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How heavy are your packs and for how many days do you go out?
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<blockquote data-quote="Country Bumpkin" data-source="post: 1448587" data-attributes="member: 92230"><p>I'm with you, I scoffed at them for a long time, until I killed a bull and had a very steep downhill packout to the river trail. On an uphill packout, even with a hind quarter and trimmings, they get in my way. On a steep downhill I don't trust my bad knee not to hyperextend again, which is how I tore my ACL the first time (snowboarding). As proud as I am, my ego takes much less of a hit using trekking poles than it would if I had to be rescued, at great expense, by Mt Search and Rescue, THAT would be embarrassing and something to scoff at. </p><p></p><p>Pack weight for 5 days (no water, no rifle, no binos) is right at 45 lbs (including my food). Finished 7RM is at 8.5 lbs scoped. Water fluctuates as I travel in/out. Where I really splurge on item weight, but save on total pack weight, is binoculars. I have elected to forego spotting scope and 10x binos in favor of 15x Leica binos at 46 oz plus Bino bag. No need for range finder, in the binos!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Country Bumpkin, post: 1448587, member: 92230"] I’m with you, I scoffed at them for a long time, until I killed a bull and had a very steep downhill packout to the river trail. On an uphill packout, even with a hind quarter and trimmings, they get in my way. On a steep downhill I don’t trust my bad knee not to hyperextend again, which is how I tore my ACL the first time (snowboarding). As proud as I am, my ego takes much less of a hit using trekking poles than it would if I had to be rescued, at great expense, by Mt Search and Rescue, THAT would be embarrassing and something to scoff at. Pack weight for 5 days (no water, no rifle, no binos) is right at 45 lbs (including my food). Finished 7RM is at 8.5 lbs scoped. Water fluctuates as I travel in/out. Where I really splurge on item weight, but save on total pack weight, is binoculars. I have elected to forego spotting scope and 10x binos in favor of 15x Leica binos at 46 oz plus Bino bag. No need for range finder, in the binos!! [/QUOTE]
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