[philmont] Heavy Loads, Big Backpacks, and Physical Preparations

Just think hard about every one of those loops that you remove from
your pack. My son did the same thing before our 2002 Philmont trek.
He weighed all of the removed loops/straps and I was amazed how much
they weighed - about a half a pound, if I remember right. However, on
the trail, he regretted removing at least one of them.

Dan Preston

> I'm going to cut the loops or daisy chains off of the pack before I
> use it again. What
> this does for me is when we are pulling a tuff climb, I know I have
> removed
> everything I can to be as light as I can. Yes tags do not weigh that
> much,
> a 100 of them do. An ounce on your feet in the morning, is a pound at
> night.
> Your pack will vary,
> Steve Mac Intyre
> 615.804.0975
> A.S.M. Troop 777 & 342
> Hermitage, TN
> Philmont Advisor 02-32NFM2, 03-23, 05-32, 06-32, 07-33

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Received on Thu Aug 23 08:20:29 2007