RE: [Philmont]: Pack Weight

> When I got home, I checked and the pack weighs 9 pounds
> empty, with nothing at all in it.

Take a looooong hard look at all the doodads on your pack - things like
crampon patches, ice axe loops, lash-on points, extra compression
straps, that sort of thing. I realized some time ago, that I was
carrying a *lot* of accessories that I was never, ever going to use. So
I very carefully removed them from the bag. To my surprise, when I
weighed the pile of stuff I'd taken off, it was over half a pound!
There are still some things that I can probably do without, and may very
well find out soon ;>) Madison Avenue is wonderful about selling us
stuff we don't really need. (If I get really gung-ho, the label will go
too.)

And those big packs somehow "miraculously" seem to fill up with all the
stuff the crew can't find a place for.

Happy Trails,

Roy Fisher

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Received on Tue Sep 28 19:18:20 2004