The Phil-list Jun_2004: RE: [Philmont]: Hiking Boots

From: Phil Brown <phil@eisnc.com>
Date: Tue Jun 15 2004 - 11:05:59 CDT

Actually, he was not. He was carrying a full size Camprest Therarest, one
man tent, small butane/propane type stove, etc. Not over packed, but not
ultralight. I don't know what his pack weighted, but I would guess a lot
more than 30 lbs.

Phil Brown

It's also likely that our AT friend is an ultralight backpacker who's
carrying
a pack that weighs less than 30 lbs. That puts a whole lot less stress on
the
feet that a typical Philmont pack of 35-50 lbs. The only way to get your
pack
that light at Philmont is to dump half your stuff on someone else :-)

- Dennis Parker
ASM, Indianhead Council T-227, Philmont crew 2002 712-C

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