[at-l] What to think?

[icw@xxxxxxxxxxx (Clark Wright)]

A key question to ask is whether he will use the gear for other
purposes, ranging from car camping, to hostel walking, to helping with
boy scout adventures, to serious alpine mountaineering.  Many people
will do one long distance hike in their life, but lots of other, shorter
trips.  For those folks, going ultralight does not make sense, but as
some other posters have noted, going "lighter" definitely makes sense!
Shooting for a winter base weight under 30 lbs (and under 25lbs summer)
just makes good sense - especially since you can accomplish that with
gear that will serve you well under a number of different
hiking/camping/climbing situations.

thru-thinker

bleederguy wrote:

> My daughter's future husband is visiting me in Vermont and we are having a
> discussion on whether he should buy ultra-light equipment or start more
> conventional and work his way down with experience.
> His experience he has walked the British Isles "end to end", he is from
> Wales, in Greece and the Alps but it's all village to village.  He has no
> overnight on the trail experience.
> I think he should just go ultra from the get go.  Reasoning is; if the other
> stuff were not available, he would never miss it.  He has real good mental
> hike experience and does not need a comfort trip.
> The other side of the coin says he has No Real Backpacking Experience.  He
> needs to pay his dues.
> What do think?
>
> Beau Bushor
> Bleeder Guy
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