Re: [Philmont]: RE: Pace of Backpacking

I recently read an article about a sixty-something-year-old guy who
hiked the entire length of the AT with a canvas rucksack - no frame or
hip belt. He said that he had tried a frame backpack but preferred his
old canvas bag. Dinosaurs like us got by with antiquated equipment
because we didn't know any better. However, as I turn 50, I almost
always prefer the most modern gear I can afford.

Dan Preston
Louisville, KY
On Jan 13, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Garrett, Russ wrote:

> hmm.  in our day, they didn't understand why we'd need hiking boots
> and a backpack with an aluminum frame.  The first pack I used was the
> one which my dad built the wood frame for.  the shoulder straps were
> canvas straps and there was no hip belt.  the bag was canvas.    My
> second pack was army surplus (WW II army surplus).  My dad thought I
> had it easy with my first camptrails backpack.  Every
> generation........   you know, I like this computer too and the email
> and the internet.  It cost more than the pad of paper and a stamp and
> I have to use electricity but ....I like it.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Welton [mailto:jimwelton@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 7:58 AM
>> To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
>> Subject: Re: [Philmont]: RE: Pace of Backpacking
>>
>> But kids today need lightweight $400 backpacks, $200 waterproof
>> Gortex boots, $200 sleeping bags. It's a health and safety issue.
>> <tongue in cheek>
>>
>> YiS,
>> Jim Welton
>>
>>
>> On 1/13/06, Daniel Preston <prestonar@bellsouth.net> wrote: Not only
>> were packs and frames sold separately, Philmont rented them
>>> separately.  In 1970, I borrowed a canvas BSA backpack from a friend,
>>> but he did not have a frame.  My brother had used the same pack the
>>> year before and had rented a frame at Philmont, so I planned to do
>>> the
>>> same.  When I got there, however, they were out of pack frames, so
>>> they
>>> rented me an army surplus wooden packboard with canvas webbing.  With
>>> my canvas pack, wooden packboard, leather work boots and Philmont
>>> canvas tents, it was a tough 10 days, but worth it.  I went back two
>>> years later (with a nylon pack and aluminum external frame).
>>>
>>>
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