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    W I S N E R !
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    @xnomanx

    The term recently came up in a thread, annoying many. A dirty little secret…I have been guilty of many "fastpacking" trips.
    I'm completely ambivalent about the term; call me what you will. Maybe it's accurate in some circumstances. Maybe it's pure marketing hype in others.

    I found a link to this article about the origins of the term on Anton Krupicka's blog today- it's from a late 80's issue of Ultrarunning Magazine.

    I think claiming fame to coining a term is a little hard to prove, but it's a good article nonetheless.

    …I'm sure Ray Jardine has claimed he invented and patented it somewhere ;)

    http://www.users.qwest.net/~cirnielsen/wind88.html

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    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    Not saying you, but just thinking generally that too many folks are too into labeling… HYOH. I care little about these clever (and not so clever) terms.

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    Jeremy Greene
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    @tippymcstagger

    Locale: North Texas

    In that context the term has merit. It bears little resemblance to leaving home the inner wall of a tent. I am curious what was in those fanny packs.

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    Jeremy Greene
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    @tippymcstagger

    Locale: North Texas

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    Jim W.
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    @jimqpublic

    Locale: So-Cal

    From the linked article: "carrying some 18-24 pounds each."

    In a fanny pack?

    My first sighting of a trail runner was about 1983. I was on the John Muir Trail about 15 trail miles north of Whitney. Late afternoon a guy trots up wearing two fanny packs stacked up. I ask where he's camped and he says he started from the portal (25 miles away) that morning and he's headed for Onion Valley (another 30 miles) with a bivouac somewhere in between.

    It sounded crazy at the time.

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