[pct-l] Re: How to Measure Pack Base Weight?

[Tortoise73 at charter.net (Tortoise)]

I  took a slightly different approach.  I made a spreadsheet of all my 
gear including each items weight in both pounds/ounces and grams.  Then 
when I pack for a trip, I just use paste a simple formula into a new set 
of columns for that trip. I have a checklist as well as weight.  I count 
food  and fuel separately and consumables separate from non-consumables.

Tortoise


dsaufley@sprynet.com wrote:
> Very cool.  I like it!  But then, I'm something of a checklist nut.  And, I love technology (think of Kip's wedding song at the end of Napoleon Dynamite :o)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: enyapjr@adelphia.net
> Sent: Aug 31, 2005 5:59 PM
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Cc: dsaufley@sprynet.com
> Subject: How to Measure Pack Base Weight?
> 
> A great little downloadable spreadsheet program related to this thread can be found at:
> 
> <http://www.backpacking.net/featured3.html>  the "BACKPACKING GEAR WEIGHT CALCULATOR" by Chris Ibbeson...
> 
> It is explained on the above link.  I have every piece of gear that I own listed (my next project must be to make sure it is all in the same location instead of scattered throughout various rooms, the basement and the garage!)...  I then check what I will take on each individual trek...  each category's weight is totaled and a grand total is given...  (My categories are Wear/Carry, Pack, Clothing, Shelter, Sleeping, Kitchen, Essentials, Miscellaneous, Fishing, and Consumables)...  I can print out the selected items as a checklist to make sure I don't leave something behind!
> 
> Happy trails!!!