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#158129 - 12/01/11 12:54 PM Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner? [Re: Jackamo]
oldranger member Registered: 02/23/07 Posts: 1735 Loc: California (southern)	If you are doing this as a training exercise,and you are in reasonably good shape, I would pack a bit heavier - forty to forty-five pounds. Work up to that somewhat gradually. You will enjoy the lighter weight of a true lightweight setup. Condolences on the Alice pack, a thinly disguised implement of torture, IMO Edited by oldranger (12/01/11 12:55 PM)
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Good target pack weight for a beginner?	Jackamo	12/01/11 12:00 PM
Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner?	Steadman	12/01/11 12:12 PM
Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner?	OregonMouse	12/01/11 12:51 PM
Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner?	aimless	12/01/11 12:50 PM
Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner?	oldranger	12/01/11 12:54 PM
Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner?	Jackamo	12/01/11 05:37 PM
Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner?	OregonMouse	12/01/11 06:08 PM
Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner?	lori	12/01/11 06:11 PM
Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner?	drasticgame	12/01/11 06:41 PM
Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner?	balzaccom	12/01/11 10:37 PM
Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner?	Jackamo	12/02/11 11:50 AM
Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner?	oldranger	12/02/11 12:43 PM
Re: Good target pack weight for a beginner?	BrianLe	12/02/11 02:07 PM

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