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- From: trzyna@CS.ColoState.EDU (wayne trzyna)
- Subject: Re: Heavy Weight Backpacking (was Re: Light We
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- Message-ID: <Jan28.010950.63253@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:09:50 GMT
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- In article <lme3o1INNl76@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> alpope@skids.Eng.Sun.COM writes:
- >>What are the unusual (and RARELY USED) items people carry when they
- >>go *heavy* weight backpacking?
- >
- >Steaks and Champagne (i.e., deluxe non-dehydrated fully-certified food!).
-
- Here's a list of some not-so-fond memories of silly things I've carried
- at least several miles in the backcountry.
-
- - a float tube (for fishing).
- - an inflatable kayak, life vest, paddle, pump, and repair kit
- - a 120 lb raft, life vests, paddles, pump, and repair kit
- - a gigantic first aid kit
- - 50lbs of climbing gear
- - lawn chairs
- - shotgun
- - many lbs of canned food
- - fresh potatoes
- - cans of beer
- - bottles of wine
- - cans of fruit juice
- - my brother's cat (actually, he carried it, not me)
- - a guy with a broken ankle (actually, four of us carried him)
- - a bycicle (with a flat tire)
- - four or five books, of which I didn't read one
- - a pair of donhill skis boots and poles (on my back)
- - a scuba-diving suit
-
- In contrast, on my first ever backpack trip I had just a few pieces
- of clothing and some food, nothing else. I was cold wet and miserable
- for most of the three or four days, but learned something about natures
- rhythms. (The rain comes, and the rain goes. The sun comes and the
- sun goes. Night comes and night goes. And so on.)
- --
-
- -Wayne Trzyna
- trzyna@CS.ColoState.EDU
-