[pct-l] What is your current pack weight now

[leo-spencer at comcast.net (leo-spencer@comcast.net)]

Hi,

My body weight is 180 lbs.  My pack weight is 16-18 lbs without food or water.  With 5 days of food and and a 100 ounce water bladder the weight climbs to 29-30 lbs.

Leo.
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> Hi, I am a student at PCC and am in a statistics class. I needed to 
> find an interesting topic in which to conduct an informative poll. The 
> average pack weight of people who have completed the PCT compared to 
> their bodyweight came to mind. 
> 
> In order to conduct this survey I need only 2 questions answered: your 
> pack weight and bodyweight. For my project I will need 30 or more 
> responses but I feel that this community is up to the task. I am also 
> comparing your guys pack weights with that of the AT community. You are 
> helping a college student complete a class, think of it as your good 
> deed of the month. 
> 
> 
> 
> I know pack weights have dropped drastically. When I was 13 I went 
> backpacking for a week up in Mount Adams and my pack weighed 45 pounds. 
> This past summer I went backpacking with an 18 pound at New Army Pass. 
> 
> Also in regards to my survey I only need the responses of men. I am not 
> trying to be sexist - it is only that in terms of my research I had to 
> pick one sex and thought that I would have a higher chance of completing 
> my research if the topic applied to men. 
> 
> Thank you all for your help 
> 
> 
> 
> I will share my results with this community after I have received all of 
> the data I need. 
> 
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> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l From m_factor at hotmail.com  Tue Feb  1 18:01:45 2005
From: m_factor at hotmail.com (Mara Factor)
Date: Tue Feb  1 18:18:54 2005
Subject: [pct-l] flip flops (was flip flop)
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Try trekking in Nepal sometime.  Lots of porters there wear just flip flops. 
  Doesn't matter whether they're carrying stuff for trekkers or for locals.

Amazing!

Mara

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>From: "Wallace, Mark S." <MWallace@Stutman.com>
>To: "Carl & Judy Rush" 
><elisenme2@gmail.com>,<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Subject: RE: [pct-l] flip flop
>Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:08:19 -0800
>
>Another meaning of flip-flop:  my son declined to use the hiking boots I 
>bought him and hiked the John Muir Trail between Cottonwood Pass and 
>Mammoth wearing flip-flops (not even sandals -- flip-flops!)  A candidate 
>for Ripley's believe it or not.  Lots of people along the way scolded him 
>for hiking in flip-flops, but he ignored them all.  By the end of the 
>trail, needless to say, the flip flops were totally trashed and had holes 
>the size of a dime right under the heel.
>
>Mark
>
>