[at-l] Final Pack Weight

[eisenbud+at-l@cs.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Eisenbud)]

On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 08:48:54AM -0800, Karin Claus <karinclaus@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> For the first time, I put everything in my pack that I
> am going to carry (including water) and weighed it.
> 
> I'm at 35 pounds. (the pack, that is).

This sounds pretty good.  I started from Amicalola with a pack weight of
38 lbs.  As you go north, you can gradually get rid of warmer clothing.
I rearranged equipment enough that I hiked out of Harpers Ferry with a
28 lb. pack, and that was with four days of food and more water than I
needed to be carrying.

-Dan

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Daniel E. Eisenbud
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"We should go forth on the shortest walk perchance, in the spirit of
undying adventure, never to return,--prepared to send back our embalmed
hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms."
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