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Topics => TEOTWAWKI => Topic started by: Libertas on October 19, 2022, 09:42:34 AM
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Nice, appears I am a bit off in my own arrangements...
Also, for those who experience that thing called winter...kind creates new priorities...and bulk!
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How much does that thing probably weigh?
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If they are light on the ammo...probably still close to 95-100lbs I bet...
Me, I can skip some stuff, like shaving...I've given up hair cuts too...all I need is a brush and anything that can serve as a scrunchy...toiletries too a luxury, disinfectants etc not...clothes would be very limited too...my ammo requirements alone would break my back...not counting stuff carrying on you elsewhere...
And like I said, winter here drives other necessities lower in priority...
One cannot expect to have all that is needed and be expect to tote it...there will be compromises...
Means one has to spread some eggs out...pre-position some caches where possible/practical...
Means not everybody is going to be able to grunt it...
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Ever see the movie Wild, with Reese Witherspoon?
I recommend it.
The first backpacking scene is accurate.
She never saw the gear before putting it in her pack in making the movie, so her unfamiliarity was real.
Same with the tent.
She over packed and could barely lift it.
IRL the author bought the gear at REI, likely Roseville.
I still have the Danner boots she wore, but a few years older.
Danner brought out the old designs and made 6 pairs for her for the movie.
https://youtu.be/tn2-GSqPyl0
totally unrelated clip
https://youtu.be/5aNxKGu6ccs?t=131
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If they are light on the ammo...probably still close to 95-100lbs I bet...
Me, I can skip some stuff, like shaving...I've given up hair cuts too...all I need is a brush and anything that can serve as a scrunchy...toiletries too a luxury, disinfectants etc not...clothes would be very limited too...my ammo requirements alone would break my back...not counting stuff carrying on you elsewhere...
And like I said, winter here drives other necessities lower in priority...
One cannot expect to have all that is needed and be expect to tote it...there will be compromises...
Means one has to spread some eggs out...pre-position some caches where possible/practical...
Means not everybody is going to be able to grunt it...
Fer Pete's sake! I weigh only a couple more pounds than that!
/A scrunchy? Did you actually write "scrunchy"?! Man-bun or .......... what
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I know it's old school but a 782 gear cartridge belt addition could free up a lot of space in that pack, plus lighten it a bit.
We had the option of magazine pouches for extra magazines, bayonet scabbard, holster w/sidearm and magazine pouches for it (.45), canteen, first aid kit, and probably some other stuff that I'm forgetting.
All in all, it was a pretty good system.
What say you, Paul?
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Only thing I had on my back was a prick 10 + the belt
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If they are light on the ammo...probably still close to 95-100lbs I bet...
Me, I can skip some stuff, like shaving...I've given up hair cuts too...all I need is a brush and anything that can serve as a scrunchy...toiletries too a luxury, disinfectants etc not...clothes would be very limited too...my ammo requirements alone would break my back...not counting stuff carrying on you elsewhere...
And like I said, winter here drives other necessities lower in priority...
One cannot expect to have all that is needed and be expect to tote it...there will be compromises...
Means one has to spread some eggs out...pre-position some caches where possible/practical...
Means not everybody is going to be able to grunt it...
Fer Pete's sake! I weigh only a couple more pounds than that!
/A scrunchy? Did you actually write "scrunchy"?! Man-bun or .......... what
No buns...too gay...pony only...and not too often, usually I just let it flow...sometimes though, want it out of the way ya know?
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Only thing I had on my back was a prick 10 + the belt
Was radioman a secondary MOS or did they just hand you the damn thing and tell you to "handle it"? (I'm guessing the latter ;D)
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2533 MOS from beginning to end.