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Planning for your hike (startrek.website)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (22 children)

Always seemed weird to me how people get into hiking (or cycling or whatever) to push themselves and exercise, and then spend thousands on gear to make it as easy as possible.

Edit: I think I offended some hikers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I think it's simply that these activities are more enjoyable with less weight. Hewhen hiking it matters a lot, carrying heavy load on your back sucks. In cycling people definitely obsess a bit too much because most people aren't competing, but climbing is definitely easier on a lightweight bike. And people are apparently willing to spend a lot of money on this stuff, so companies gladly make carbon everything to save 5% weight at 500% the price.

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