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- From: pauld@cs.washington.edu (Paul Barton-Davis)
- Subject: Re: Light Weight Back Packing?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.225219.10325@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan26.183924.1013@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <Jan26.205738.26003@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> <1993Jan27.213706.21030@nas.nasa.gov>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 22:52:19 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.213706.21030@nas.nasa.gov> eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) writes:
- >>In article <1jvm1aINN7r3@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>,
- >as376@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Stephen C. Ferguson) writes:
- >>> Does anyone know anything about very! light weight back
- >>> packing? I mean going into the woods for 1-2 nights with just
- >>> 20 lbs or so. I am not talking survival tactics quite,
- >
- >Not carrying extras like climbing gear, getting water from creeks,
- >even with a stove, summer, and a light bag, skipping a tent: sure.
- [ ... the usual ... ]
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- >Back in 1972, had a Mt. Whitney trip. That was 14 pounds for three days.
- >The thing you have to realize is that all that gear is mostly luxury
- >like the Thermarest. And none of this means resorting to survival gear.
- >Intelligent use of limited gear and food in certain environments
- >and conditions is easily doable.
-
- As a competitor in the UK Karrimor Mountain Marathon, I carried less
- than 10lbs, camped out overnight, cooked and slept (in miserable
- rain), and did the whole 60 miles running. What I was carrying was
- pure survival gear; the actual comfort level was close to zero.
-
- -- paul
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