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Re: [pct-l] Scales
Eric
On 04/16/98 22:35:31 you wrote:
>OK, here is one for the ultralighters out there - What type of scale do you
>use to weigh your gear? I would like to get something that is not too
>expensive to help me watch the weight of my gear.
Walt uses a fishing scales and it does great for us, it even has a hook to
hang the pack from. There are different sizes that grade up to different
weight, so take your pick. When we take a group of "newbies" out hiking for
a long weekend Walt weights each of their packs before the trip and then
after. Experience is a great teacher and very quickly each hiker learns
their own capabilities about how much weight they can "enjoyably" carrying.
They learn first hand just what a factor weight does make. Walt also
explains that they you can either going hiking or camping, but you can't do
both at the same time unless you have a home base to "hike" from. You still
have to carry all that weight to home base though and that could easily kill
the "hike."
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