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Post by reuben on Nov 20, 2020 14:52:07 GMT -8
Welcome from Chicagoland, where we don't shove pickled okra at all. Well, you might want to start. Pickle Shoving will be a demonstration sport in the next Winter Olympics.
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Post by driftwoody on Nov 20, 2020 14:54:58 GMT -8
Welcome from Chicagoland, where we don't shove pickled okra at all. Well, you might want to start. Pickle Shoving will be a demonstration sport in the next Winter Olympics. It's a pairs competition, judged by metrics and style points.
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Post by trinity on Nov 20, 2020 15:04:14 GMT -8
I've carried a chair on almost every backpacking trip I've taken the past 5 years or so. I've carried the Alite Mayfly, which is just over a pound. The chair you linked to is almost 3 pounds, which is excessive, IMHO. I'm pretty sure most backpackers who carry chairs carry the REI Flexlite Air or the Helinox Chair Zero. A chair can be well worth the weigh, but you shouldn't need to carry more than about a pound.
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Post by reuben on Nov 20, 2020 15:19:19 GMT -8
Well, you might want to start. Pickle Shoving will be a demonstration sport in the next Winter Olympics. It's a pairs competition, judged by metrics and style points. An interesting note is that the metrics will be measured in imperial units - gallons, foot-pounds, and furlongs.
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driftwoody
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Post by driftwoody on Nov 20, 2020 15:23:03 GMT -8
I'm trying to picture a furlong of pickled okra, and coming up short.
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Post by reuben on Nov 20, 2020 15:26:33 GMT -8
How the heck did okra get involved? The Olympic committee would never allow it!!
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Post by digger on Nov 20, 2020 15:27:54 GMT -8
I've carried a chair on almost every backpacking trip I've taken the past 5 years or so. I've carried the Alite Mayfly, which is just over a pound. The chair you linked to is almost 3 pounds, which is excessive, IMHO. I'm pretty sure most backpackers who carry chairs carry the REI Flexlite Air or the Helinox Chair Zero. A chair can be well worth the wait, but you shouldn't need to carry more than about a pound. Yeah...I get it. 3lbs is a lot. I'm a big guy....but not as big as I was back in March. I was creeping up on 300lbs and decided I was not OK with that. Simply through diet I have dropped 50lbs since then and would like to drop another 20 or so. So from the point of view of a guy who has shed 50 pounds in fat, I feel like if I were to add that much back in pack weight, with some training, I could probably manage. I have no plans to lug around 50 pounds of gear, but if I'm careful about other gear choices a 3lb chair isn't going to be a deal (or back) breaker for me. I lost the 50 pounds through better nutrition and a fairly aggressive intermittent fasting protocol. And although I've relaxed my fasting a good bit now...I'm basically eating only one big meal a day. So when I started thinking about getting outdoors and being active and enjoying not being morbidly obese, I naturally thought about what my food plans would be. Being someone who can, and has many times, gone 72 hours without food, I think I could pack much lighter than most backpackers with regard to cooking equipment and food. The Big Bend trip I'm planning involves fresh brewed coffee and some pemmican. I realize backpacking is a massive calorie burner...and I'm actually looking forward to stepping on a scale after a 3 day trip to see how much weight I've lost.
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Post by tigger on Nov 20, 2020 15:28:00 GMT -8
Welcome from the PNW. Glad to have you here! There is some great advice from the folk here.
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Post by johntpenca on Nov 20, 2020 15:44:19 GMT -8
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Post by digger on Nov 20, 2020 15:50:51 GMT -8
Helinox Chair Zero, 16 oz. Maybe not substantial enough for you. I agree....when I started looking at chairs, this was the one I saw most backpackers using. I think for a 240lb guy though the REI Camp Boss is the better choice..even if it's double the weight.
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Post by ErnieW on Nov 20, 2020 16:01:09 GMT -8
Welcome from north of NYC. I'm more toward the accept some weight for some comfort end of the spectrum but if I was climbing thousands of feet up and down instead of the more rolling hills of the NE I would sing a different tune. As for chairs about a year I bought: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PNZHXH7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1I have twins so two chairs. They're two pounds each and will hold me at 220 just fine.
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Post by johntpenca on Nov 20, 2020 16:14:18 GMT -8
The Big Bend trip I'm planning involves fresh brewed coffee and some pemmican. Respectfully, that diet may leave you running out of gas. You may see it as a weight loss experience, but maybe re-think your options in case you you find yourself with no energy. How much mileage do you intend to cover? How far from a trailhead do you plan to be? Do you carry a PLB (personal locator beacon)?
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Post by ErnieW on Nov 20, 2020 16:20:44 GMT -8
Again there are several threads here on the PLB vs sat messengers. I just bought a Garmin InReach Mini for my last trip (getting old) and really liked it. A bit $$$ but the peace of mind on a solo trip was definitely nice. For the most part no cell so being able to txt the wife that everything was OK was really good.
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Post by digger on Nov 20, 2020 16:33:21 GMT -8
The Big Bend trip I'm planning involves fresh brewed coffee and some pemmican. Respectfully, that diet may leave you running out of gas. You may see it as a weight loss experience, but maybe re-think your options in case you you find yourself with no energy. How much mileage do you intend to cover? How far from a trailhead do you plan to be? Do you carry a PLB (personal locator beacon)? Also respectfully, pemmican is extremely calorie dense and my body has already been weaned off of carbs and sugars and is perfectly happy to run on fat and protein. So I'm fairly certain even three solid days of hiking, at the worst I might be more tired that I thought I'd get. I may be wrong about that, but that's part of learning. From all my years of hunting I know my dad and I always bring more of everything and stuff ends up in the trash or thrown to the coyotes. For backpacking, I think too much is almost as bad as too little, because you're carrying everything on your back (hips). I'm still waiting for all my kit to arrive from REI and once it gets here there will be several training outings with my complete kit in some of the Austin parks. I'll get a good idea of how my body will respond to extended walking with the loaded pack. Three days is not much time so nutrition is honestly low on my list of concerns for this trip....if I were going up into the Rockies for a week, believe me, I'd be considering my food MUCH more carefully. I appreciate the feedback in any case I don't have any plans to cover X miles a day. My only plans are to enjoy Big Bend at a relaxed pace. If that means I only get 10 miles from the trailhead, I'm good with that. Yes, I do plan on getting a nice GPS unit between now and then.
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Post by ErnieW on Nov 20, 2020 16:40:21 GMT -8
Yes, I do plan on getting a nice GPS unit between now and then. PLM and sat messengers are different. Many here just use their phone for a GPS. The map software is generally better.
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