Back in the Day

[Jay Wilkerson]

My 2ND backpacking trip with my girlfriend soon to be wife. My pack is on the left,a Jansport at 5,500Ci. I brought everything and the kitchen sink too! It was maybe 60+ LBS. Thank goodness for Beyond Backpacking by Ray Jardine.

Look at our knees and backs- they are buckling under the weight.

[David Lutz]

Cool!!

[Jonathan DeYoung]

I know it may not seem like huge heavy packs… but between the two of us we must have been sporting over 110 lbs of gear! I am ashamed to say it… but we had a winter mountaineering tent in the middle of summer that we wanted to try out!

[Jay Wilkerson]

Henry Coe St Park in August 1999 with a 65 pound pack.
What was I thinking?

[Ken Thompson]

Off to a bad finish. There is about 35 pounds on each one of us, plus the 65 pound packs.

[Ken Helwig]

yeah, but look at that view

[Brian Doble]

This is before my first overnight /thru-hike on the AT in 2003: 50+ pack weight. So young and innocent. I cut that down to around 20 by Katahdin, then around 10 after BPL on my next thru in 2008.

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