[at-l] Pack Liners

[wandering.bull at gmail.com (Wandering Bull)]

Forgot to answer one of your questions. The most food I carried was
for about 10 days in southern Florida but this was before I knew what
I was doing and I was planning to eat much more than I needed (I
weighed 255 lbs then, now I weigh 180).

The Wandering Bull
FT & AT 2005 / trailjournals.com/wanderingbull


On 8/23/05, Wandering Bull <wandering.bull@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sly,
> 
> I didn't carry many extras in terms of clothing. On the outside my
> z-rest got strapped between the top overhanging thing and the rest of
> the bag and on one side I carried my wanderlust nomad tent on the
> outside. I carried an itty bitty silnylon day food bag on the outside
> helmet carrier and my real food bag went in the pack. I carried an
> iPod on one hip pouch and a radio and data book in the other (picked
> up the radio in Harpers Ferry). I carried up to 7 days of food at a
> time but felt better with 4-5. With 5 days of food the weight probably
> went up to 23 pounds. I carried most things other people carried, just
> less of it. No cooking gear by the way, I did all 3,200+ miles on cold
> food and I'm very glad I did it that way. If I wanted to walk a 35
> mile day fine. If I wanted to walk a 15 mile day fine. Etc. The only
> thing I would have done differently was spend more money on a sleeping
> bag...my $130 Kelty Light Year 25 degree bag was not that great,
> actually it was a genuine piece of crap, plus the "light" thing is a
> misnomer, it weighs a full 2 pounds.
> 
> Many people thought I was a day hiker but they were...dead wrong.
> 
> The Wandering Bull
> AT & FT 2005 / trailjournals.com/wanderingbull
> 
> On 8/23/05, Slyatpct@aol.com <Slyatpct@aol.com> wrote:
> > In a message dated 8/23/2005 8:18:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > wandering.bull@gmail.com writes:
> >
> >
> > I carried a Salomon Raid 300 1800 cubic inch capacity pack (actually
> >  designed for adventure racing).
> >
> >
> >  1800 cubic inches seems extremely small for a thru-hike, especially, for
> > the vast majority of hikers.  Care to share your gear list and what went on
> > the outside, if anything?  And how many days of food is the most you carried
> > at any one time?
> >
> >  Thanks,
> >
> >  Sly
> >
> >
>