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[at-l] Re: Minimalist

>>"You should definitely take a tent, you'll hate having only a bivy after a
>>few rain storms!"
>
>Awww bullshit! The fact that committing myself to going super ultra light
>will get my pack weight to 25 lbs with food and water is more than worth
>riding out a storm or two or twelve in a bivy, BUT that's MY opinion, it
>works for ME, it won't necessarily work for you. If I could give one piece
>of advice to thru-triers it would be:
>
>"there ain't much you really need to survive with, you can always get it
>later, and if you can't survive until your next maildrop without it
>(mentally that is) then you might as well quit now. If you can't wait
>three more days or another week for the candle lantern you wish you had
>brought, how are you going to ride out that week long storm when it's 44
>degrees out and you still have to hike in the stuff every day?"
>
>So what do you need? That's up to you but the only essentials I see are:
>
>food, clean water, some form of shelter,a few clothes, and a strong mental
>attitude (some positive vibes from the homefront help too).

HOORAY FOR MINIMALISTS!!!



Deb G>

Deborah S. Grove, Ph.D.
Manager, Nucleic Acid Facility
210 Wartik Laboratory
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Tel: (814)865-3332


http://www.biotec.psu.edu/lsc/stf/naf/naf.html


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