Thanks Ken!
I breezed through this thread too quickly. Following that link, I see you're a fellow enthusiast old enough (wise enough) to have been influenced by that article.
Interestingly, the pdf scan that Sam posted was from me … it was a topic of discussion between us at the 1st BPL-BSA training session to certify BSA UL leaders.
(My son is in Scouts, so I am involved too. Sam was one of the BPL instructors on that session.) Good class campfire discussions on how to implement UL into Scouting. Unfortunately the "BSA cert" from that class took a year & half to be issued to me, and it was only good for the Montana's BSA Council … not a lot of credibility elsewhere but that's another topic.
Nice to see that the article lives on in google docs. It certainly helps debunk the "it's only a fad" myth.
BTW, somewhat off topic, Doug Robinson was a slightly earlier pioneer from the same period. His early writings that touched upon going light were rather cutting edge (= about a 12 lb base) … at the time, my hiking buddy and I spent many hours trying to figure out how he managed to shave a Jensen pack down to 17 oz. Met him years later, and found out: he made his own out of a much lighter material. (doh! so obvious in hindsight)
