From: smith.13@nd.edu
Date: Fri Jan 10 2003 - 09:02:22 CST
In '99 we never weighed our packs until we were ready for the trail.
We used Philmont tents, dining fly, cook wear, food, and the little
incidentals they give you like Polar Pure, bear bags, yum yum bag...
The lightest pack leaving base camp was 38 pounds. The heaviest youth pack
was 48 pounds. The adults ranged from my 46 to the SM's 55 pounds.
The 55 pound pack had some of the extra equipment like a spare stove, but I
carried the tent we shared.
At 1/10/2003 06:32 AM, you wrote:
>Greetings to All.
>
>Please respond to this query OFF-LINE, to: drbob@troop111.org Thanks!
>
>I am interested in getting a good handle on how much Philmont supplied
>gear adds to average pack weights. That is, if you were a Crew that used
>all or virtually all Philmont supplied Crew equipment, what was your
>Crew's average pack weight when you arrived at Basecamp, and then what was
>it when you hit the trail?
>
>I do not need individual pack weights, nor average pack weights of Crews
>that bring mostly their own equipment.
>
>Average pack weights when hitting the trail should indicate how much water
>and how many days worth of food were being carried.
>
>For example, my Crew this past summer arrived at Basecamp with an average
>pack weight of 21 pounds (no water, no food), and hit the trail the next
>morning with an average pack weight of 39 pounds (2 liters (4.4 pounds) of
>water, and 3.5 days worth of food). [Note that we use our own Crew equipment.]
>
>This data will be used to answer a question I am asked repeatedly, and
>also to make the Philmont Challenge Index a little more useful for novice
>trekkers.
>
>Thanks in advance....
>
>- Dr. Bob
>
>
>
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Roman J. Smith
Scoutmaster Troop 505
roman.j.smith.13@nd.edu
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