Re: [at-l] Gear changes

[Pat Villeneuve <patv@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>]

I'm soooooooooooooooooo envious.....

Give Me Chocolate

KC wrote:
> 
>     I played with my gear the last few days and I made some changes in gear. I took the top of my McHale BackPack (12 ounces) Pack now weighs 5 
lb 12 ounces. I
>     Bear Bells and Leapfrog can you add this stuff to my journal? Thanks.
>     One week to go!!! It is freezing cold in NC! I will be taking All of my winter gear! I should get the rest of my food and fuel tabs by Mon 
or Tues,,,pack t
> 
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>     I played with my gear the last few days and I made some changes in
> gear. I took the top of my McHale BackPack (12 ounces) Pack now weighs
> 5 lb 12 ounces. I am doing away with the  6 ounce bug net and sewed in
> some bug netting (2 1/2 ounces) into my bivy sack. I will use Potable
> Aqua Tabs (1 ounce) which replaces the Polar Pure (3 ounces),,,may
> change to the Polar Pure further north. Finally found some Teva Knock
> Offs at Walmart (5 ounces) and will leave my real Tevas ( 1lb 3 oz) at
> home. I will NOT carry an eye glass Case (1 1/2 ounces). I have
> changed my stove from the Mt Lite Propane Stove (5 ounces) to the
> Esbit stove (3 ounces). Fuel canisters would have weighed in at 11
> ounces for the Mt Lite Stove,,,Esbit fuel is 1/2 ounce per tab,,,most
> I will carry are 12 tabs (6 ounces). I made this change because of
> weight and I want to know how much fuel I have at any given time,,,I
> could not do this with the Mt Lite. I have exchanged my Note Pad and
> Pencil (2 ounces) and will use the Sharp TelMail TM-20 (8 1/2 ounces).
> This will make transcribing my journal a lot easier for Leapfrog. This
> will also save us some money on long distance calls because the 800
> number can be used to send email home rather than leaving messages on
> the phone answering machine. This leaves me with a pack weight of
> around 26 pounds for winter and 24 pounds for summer (without food or
> water). I knocked out about 4 pounds!!!!!! Now,,,do I really need that
> ????
>     Bear Bells and Leapfrog can you add this stuff to my journal?
> Thanks.
>     One week to go!!! It is freezing cold in NC! I will be taking All
> of my winter gear! I should get the rest of my food and fuel tabs by
> Mon or Tues,,,pack them and I'm ready to go!!! KC aka War Eagle 7 days
> to go!!!!
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