3 Day bag with LBV

[PappyM3]

Without other information, I’m going with this answer:

 

[headednorth]

You would spend between $40k and $160k. Most of the hard work is done (paths, steps, signs) by previous decades and centuries of hikers. You "just" have to walk up the hill and you'll probably have a few dozen others in the group. Each paying similar amounts. It's big business now. You do know I didn't really hike Mt E, right?

Nepal has cracked down on photo rights (because the volume of traffic is embarrassing to them) but here are a couple shots of hikers summiting Everest...

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Yes, those really are pictures of people climbing Everest. Not me, but real people.

Thats not how I imagined it. That looks like there are people at regular intervals holding a clipboard and yelling, "LET'S GO PEOPLE!! KEEP IT MOVING!!"

 

[namedpipes]

Thats not how I imagined it. That looks like there are people at regular intervals holding a clipboard and yelling, "LET'S GO PEOPLE!! KEEP IT MOVING!!"

It sort of trivializes the whole concept...

I don't mean to minimize the effort it takes to summit the mountain, but "today" is nothing like the experience of climbers 50 - 100 years ago. THOSE climbers were Olympics material.

 

[APFSDS]

My dad did LRP (long range patrols) in Vietnam, two tours. He told me what he carried:

10 loaded M16 20 round mags
1000 rounds of 556 on stripper clips in bandoleers
a belt or two of ammo for the M60
3 weeks of freeze dried food (LRATs, long range rations)
water purification tabs
extra socks
poncho
I think an IFAK

That was all. I might have left some out but not much. No extra clothes etc. just ammo and food. He said they would patrol for about three weeks, rest a week then do it again, for I think a year, then the tour was over. He also carried the explosives for the 2nd LT who was apparently a pyro and liked to blow stuff up.

 

[Broc Tuah]

Without other information, I’m going with this answer:
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I didn't look at anything else but the water bottles.

Those bottles tell me the person knows what he is doing. None of that fancy hard plastic junk that will crack when dropped and add weight.

 

[Andy in NH]

Who needs that many clamps

The platoon medic?

 

[jkelly1229]

The platoon medic?

Nah

 

[Dennis in MA]

Condoms, frog lube, 300 rounds of .308, 300 rounds of 556, 150 rounds of 9mm, buckshot and a print out SHTF thread from NES as a reference for what to do.

As far as clothing, I like to disguise myself as a middle class woman. It works. This is what I use:

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Does it come with knee pads?

 

[frenchman]

I tend to trade weight for comfort. Carrying a heavy load sucks, but being miserable after a hard day of marching sucks a lot more. Your morale/mindset takes a major hit and messes with your head. I don’t have a 3 day pack tho. Mine is a surplus large ALICE. No way am I going to be without tarp/footprint, a folding saw or similar items I deem necessary without being vital. Nothing worse than being wet and cold and then not being able to get a fire going because even the standing dead wood is soaked, so you can’t even have a warm soup or something. ESBIT stove lives matter.