommendations

[randy_forsland@xxxxxxxxxxx (Randy Forsland)]

I hear you...race you to the top..!!! My first JMT hike (1997) had me
carrying a 35 lb pack without food and water...(I almost died going up Bear
Ridge after resupplying at Vermilion..I must have been carrying close to 60
lbs...) Subsequent section hikes have seen a gradual reduction in base
weight...and without any inconvenience either.....(1999) Echo lake to the
Oregon border..27 lbs (ooohhhh)...(2000) Echo Lake to Toulumne..19 lbs

JMT (2002) 14 lbs (with a regulation 2 lb Bearikade canister..not like
Reynold's illegal one)

PCT 2003  10 lbs and counting....

2 lbs pack

2 lbs   shelter

3 lbs  sleeping bag ,pad and stove

3 lbs  luxury items


and with 25 lbs of spare tire , i should break even waaaay before Agua
Dulce...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com>
To: <CMountainDave@aol.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: [pct-l] Pack Recommendations


> my back and legs hurt thinking about all those 5 lbs.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <CMountainDave@aol.com>
>> >     Figure 5 lbs for clothing, 5 lbs for shelter, 5 lbs for pack, 5lbs
for
> > sleeping bag , pad stove and fuel, 5lbs for other stuff. Thats 25 lbs.
> > Knocking  an average of only one pound  off of each list makes 20 lbs,
the
> > target I shoot for on a backpack requiring an ice ax
>