Agree. Unfortunately I often forget those ideas by the time I pack for the next trip.



But, my trip this coming year will be a rails to trail route that is quite flat, I will likely haul 10 pounds more than on my trip thru the mountains last summer because I will not be careful to minimize weight this time. Last year after I packed everything and weighed the total, I dug thru all my gear and pulled about 8 pounds of stuff out that I knew I did not want to haul up the mountains.