[philmont] Weight of Philmeals

OK, then to revise the numbers. I would now say that if you are out of Base
camp with less than 35 lbs, you are definitley Ultra-Light. Not a lot of
room to get 5.5 lbs out of the load out below.

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 - 10 lbs

Already up to 36.5 lbs without crew gear.

4 lbs of crew gear brings you to 40.5

On 4/16/08, abthomson@charter.net <abthomson@charter.net> wrote:
>
> Joe Johnstone
>
> 8 bags of Philfood - 5 lbs (guessing here)
>
>
> Andre Houser
>
> If memory serves me right the average bag of Philfood weighs just under 2
> pounds (lunch is the heaviest, supper the lightest)
>
>
> Comments...
>
> I haven't done the weighing, but this is what others have reported for
> Philmeals:
>
> Philmont - reported weight of Philmont meals (ounces)
>
> 2006
> Meal Breakfast Lunch Supper
> 1 15.5 --- 14.8
> 2 19.8 --- 13.4
> 3 17.4 24.4 ---
> 4 --- --- 11.4
> 5 18.8 24.7/28.4 12.8/17.0
> 6 14.6 27.7 ---
> 7 --- --- 16.5
> 8 19.7 --- 12.2
> 9 15.8 26.6 14.6
>
> 2005
> 1 --- 29 ---
> 5 --- 25 16
> 7 --- 21 14
> 9 16 22 13
>
> Based on the above, Suppers are the lightest at 3/4 to a pound, Breakfasts
> are a pound to 1-1/4, and Lunches 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 pounds. One of each, three
> bags, would be about 3-1/2 pounds. That of course would be for two people,
> so one day of food for one person is about 1-3/4 pounds.
>
> Joe's guess of 5 pounds for 8 bags is not bad PER person, but more like
> twice that for bags packed for two. Andre's recollection of an average of
> just under 2 pounds (less than 16 pounds for 8 bags) is high.
>
> -- Al Thomson
> Troop 120 Keowee SC & Patriots' Path Council NJ
> Treks '99, '01, & '03 / AA '00, '02, '04, '06, & '08
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Scouting E-mail Discussion Lists @ usscouts.org
> Listserv Commands at http://usscouts.org/lists/lc.asp
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Send listserv commands to: listserv@troop47.com
> Send postings to: philmont@troop47.com
> List FAQ found at: http://usscouts.org/lists/faq.asp
> List Administrator: philmont_owner@troop47.com
> -------------------------------------------------------
> To Unsubscribe send text email to:
>
> To: listserv@troop47.com
> Subject: unsubscribe
> Body: unsubscribe philmont@troop47.com
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> As you gather around this virtual campfire with fellow
> Scouts and Scouters, do your best to be trustworthy,
> loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,
> cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

-------------------------------------------------------
Scouting E-mail Discussion Lists @ usscouts.org
Listserv Commands at http://usscouts.org/lists/lc.asp
-------------------------------------------------------
Send listserv commands to: listserv@troop47.com
Send postings to: philmont@troop47.com
List FAQ found at: http://usscouts.org/lists/faq.asp
List Administrator: philmont_owner@troop47.com
-------------------------------------------------------
To Unsubscribe send text email to:

     To: listserv@troop47.com
     Subject: unsubscribe
     Body: unsubscribe philmont@troop47.com
-------------------------------------------------------

As you gather around this virtual campfire with fellow
Scouts and Scouters, do your best to be trustworthy,
loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
-------------------------------------------------------

 
Received on Wed Apr 16 13:42:23 2008