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_coleman2824d ago

Makes you wonder what else we're hauling around for no reason.

mason.margaret25d ago

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.