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Posted by Bill S on March 27, 2008 at 2:32:37 pm EDT
In reply to GoLite's "Forty Days and Forty Nights" AT Hike without Re-supply posted by Trailspace on March 27, 2008 at 10:46:00 am EDT

I was a bit surprised that GoLite has only been around for 10 years. I must have bought some of their gear when they first started. Somehow, I have the vague recollection that one of the 2 packs I have from GoLite I got more than 10 years ago, but I guess not. The two packs have seen lots of hard use (well, as hard as you can do when carrying a 15 pound or less pack), and the clothing I have from them also has seen lots of use. The larger of the two packs was the one I used to put the gear in that my porters carried for me up Kilimanjaro in December last year (a duffel would have worked as well, as it turned out).

Their original gear was kits and finished versions of Ray Jardine's packs (under some sort of license agreement with Ray). Somewhere I got the idea that they were the semi-official RayWay manufacturer. I heard recently, though, that Jardine has been less than happy with all the other stuff GoLite has added to their line which does not match the RayWay philosophy ("RayWay" is what everybody but Jardine calls his approach to ultralight backpacking, based on his PCT guide and the more recent "Beyond Backpacking" - a book I highly recommend whether or not you want to become an ultralight fanatic).

Somehow, I can't see carrying 120 pounds on my back, unless it is climbing gear for an extended backcountry technical climbing trip. But I suppose, if you are going to do the AT in a single push with no resupply, .... Yup, he is crazy, and will probably have a bad back and destroyed knees and ankles for the rest of his life.

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