[pct-l] re: ultra-lite packs

[Brett Tucker" <blisterfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Brett Tucker)]

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>>Yea, 'tis indeed possible.  If suffering makes you feel GOOD, then go for=
 it.  OTOH, if you are kind of lazy, i.e., smart<<


I'm lazy, ie dumb, enough to resort to hyperbole in my attempt to convey my=
 points on this mailing list. If I weren't so lazy, I'd provide more sober =
and cogent editorials, wait for each dissenting view to emerge, and then de=
bate their merits one by one.

Hey, it's a grey world. Trying to make it black and white for a little whil=
e is the rub. :)

- blisterfree

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: ROYROBIN@aol.com
  To: blisterfree@earthlink.net ; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
  Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 5:26 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] re: ultra-lite packs


  Yea, 'tis indeed possible.  If suffering makes you feel GOOD, then go for=
 it.  OTOH, if you are kind of lazy, i.e., smart, and want to have some fee=
ling in your unswollen fingers, some deep breathing that doesn't pain your =
ribcage at the end of your hiking day, use a hip belt.  Carrying whatever l=
oad you feel is appropriate on your hips instead of your shoulders is going=
 to change that "I can do this!" grimace into a true smile.  My G4, with hi=
p belt, carried my load very nicely the whole length of the AT last summer,=
 and it's ready for more!
  _____

  In a message dated 3/1/03 6:57:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, blisterfree@e=
arthlink.net writes:


    Those who have met me on the trail recognize straightaway that my shoul=
ders
    are my strongest feature. They see how I carry 35-40 pound loads square=
ly
    upon my deltoid, trapezoid, and straptoid muscles, all the while smilin=
g,
    head up, no wincing, good posture, zero repression, hardly diffident. T=
hey
    know it's possible, because they've seen me do it.