It looks like the people responsible for ridiculously overpriced cycling gear have set their course for backpackers now, too.
This must add a new ranking on the backpacking hierarchy:
- Expedition Weight
- Lightweight
- Ultralight
- Sub-ultralight
- Wealthy lunatic fringe

I will never hold a person's gear choices against them, "run what ya brung" as they say in Toyota 4X4 circles. As long as it works for you and you can actually put it to good use, go for it; but this make me wonder if something like this can become "status symbol gear" among hobbyists with their priorities in the wrong direction.
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