sacrum pain Dixon roller?

Might a more extreme version of this design work?

http://www.zimmerbuilt.com/halfpack-20—elder.html

It would almost certainly require very light and compact gear though.

I don't think the Dixon Roller is permitted on the PCT. If only it was easy and practical for you have a pack animal. Good luck.

"If only it was easy and practical for you have a pack animal."

Wasn't there a couple that was traveling the PCT with a small herd of goats? Every couple of hundred miles, one of the herd members would get a sudden fatal death and there would be fresh goat kabobs on the plate that night.

I've seen people doing parts of the PCT with two burros. They can't carry a heavy load like a mule can, but they are less stubborn. I don't know. Maybe you end up with burro burritos.

–B.G.–

Goats, alpacas, mules, horses. It's doable for most of the PCT, but I can't imagine someone trying to transition to using one this late in the game. Definitely not with mules and horses, not unless a packer were hired as well.

There are others.
Two that I know of are the Carrix:
http://www.carrix.ch/index.html
and the Monowalker
http://www.monowalker.com/
but they are not allowed on some trails
Franco

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Eugene is correct. No go for the PCT. wheeled.

Really sorry to hear about your illness. Would something like an Aarn backpack work, which transfers a lot of weight (depending on how you pack it) to your front instead of all on your back?

Franco,

Your last 5 posts were very thought provoking and helpful.

Thanks,

Daryl

I pride myself on posting something intelligent once a year.
Those five posts will do for 2012 and the next four.
Franco
For some reason my comments were not loading, so kept trying, then they loaded all at once.

"For some reason my comments were not loading, so kept trying, then they loaded all at once."

I've seen that, and it seems to me that it happens more when the BPL server is busy doing a backup or something. If I think that it is hanging on the first post, I temporarily copy my text out to a clipboard, then close the posting window and wait for a few minutes. Sometimes my posting will appear on its own. Sometimes not.

Franco, I would much prefer to see your posting with the cat.

–B.G.–