[at-l] What have we done..was fanny pack convert and a jacket

[kahley7 <kahley7@ptd.net>]

There was a nice young guy that i met at the Gathering,,,,
kinda new to backpacking....didn't know much about gear
and all.   Now look at him....contimplating gear modification
and scoping out the web bargain sites and gasp....thinking
about his pack weight!!!!!  See what happens when you hang around
here!!!!
About the pack, I wear mine a little low and let the pack belt rest on it.
I was going to cut it up and refigure it to fit on my pack, but I use it on
day hikes when I don't carry my big pack and also wear it in camp so
the stuff in it is handy.  Also, after training hard for a year for my thru
that didn't happen, I lost my hips and the fannybelt helped keep my
pack from slipping down.  Note...my current reduced level of
training and my quitting smoking have amazingly restored my hips
<sigh>            k./\



Paul Miller wrote:

>
>
> Is it just me or is rei-outlet.com a great idea...  it is kinda like a
> sierra trading post and i can look at it every night to feed my hiking
> hunger and it changes every week so i always have new stuff to look at.
> jsut to make you all jealous i am still buying more stuff and making my pack
> lighter.  i am still throwing reminits of car camping equipment out of my
> pack so at this time the more i buy the lighter my pack gets.  it is
> reachign a zero point very soon too. hehhehe
>
> i also picked up a polartec clothe thingy jacket it is 200 weight.  what
> does everyone think about that weight.  i am normally pretty warm(i wear
> very little clothing in the winters) for people in Maryland.  but i am sure
> mister magnanti can put me to shame in that category and many of you
> northerners for that matter.  but I am building up tolerance i want to be
> able to walk around in true braggin' cold with nothing but my party suit on
> <j/k>.
>
> the only problem with this whole plan is i dont think i can bring it on my
> next hike cause it will be (hopefully if it all works out) before the stuff
> arrives in the mail.  i am at one of those point in school where i have time
> off and want to use it and my next hike after this break will not be until
> the summer or the dreaded spring break rush.  which leave me a little sad at
> the prospect of my poor backpack sitting around in the clean warmed interior
> of my house collecting dust, poor pack
>
> hope anyone that read this far could read throuhg my bad english grammar and
> spelling mistakes
>
> BotleNeck
>
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