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#125735 - 12/22/09 11:11 PM Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight? [Re: Jim M]
Jimshaw member Registered: 10/22/03 Posts: 3983 Loc: Bend, Oregon	Pliny good analysis and reduction. So maybe we're saying that for moderns 15% is a better figure than 25%. Jim _________________________ These are my own opinions based on wisdom earned through many wrong decisions. Your mileage may vary.
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What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Jim M	12/21/09 02:44 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	OregonMouse	12/21/09 03:00 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	Glenn	12/22/09 07:03 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	sabre11004	12/22/09 11:07 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	Glenn	12/22/09 03:03 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	DTape	12/22/09 05:42 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	verber	01/02/10 08:08 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Eric	12/21/09 06:36 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	aimless	12/21/09 06:44 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Pika	12/21/09 07:21 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	wandering_daisy	12/21/09 11:08 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Zalman	12/22/09 08:40 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	bigb	12/22/09 09:58 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	BarryP	12/22/09 06:00 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Jimshaw	12/22/09 08:16 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	bigb	12/22/09 08:30 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Glenn	12/22/09 08:33 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Broadway	12/22/09 08:45 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Jimshaw	12/22/09 08:57 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	bigb	12/22/09 09:06 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	wandering_daisy	12/22/09 10:27 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Jim M	12/22/09 10:16 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Jimshaw	12/22/09 11:11 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	BarryP	12/23/09 09:53 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Franco	12/23/09 04:31 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	jasonklass	12/27/09 06:25 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	thecook	12/27/09 09:29 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Swimswithtrout	12/23/09 10:30 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Glenn	12/23/09 10:59 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Swimswithtrout	12/23/09 11:53 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Kent W	12/25/09 09:05 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Jim M	12/24/09 12:23 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Jimshaw	12/24/09 12:58 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	phat	12/24/09 01:58 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	finallyME	12/26/09 01:33 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Keith	01/01/10 08:42 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Swimswithtrout	01/02/10 10:13 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Eugene	01/02/10 11:20 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Keith	01/03/10 09:03 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Eugene	01/03/10 02:35 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	wandering_daisy	01/05/10 12:28 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	sabre11004	01/08/10 12:44 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	wandering_daisy	01/10/10 12:29 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	wandering_daisy	01/10/10 12:47 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Jimshaw	01/10/10 01:09 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	DTape	01/03/10 09:21 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	mugs	12/25/09 09:22 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	DTape	12/29/09 06:50 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	skippy	12/29/09 01:07 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	OregonMouse	12/29/09 02:24 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	sabre11004	12/29/09 08:53 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	OregonMouse	12/30/09 12:37 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	wildthing	03/12/10 06:07 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Eugene	12/26/09 09:35 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	skippy	12/28/09 11:24 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Eugene	12/28/09 11:57 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Swimswithtrout	12/29/09 08:21 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Glenn	12/29/09 08:31 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Swimswithtrout	12/29/09 09:51 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Steadman	12/29/09 11:23 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	Glenn	12/30/09 04:14 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	chimpac	01/11/10 02:11 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	aimless	01/11/10 03:30 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	chimpac	01/12/10 11:19 AM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	OregonMouse	01/12/10 12:22 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight	aimless	01/12/10 01:35 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	CamperHiker	04/22/10 05:53 PM
Re: What do you consider a comfortable pack weight?	dianeh	05/04/10 01:24 PM