What's everyone's base weight when packrafting?
I'm not one to get hung up on numbers, but would like to get a general idea.
Right now I'm sitting at around 39lbs base weight.
Base Weight
Re: Base Weight
Base weight for just boating gear, or for day trips, or overnights?
Beer gets heavy on day trips, but food adds up on multi-day excursions.
-Thomas
Fruita, CO
Beer gets heavy on day trips, but food adds up on multi-day excursions.
-Thomas
Fruita, CO
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Tom Pierce
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Re: Base Weight
Brent,
Funny you should ask, I recently did a pretty meticulous weighing for a recent overnighter, a buddy and I had a friendly debate about how much things would weigh. My base weight was 27 pounds. That's all-in, full tent, bag, mat, stove, etc. Everything except food, water and my PFD (frankly I forgot to account for the PFD since I'd be wearing it most of the time). FWIW, I have two PFD's, a 15 oz lightweight, and a heavier more featured one, maybe 2 lbs? I also used a full pack as a stuff sack for one chamber, if I used a lighter blow-up zippered bag (Alpacka) that would drop 2+ lbs off the base weight.
-Tom
Funny you should ask, I recently did a pretty meticulous weighing for a recent overnighter, a buddy and I had a friendly debate about how much things would weigh. My base weight was 27 pounds. That's all-in, full tent, bag, mat, stove, etc. Everything except food, water and my PFD (frankly I forgot to account for the PFD since I'd be wearing it most of the time). FWIW, I have two PFD's, a 15 oz lightweight, and a heavier more featured one, maybe 2 lbs? I also used a full pack as a stuff sack for one chamber, if I used a lighter blow-up zippered bag (Alpacka) that would drop 2+ lbs off the base weight.
-Tom