[philmont] Pack Weight (was Dining Fly)

Coop,

Good advice as usual. I would go as far to say that walking out of base
camp with less than 35 pounds, including food, water, and crew gear is
pretty darn close to ultralight.

As a "gear obsessed" person, (I am this way with all my endeavors, not just
backpacking, much to my wife's chagrin!), here are a few items in my load
out. You can get to 35 lbs very quickly, even with the lightest gear. The
gear lsted below is pretty light stuff.

Tent, Sleeping bag, Sleep clothes, pad, stakes, pillow 6.5 Lbs.
Empty Backpack, stuff sacks 4.5 lbs
Clothes, fleece, raingear.... 4.5 lbs
Empty Nalgenes, Camelbak 1.5 lbs
Camera, toiletries, misc 1.5 lbs

That's 18.5 lbs without crew gear, water or food.

4 liters of Water 8 lbs
8 bags of Philfood - 5 lbs (guessing here)

Already up to 31.5 lbs without crew gear.

4 lbs of crew gear brings you to 35.5.

On 4/15/08, coopwright@aol.com <coopwright@aol.com> wrote:
>
> but Bob's crews typically leave Base Camp with water and food with
> packs that weigh less than 35 pounds, compared to most crews with pack in
> the 40 to 50 pound range.
>
> Cooper Wright
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