[at-l] Rain gear and gaiters

[shellydhale at earthlink.net (Shelly Hale)]

Hmmm...I figured you'd have to carry more than that.  Oh well...just goes to
show how much I know.  LOL

Shelly Hale
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Magnanti" <pmags@yahoo.com>
To: "Shelly Hale" <shellydhale@earthlink.net>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Rain gear and gaiters


> --- Shelly Hale <shellydhale@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > But, since it is so much more arid out west, don't
> > you actually make up
> > weight by carrying more water out there?
> >
>
> Can't say that I do.
>
> Tend to carry 1 ltr/every 5 miles. Unless I am hiking
> more than 5 miles between water sources, will not
> carry more than one liter.
>
> This will often happen on high ridges in which case I
> carry two. So, at the most, would be carry two pounds
> more than I would carry than say in Vermont.
>
> Of course, in desert hiking all bets are off. :-)
>
>
>
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