Thread: Pack Weight

Originally Posted by XR500

Back in the 1970's a 10 day trip used to require our packs weighed 65 ish lbs. Thats 29kgs in metrics. Thats no fancy synthetics etc. Rifle was on top of that. So with all the flash harry clothing and gear available to everyone nowadays no one should be anywhere near that number.

We set off for 14 days in Fiordland (basically a "half traverse" down to the south coast) in 1985 and my pack weight was 23 kgs. That included a shared tent and a shared big old Mtn radio. I dont think it included my rifle,that was pretty light though, a VZ 33 8x57 with a 2.5x scope - those were the days !! I still have the Torres pack I used on that trip!