If your cast iron pan is also your primary weapon it counts as worn weight
They also protect you from bullets in the rear and their hitbox is super generous, so it's an easy choice.
When the shady grey-robbed pyrotechnics carries an AK around, you gotta armor up to save your ass.
Strong Tiffany Aching energy.
Always seemed weird to me how people get into hiking (or cycling or whatever) to push themselves and exercise, and then spend thousands on gear to make it as easy as possible.
Edit: I think I offended some hikers.
I'm into it to go far, and get away from people, and get to places less people go.
So optimizing weight (and my fitness) allows me to out range day trippers faster.
Some people are more in it for the journey than the exercise
Personally I'm in it for both so at this point I've started optimizing my gear less to get some challenge back in it for me
My buddies were definitely surprised when I busted out my 8 inch cast iron on the first night of a multi day backpacking trip though
If turning your exercise into a hobby makes it more fun, I don't see the harm. At the end of the day that just makes it entertainment that's good for you
Like im doing downhill king mountains tht justify the 9k $ bike that i own
Good exercise > bad exercise.
With hikes, it's fun and interesting to go far.
It's not too complicated.
Eh... Because the point isn't to workout like you would lifting iron in a gym? People who do rucking do it so it's hard, people who do hiking do it to reach stuff they want to see.
I'm used to the army, when I'm packing for field stuff, I know that no matter how much I pack for luxury my kit and equipment will still be 80% of the load minimum. Would I rather hump 80 lbs 20 miles and have a miserable night, or hump 85 lbs and have hot coffee and a single person tent I can jerk off comfortably in? Easy choice for me.
When I go hiking with my family I pretty much just carry emergency supplies and the liquor stash, knowing we'll be back to the tents by nightfall.
Long and short, you remove weapons armor and ammo from the picture and it's a lot more impactful to play with the weight. Shaving 5 lbs off a 20 lbs load can let you go 5 more miles when it's for leisure.
Cause my knees and hips are shit.
More than the actual message, I have a different issue with this comment.
It's how it's one of the most incredibly Uncool things to do to make fun of someone caring too much for their hobbies when you're an outsider. The moment it implied that this user is not an hiker, it instantly corrupted everything about it. That edit carries malice.
There's a word for it, and I refuse to do anything but downvote those people on sight.
I hike, and I've notice the "ultralight" crowd has more than it's fair share of gatekeepers and snobs.
Lighter gear is fantastic, but people take it well past the point of diminishing returns. There are a lot of vocal hikers that spend absurd amounts of money on less practical, ridiculously expensive "ultralight" gear and think anything else is "wrong".
I used to walk over mountains with bottom barrel gear, canned food, and old Army boots. My entire setup probably weighed 80 pounds. But I'm a middle aged man now, with a lifetime of injuries, and a desk job. I'm definitely going for all the UL gear I can get my hands on. My big 3 are only 6 pounds now. My full pack weight without food and water is under 10 pounds, and I love it.
I agree. The only thing I wouldn't be cheap about in hiking is footwear and safety equipment. Only a casual hiker though so I don't need much to take a 3 mile trail.
That's nothing, come to the ADV motorcycle world, where a 135 kilogram man will spend $150 for a set of brake and clutch levers for his 270 kg 1250GSA because they're 30 grams lighter.
It’s absolutely hilarious that you think you offended hikers while it was nothing more than you missing that everyone in the world uses available tools to make their lives easier.
What’s a hobby of yours? I bet you’re using modern tech on it instead of just banging a rock on it.
Hiking for me isn't for exercise. When I'm exercising, I put 20# pound plates in a rucksack and walk the neighborhood. When I'm hiking (like the 1000 miles I did last year) I'm out there to enjoy nature and have an adventure, not be miserable every night with cramping feet.
Not only that, but there's plenty of evidence that extra weight brings a greater chance of injury when hiking every day. Being able to do 1000 miles over 3 months means you have be able to perform consistently and without injuries building up.
I think it's simply that these activities are more enjoyable with less weight. Hewhen hiking it matters a lot, carrying heavy load on your back sucks. In cycling people definitely obsess a bit too much because most people aren't competing, but climbing is definitely easier on a lightweight bike. And people are apparently willing to spend a lot of money on this stuff, so companies gladly make carbon everything to save 5% weight at 500% the price.
Well actually he didn't. He only carried them part-way - but then he cried when he had to toss them into a crevasse.
I’d cry too. Have you ever used pans seasoned over years? I actually flinch every time I see that scene in the movies now that I’ve seasoned pans of my own. 😢
Lube them up before you enter hell and they'll come out with a nice finish
Welp, off to create a D&D character whose pans were seasoned in hell.
They countered that with the nutrient density of Lembas bread, now on sale in your local Elven bulk store.
Approx. 200 g
Samwise was the actual Ringbearer like Neville Longbottom was the actual chosen one.
Motherfucker had the cast iron pans man. Shits heavy. You expect him to carry the fucking ring too? Frodo cant use his two hands to carry 1 oz of ring? Motherfucker had that shit on a a chain, around his damn neck, and you gotta rag on Samwise "cast iron champion" gamgee about only carrying that dainty shit for a bit, huh? Frodo cant even put that shit in his hands, but you blastin Samwise when he fucks up an ancient horror, tosses frodo on his shoulder, grabs the ring AND STILL GOT THE PANS.
Man has to carry the pans and the ring to get any respect around here, but you all about getting on that frodo "no pan" biggins jock lickity split, yeah?
I really got into hiking right as I finished reading the LOTR trilogy. Sam is a powerful inspiration when that hill starts to feel too steep!
Honestly wtf was up with old time adventure people? They'd like drag a whole fucking house with them, "Oh dear I can't spend a week in Antarctica without a claw foot bathtub!"
You joke, but this is exactly what some early white explorers in Australia did.
Disclaimer: they had no idea what they were doing
Cause they weren't the ones carrying that weight.
I misread that as Chadwise Gamgee.
You read it just right
hobbits are like the pack animals of their world tho lbr samwise had an entire fucking kitchen on his back and showed no struggle
I actually read his name as Sandwich. I could use a second breakfast
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