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I thru hiked the PCT. The one thing I learned as an engineer / technical person: bring one of everything. No redundancy. The gains from being ultra light, sing

• seplox 1y ago
  I think that minimum redundancy is a wiser ethos. There are a couple of places where the weight penalty versus cost of failure makes the decision a no-brainer. In my case, that means bringing aquatabs to back up my primary water treatment system and a second way to strike my stove. An extra 2 grams for aquatabs versus 4 weeks of greasy diarrhea? Check. Ten grams for a second mini bic or small fire steel versus cold soaking meals that I designed for cooking? Check. But I do agree with you that bringing less in general frees you to move faster, go farther, and enjoy the journey even more.
  • jryio 1y ago
    Sure yes! Good shout. At the end of the day my trail family had 4 levels of redundancy between us.