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Re: [at-l] Pack Weight on the AT

<<Not to defend 75 pound pack weights, but there is a huge difference between
being a distance runner and in shape, and being a backpacker and in shape.>>

<<His point was that, more often than
not, a runner will push himself over terrain that he is not used to, carrying
more weight than normal, and an injury will result.>>

Well, we had both been hiking for four years by then were familiar with the
type of terrain terrain we were on.  His problem had more to do with his
physiology.  He was 6'2" then and only weighed 150 pounds. His knee burst 
because we were carrying more weight than normal.

Steve
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