[pct-l] death of a hiker

[jomike47 at earthlink.net (JoAnn M. Michael)]

I am very tired, and with one message outrageously offended, with this absurd obsession with pack weight.  Whether your pack weights 17 pds and 3.7823 oz. or if it weighs 15 pds. and 8.7950 ozs. I am tired of hearing about YOUR pack. Your pack weigh does NOT make you a better hiker or a better person.  It doesn't mean you can hiker fast or further. It simply means your pack weighs less for you.

Who do any of us think we are to re-view the causes of a young woman's death. It seems to me in the case of pack weigh or stating how you think someone died reeks of egotism.  I am sure her family would find it highly reasuring that YOU know how she died.  What would you tell them...her pack was 1.5 pds. too heavy, or if it had been under such-and-such weight she'd still be alive.

JoAnn