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bluegoose · 01-08-2007, 05:56 PM

I was actually carrying our newest deacon. He weighed about 70 pounds and said he was too tired to walk all the way to camp. The additional 5 pounds came from a knife and some trapping rope. Water filters are for wussies.

MW is right. The speluncking gear is quite heavy. Ropes, harnesses, caribiners, ascenders, helmets, lights....

I eat well on backpacking trips. MREs are the only way to go for dinner. MSR whisperlite stove adds a couple of pounds.

I usually do take a water filter, but often don't use it. We have a little spring right near our camping area where the water is clean every year. There is a caving society out of San Francisco that goes up into the Marble Mountain wilderness area each spring and tests the water. It makes it nice for us. Filtering is a pain.

01-08-2007, 05:56 PM	#1
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	I was actually carrying our newest deacon. He weighed about 70 pounds and said he was too tired to walk all the way to camp. The additional 5 pounds came from a knife and some trapping rope. Water filters are for wussies. MW is right. The speluncking gear is quite heavy. Ropes, harnesses, caribiners, ascenders, helmets, lights.... I eat well on backpacking trips. MREs are the only way to go for dinner. MSR whisperlite stove adds a couple of pounds. I usually do take a water filter, but often don't use it. We have a little spring right near our camping area where the water is clean every year. There is a caving society out of San Francisco that goes up into the Marble Mountain wilderness area each spring and tests the water. It makes it nice for us. Filtering is a pain.