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Always bringing the kitchen sink
I have been wanting to lighten up the load for years! I worked commercially for a number of years and my company never had a sweep boat, so all the gear would inevitably end up on the rafts. I have always rowed a fully loaded pig boat. I thought that would change when i bought my own and started doing more private trips. But it seems like i still have all the gear piled to the sky. The thing is I do a lot of 1 boat trips in my 16ft raft. I normally have the girlfriend or a buddy and i think i'm going light until i get to loading it all on and it's ridiculous! I suppose i could downsize from a paco to a backpacking pad and leave the chairs at home. The firepan always gets used but is heavy as shit and requires a 20mm ash/garbage can. Then there is the groover, i use a river bank, which for two people is way overkill and by the time I bring all the water jugs and all the beer i want there is barely enough room for a small kitchen box. Oh then there is propane and a stove and on and on..... The thing is I should know better i am really into ultralight backpacking and have my basepack down to 10lbs but just can't seem to translate some of those principles into rafting. Maybe someday i will learn
I have been wanting to lighten up the load for years! I worked commercially for a number of years and my company never had a sweep boat, so all the gear would inevitably end up on the rafts. I have always rowed a fully loaded pig boat. I thought that would change when i bought my own and started doing more private trips. But it seems like i still have all the gear piled to the sky. The thing is I do a lot of 1 boat trips in my 16ft raft. I normally have the girlfriend or a buddy and i think i'm going light until i get to loading it all on and it's ridiculous! I suppose i could downsize from a paco to a backpacking pad and leave the chairs at home. The firepan always gets used but is heavy as shit and requires a 20mm ash/garbage can. Then there is the groover, i use a river bank, which for two people is way overkill and by the time I bring all the water jugs and all the beer i want there is barely enough room for a small kitchen box. Oh then there is propane and a stove and on and on..... The thing is I should know better i am really into ultralight backpacking and have my basepack down to 10lbs but just can't seem to translate some of those principles into rafting. Maybe someday i will learn