Originally Posted by
AdventureMyk
Yeah, some people go for the most ultra light at any cost. I go for comfort. My camp chair is multi-use and always on my pack. I have a few extra bits and doodads but 2-4lbs of luxuries to make a good trip great is always worth the trade-off to me. If I was only looking to pound miles day after day on something like 100 miles of the AT trail I would definitely revise my kit. I'd still keep the caribiner on my NX270 but I might shuck the extras and the chair would stay home.
The funny part is that I love all the new ul tech and gear. Gadgets, gizmos, cool new bits of kit? Love them! But I don't personally feel the need to spend multiple times the price of a good solid tarp that is already lightweight for a fragile Cuban fiber that sounds like a snare drum in the rain, etc. Probably a good thing I only have the scale I step on at home. *grin*
"Your honor, those scales were not drug paraphernalia, he is just a gram-weenie!"
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