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Weight Limit For Your Outings

Anonymous Sun 23 Apr 2023 16:29:26 No.2571718 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2571727 >>2571730 >>2571734 >>2571760 >>2571878 >>2575887 >>2575915

>TFW they say one does not simply carry 120lbs over the mountains.

What's your current weight limit for the kinds of outdoor activities you do?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Apr 2023 16:40:09 No.2571727 Report

Quoted By: >>2571808

>>2571718
To qualify for our team we must carry a 30kg rucksack 50km in 24 hours. The elevation gain is about 2,400m.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Apr 2023 16:45:54 No.2571730 Report

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>>2571718
no idea, ive never cared enough to weigh my kit

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Apr 2023 16:49:52 No.2571734 Report

Quoted By: >>2571908

>>2571718
25 lbs max. - for multiday peak bagging in the Alps, forest after work, rucking, day hiking etc.
35 lbs for mountain treks or hiking on civilized trails
50 lbs for offtrail, taiga/tundra, subarctic - overload to 70 lbs for up to 3 weeks of food.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Apr 2023 17:25:12 No.2571760 Report

Quoted By: >>2571792 >>2571794 >>2575805

>>2571718
>120lbs
What does this equal in civilized scale?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Apr 2023 18:46:56 No.2571792 Report

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>>2571760
About 8 and a half stone.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Apr 2023 18:49:48 No.2571794 Report

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>>2571760
54,431 grams

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Apr 2023 19:18:54 No.2571808 Report

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>>2571727
Sounds reasonable for a pt test. Where can I join and what are the benefits?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Apr 2023 21:19:27 No.2571842 Report

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just recently got a finnish surplus framed backpack and did a test load of about 20kg
(44 lbs) on a mini hike of about 10km. It works like a charm but the knee joints hate it. Will proably use it with hiking poles if going for such weight and longer hikes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Apr 2023 23:03:32 No.2571878 Report

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>>2571718
you should carry no more than a quarter of your fit (normal) body weight, some say a third but I think that is too much weight long term

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 00:55:14 No.2571908 Report

Quoted By: >>2573958

>>2571734
3 weeks of food by carrying 70 pounds? I would carry that for sure. Not going to buy a $90 rape whistle because it's one ounce less than the $3 one, and I'm also not going to cart around 120 lbs of bullshit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Apr 2023 18:47:04 No.2573958 Report

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>>2571908
Might be 80 pounds if you want to eat exactly the calories you need. I find that starting at 60 pounds the mileage you can put out exponentially diminishes so its not really worth it to carry more than 3 weeks of food since you'll walk about the same distance in 4 weeks carrying 80 pounds as you'll do in 3 weeks carrying 60 pounds.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 May 2023 00:55:22 No.2575805 Report

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>>2571760
It's about 1/4 the weight of your mother.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 May 2023 04:35:16 No.2575887 Report

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>>2571718
If I put my bag on and can't walk around the room with it, it's too heavy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 May 2023 06:16:44 No.2575915 Report

Quoted By: >>2575935

>>2571718
about 50lbs before food, that way I can bring it on a plane. People always tell me that I carry too much, and then they break something and need a replacement / repair. I also sleep very comfy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 May 2023 08:50:53 No.2575935 Report

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>>2575915
>People always tell me that I carry too much, and then they break something and need a replacement / repair.
Then everyone clapped

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