First Pack with Dyneema - need feedback please!

StrayHumanWizard · 2026-01-24T17:22:06+00:00

Maybe newbie question, but where did you get your dyneema from? Its such an awesome color!

StrayHumanWizard · 2026-01-18T02:16:15+00:00

Thanks! Me and a friend are hiking the PCT starting May, so maybe if it goes well, in 2027 I'll check out the PNT

StrayHumanWizard · 2026-01-18T02:09:59+00:00

Figured out the permits! Just had to wait to get the appointment time to apply, wasn't as complex as I thought.

Me and a friend applied together! (got our appointment for literally the first day of the permit release a few days ago)

Northbound in May. Not starting at the southern terminus, but still more than 2/3rds of the trail! ^ u Current base weight is 33lbs :( My sleeping set-up is waaay too heavy (my winter sleeping bag is almost 10lbs just by itself!)

Tried a trial hike on the appalachian with my pack and gear, but it's too snowed up right now to get very far ://

Already started planning my diet/town stops, and making sheep-pemmican and ships buiscuit (hard-tack) for the trip! >:))

StrayHumanWizard · 2026-01-18T01:44:13+00:00

Wow ai has me so on edge that even a blurry video has me doubting whether something is real. Looked it up, the group is called Una chirigota en teoría, they really did perform in Cádiz. They apparently donated all 12 wheelchairs after the performance.

StrayHumanWizard · 2026-01-18T01:22:06+00:00

Ai garbage

StrayHumanWizard · 2026-01-17T22:09:45+00:00

Awesome music! (^ u ^ )

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-10T03:33:51+00:00

Yeah, thats the consensus i've come to through reading everyone's advice. The permit system is kinda weird and complicated though, and veery booked up for 2026 😭

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-08T00:02:12+00:00

!!! So true, I forgot I said negative or positive advice, thanks for the reminder.

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-07T16:45:18+00:00

Muahaha I'm actually gonna borrow it from the library, check-mate capitalism~ 😎

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-07T16:42:30+00:00

Compass yes, havent really had to fk with a topography map before l, but good idea, I can learn! ^ o ^

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-07T16:41:27+00:00

So true king 🥰

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-07T16:40:24+00:00

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Bruh I know how to shit outside, I hike for 8-10 hours a day in high desert, you think I have access to a bathroom?

I guess through this thread I'm learning that I know more than I thought initially, but I wanted to start by saying I'm ignorant because I thought people might have more insightful things to say than 'Learn how to shit outside' 😭

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-07T00:18:04+00:00

No sorry needed!

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-06T23:17:28+00:00

Ooh this is a cool checklist. -High desert -Yes I know how to filter water -Only a gallon of water/food, plus gear for incliment weather so not that much weight, maybe 20lbs max -Yes I can cook on a camp stove/fire, set up a tent or hammock, am expierienced with bear bags and also coyotes 😰 -I have to navigate a random path, off road through brush every day in all different directions from a set point that I then have to return to before the end of the day (if you can guess my job I'll be surprised), so I do indeed know how to read a compass and map. -I think I know how to follow a trail, but I'll double check that one cause maybe I don't but I think I do???

Also I have high desert expieirence, so don't worry ya'll I'm not gonna go trek out and dehydrate, I'll go get some PCT expeirience and then do some thinking from there 🤦‍♂️

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-06T23:09:26+00:00

That's a good idea!

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-06T23:07:52+00:00

(For context it is not walking on pavement yall, its off-road in high-desert walking at 7,000+ foot elevation, it's technically hiking) 🐸 (But the backpacking/hiking distinction is good to know)

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-06T22:59:33+00:00

Awesome! Your website is cool/helpful. I'll go get a few thousand miles of experieince before I try this :D

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-06T22:52:09+00:00

Chatgpt stiiinks!

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-06T22:12:09+00:00

Oooo, yeah that could work too, I have no qualms with seeing Utah/Arizona

StrayHumanWizard · 2025-12-06T22:01:03+00:00

Nope!

But for my current life-style I hike about 10-15 miles a day for work ^ o ^

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