[pct-l] ultra lite packs

[AsABat" <AsABat@xxxxxxxxxxxx (AsABat)]

I still am involved with the Boy Scouts (over 25 years) and still am
"prepared." The difference in ultralight is efficiency. For example, I don't
carry enough first aid supplies to handle everything that might happen. I
carry enough to handle what is more probable, and the ability to improvise
in case of catastrophe. There's no way I can carry enough supplies if 8
hikers fall off a cliff. I can carry enough if I fall off a rock, and know
how to make bandages from clothing for the unlikely disaster.

Likewise, I am fully prepared for rain and snow. I'm just going to smell a
bit more because I don't have a clean t-shirt.

AsABat

> > Initially I fought and argued with those ultra-lighters over the
> > strategy and maintained my Boy Scout - prepared-for-all
> > -carry-a-big-heavy-pack position.
>
> I also came of hiking-age in the scouts and believed that I had to
> bring everything in order to "be prepared".