[pct-l] gear questions

[svein.eriksen@creuna.no (Svein Eriksen)]

Gregory makes good, but heavy packs. I've got a Makalu Pro which is
about the same size as Lassen, but lighter. It's a nice back, but (I
think) too heavy for a thruhike. I'd look around for something lighter,
possibly smaller.

The Slickrock versus the Orion AST. Haven't used either, but from the
specs I'd go for the Orion, because of the vestibule design. Not exactly
ultralight, but not bad either.

Svein



-----Original Message-----
From: omayya kanafani [mailto:omayya@plikka.com]
Sent: 8. september 2002 22:53
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] gear questions

Hi,

So we are starting to look at gear for the PCT 2003 trip we're planning.
We
want to go light but I don't think we'll be going ultra-light. It seems
a
lot of people are taking just tarps and not tents but as we'll also
being
camping in upstate New York a lot this year - we are looking at
3-sesason
tents. We took a drive up to Campmor yesterday to try things on... I was
wondering if anyone has had any experience with the following gear:

Sierra Designs Orion AST (tent)
North Face Slickrock (tent)

Gregory Lassen (pack)

I'd appreciate any reviews or suggestions!

Thanks,
Omayya

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