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rlm · Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 20

I am doing my final backpack check, and am at 24# with food, but no water.
we are doing 4 days to kings peak, does that sound about right or am I still to heavy?
any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

CarpeyBiggs · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 1748 Location: Fairbanks, AK

That's purdy good. Add 4 pounds for water (or less, there are places to pump) and you should be set. Have fun.

rooster32 · Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 102 Location: Sandy, UT

We're doing Red Castle and my pack will probably be 50-60lbs :eek2:

A big chunk of that will be dog supplies, shotgun and other bird hunting supplies.

I'd love to be sub 30lbs..

stefan · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4429 Location: somewhere

rooster32 wrote: We're doing Red Castle and my pack will probably be 50-60lbs :eek2:

A big chunk of that will be dog supplies, shotgun and other bird hunting supplies.

I'd love to be sub 30lbs..

you know, first time i did the hike to red castle, we met a guy and his dog. it was the first time i'd ever seen a backpack for a dog. i thought it was the coolest thing. guy said ... "the dog can come along, but he's gotta carry his own weight." i laughed. the dog seemed not to mind the pack one bit.

TreeHugger · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 1020

24# is very light for 4 days! I was 35 without water on our Iceland trip.

benlittle · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 36 Location: SLC, Utah

rlm wrote: I am doing my final backpack check, and am at 24# with food, but no water.
we are doing 4 days to kings peak, does that sound about right or am I still to heavy?
any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

Depends on how much you weigh. You should stay at or below 20% of your body weight.

I tend to go heavy. Not that I don't have light gear, I just like A LOT of food while packing.

KillEmAll · Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 475 Location: Layton, UT

Yeah, eating good is usually my #1 priority. If there's fish to fry I'll rely on that. Otherwise, I'm usually packing in a few cans of stew since I don't really like the freeze dried junk, and hey, I'm on vacation right? :haha:

benlittle · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 36 Location: SLC, Utah

LOL, I have never packed a can of food.

I just take a lot of goodies... cookies, mountain house, pringles, beef jerky, cliff bars etc. Lots of calories.

KillEmAll · Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 475 Location: Layton, UT

benlittle wrote: LOL, I have never packed a can of food.

I just take a lot of goodies... cookies, mountain house, pringles, beef jerky, cliff bars etc. Lots of calories.

You consider Mountian House a goodie? Holy crap, you probably like black licorice too you sick bastard!

benlittle · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 36 Location: SLC, Utah

KillEmAll wrote: benlittle wrote: LOL, I have never packed a can of food.

I just take a lot of goodies... cookies, mountain house, pringles, beef jerky, cliff bars etc. Lots of calories.

You consider Mountian House a goodie? Holy crap, you probably like black licorice too you sick bastard!

Mmm... Black licorice.

Mountain House is just good because there isn't any clean up. Most is pretty good. You can find plenty of other stuff that's dehydrated but it has to be cooked or boiled in a bowl/ pot. I personally hate cleaning pots while backpacking especially when you have to pump all the water you're using.

KillEmAll · Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 475 Location: Layton, UT

Yes, not cleaning up is quite nice. And in all honesty, for freeze dried their food aint half bad. The one thing that really irks me is that they typically only sell it in 2 serving sizes. I like my food, but not that much. Seriously, am I missing something with this? I'm not making dinner for my friends here. I can only stand so much of their "meat". And when they do come in single servings, it's usually the same price as a double. WTF!! Please, someone give me some insight here. I'm not gonna start halfing it either (tried it, major pain in my @#$).

rlm · Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 20

this year i made all of my meals from freeze dried ingredients, contents were smaller in size and no packaging. so I was able to put 4 days of food into a 1 gallon ziploc and pack into my pack weighing 2 lbs.
pretty good I think, now I'll see how filling it is.

caverspencer · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 181 Location: Eagle Mountain

I just did Gilbert and Kings last weekend Thursday-Saturday. I was at 28lbs which seemed to heavy to me. I took way too much food and carried way too much water.

without food and water I can usually get my base pack under 20lbs, but that weight doesnt change much because for me all that changes is the amount of food and water I take.

Water is very abundant up there. Water was even flowing up at Anderson Pass.
I carried up a full 100 ounce bladder, I wish I would have done about 32 ounces instead.

benlittle · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 36 Location: SLC, Utah

rlm wrote: this year i made all of my meals from freeze dried ingredients, contents were smaller in size and no packaging. so I was able to put 4 days of food into a 1 gallon ziploc and pack into my pack weighing 2 lbs.
pretty good I think, now I'll see how filling it is.

Cool. That's something I really want to try.

benlittle · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 36 Location: SLC, Utah

caverspencer wrote: I just did Gilbert and Kings last weekend Thursday-Saturday. I was at 28lbs which seemed to heavy to me. I took way too much food and carried way too much water.

without food and water I can usually get my base pack under 20lbs, but that weight doesnt change much because for me all that changes is the amount of food and water I take.

Water is very abundant up there. Water was even flowing up at Anderson Pass.
I carried up a full 100 ounce bladder, I wish I would have done about 32 ounces instead.

That's just crazy low pack weight. Good for you. I've never EVER weighed less than 30lbs doing a 5+ day trip. :ne_nau: