[pct-l] Pack weights AT vs PCT

[Montedodge@aol.com]

 If your pack was 45lbs. on the AT and only 25lbs. on the PCT Martin,  this 
meaning your planning was worse on your AT trip. The towns are closer on the 
AT than the PCT so there's no reason your pack should be heavier. Many places 
on the PCT make a hiker pack more between drops not to mention all the extra 
water the PCT requires. More hikers will complete the AT in one year than all 
the hikers that have ever completed the PCT. ( Which one is harder???)  If a 
person bails out of the AT, you are seldom a day from a road. The AT has a 
Kazillion shelters to help in bad weather, where as the PCT has few.  If  
your into shopping in big malls, love crowds , maybe the AT is a better 
trail. Gramma Gatewood kept her distance from the PCT  and kept redoing and 
redoing the AT.  A  PCT hikers pack is " as a rule " heavier than an AT 
hikers pack just from logistics.
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