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Epiphany about my food weight after 3 days on the PCT
I was packing for a 5-day stretch on the Pacific Crest Trail near Crater Lake and grabbed my usual bag of instant oatmeal packs... they weighed 2.2 pounds total. I realized I could repackage them into a ziploc bag and save almost a full pound for just carrying the oats loose. It took me 4 months of trips to finally think of that simple change. Has anyone else had a basic weight-saving idea hit them way later than it should have?
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hugo_coleman283mo agoTop Commenter
Makes you wonder what else we're hauling around for no reason.
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Crazy how we’ll overthink the big stuff but miss the obvious little things forever, then it clicks and you feel like an idiot for not seeing it sooner.
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