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Originally Posted by Troop198
ploddinTod, What is so sad is 14 oz of the bag is down fill, here is one example link, Western Mountaineering
I told the boys to stay away from that kind of $$$ till they get rich, then remember the old ASM who showed them the outdoors. 
I have heard good things about that brand:ribbit: |
Funny you should bring up the topic. Just the other day I was visiting my uncle who I had loaned an external frame aluminum backpack to about 20 years ago. It was from my BS days (a lot more than 20 years ago
). It seemed like it was made from cast iron compared to my current ultralight 2lb pack.
But it's been a long and expensive road to lightness, since I still carry a fair amount of stuff. I don't have much titanium except in my cooking gear. I do opt for down fill on bags since they have a better size / weight / temp ratio than synthetics. I don't like to be exposed to creepy crawlies and skeeters so I do have an ultralight, enclosed tent (currently carrying the MSR Hubba 1 man free standing tent).
I did 5 days in Colorado on a total of 35 pounds, but I did carry too much food and clothes and a few other items. I could have dropped 5 pounds easy, and I'd like to have been closer to 25 pounds. Climbing from 8000 feet to 13000 feet, I felt every pound !