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Two Rescued Backpackers Offer a Glimpse of What NOT to Do When Hiking Mt. Whitney (www.theinertia.com)
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Yikes. Almost 100lbs of gear each, no water filtration, and more. Please take more care out there, hikers!

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[โ€“] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My day pack is 15lbs. with a 6-pack in it and I am loaded for about whatever. I'm shocked they made it over 2-miles toting 100lbs. each!

[โ€“] biffnix@discuss.online 1 points 1 day ago

They were clearly woefully unprepared for an actual backpacking trip. It's no big deal to learn from one's mistakes, of course. I'm just glad this misadventure didn't turn deadly...