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For trips of a week or more, I use freeze-dried fruit to save weight. For shorter trips, I get bulk regular dried fruit such as sold in the health food sections of many supermarkets.


I learned something here. Freeze dried is lighter than dried. It also lightens the wallet by quite a bit. Which just reminded me to weigh my wallet which ends up in my pack. 126 grams. Reduce that to a credit card, a retired military ID, COSAR card and it's down to 11 grams. That's a savings of 115 grams right there, or a little over 1/4 pound. This led to me weighing my car key and remote control. 40 grams. So just this morning, I've saved 155 grams. I can hide the key on the car. It's an extra one anyway. This is getting obsessive.


Edited by Gershon (08/30/11 08:05 AM)
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