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Posted by Tom D on April 4, 2007 at 5:20:46 pm EDT

On another forum, the question was raised about the long-term effects of carrying a heavy pack. The consensus among the lightweight advocates was that years of carrying a heavy pack will enventually cause various "wear and tear" injuries-bad knees, worn joints, bad back, etc.

However, someone responded with this- "Would you care to explain the 50 yr old mountaineers who routinely carry heavy weight packs for decades with no ill effects?"

True or not true? My guess is that's way too general a statement to be accurate.

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• Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries - glenn v 03:59:32 04/19/2007
• Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries - Natureday 18:18:55 04/17/2007
• Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries - Bill S 21:36:02 04/04/2007
  • Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries - Dave 09:41:24 04/05/2007
    • Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries - Bill S 11:49:42 04/05/2007
      • Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries - FMD 09:21:05 04/19/2007
      • Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries - Tom D 14:13:12 04/05/2007
        • Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries - Bill S 20:18:30 04/05/2007
          • Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries - Tom D 23:24:45 04/05/2007
            • Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries - Uhuru Henry 16:37:33 04/10/2007
              • Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries - Bill S 19:34:40 04/10/2007
                • Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries - Uhuru Henry 07:44:08 04/11/2007

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