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Agreed. so much work to save like... half an ounce?

• xxpor 3y ago
  Welcome to the world of backpacking. They're a... bit crazy.
  • Gordonjcp 3y ago
    My mum was a sport climber back in the 1960s when it was developing as a sport that non-millionaires did, rather than eccentric Victorian gentlemen scaling the Eiger with a team of borrowed Gurkhas. Anyway, she was always baffled by the folk who did stuff like sawing the handles off their toothbrushes to save a gram or two in their backpack. "The weight of a couple of raindrops..."
• sciurus 3y ago
  100ft of rg-316 weighs a pound. 100ft of rg-213 weights 10 pounds. Given their longest cable from the article is 33ft, that's several pounds saved! This is pretty meaningful considered many SOTA operators are the type who measure their entire field radio setup in ounces. The author doesn't seem that extreme, but they still pack pretty light. Here's a couple pictures of them out in the field. rg-213 would not fit in that pack. https://i0.wp.com/qrper.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Equipment.jpeg?ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/qrper.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Equip... https://i0.wp.com/qrper.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Arthurs-seat-operating-SOTA.jpeg?ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/qrper.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Arthu...
  • Gordonjcp 3y ago
    > 100ft of rg-213 weights 10 pounds. I eat that in snacks walking up a Munro.