How much shit did they really carry back then?

>>1035745
Less shit than most carry now.

It was just bulkier.

>>1035745
we'd carry anything from 60-95 lbs, and that would last us anything from a week to a month depending how light we pack.

a lot of us would cache food on the way out if we were coming back the same way. That lightens the load a bit.

>>1035745
Honestly looks like about the same weight I carry on long trips. Things just look heavier because being compact wasn't really a necessary demand for gear makers.
These days, compact gear is a #1 selling point.

Camping hammocks hadn't been invented yet so aprox. 2/3rds of the packweight was the tent.

>>1035793
10 points for the joke, my man.

>>1035796
we used bivy bags weather permitting

>>1035796
>camping hammocks hadn't been invented yet
My great grandfather used a storebought silk hammock canoe camping around the everglades between WW1 and WW2.

They've been around for forever. Certainly at least since the late 80's, when that pic was taken.

>>1035827
but that was a storebought silk hammock anon, not specifically a cambin hammock™

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>>1035793
Yeah, same here. I'll tolerate something being reasonably heavy so long as it can pack down tight. I'd rather carry a 30lb pack that's close to my back and tight that a 20lb pack that's loose and flabby. (Just for example- those aren't my actual packweights before anyone starts coming at me w a hardon)

I never could understand how people carry shit like their sleeping bag by just a strap or two attached to their pack. Just swinging around and shit.

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>>1035745
They didn't have game carts, but they did have better access to pack animals.