Mortblanc,
Yep, my bergen is only 50 Lt but pain or not I'd give a larger bergen a go if I did not have a very large builder son and a quite able son-in-law and I really, really had to.
3.5 years ago at 48 I'd carry an 80 Lt packed bergen with little worry, sadly an 18 foot fall from scaffold flat on my back damaging my neck and spine in 3 places I tend to take up the offer from other family and friends to take the heavier bits of kit.
I was always strong and taught Shotokan karate. I take 19 pills over the course of the waking day with a few of them to help me sleep.
Mortblanc & CH,
What makes a survivor ?
I would say personally it is a person that is prepared to push the negatives to the background, grit the teeth and say sod it let's have it !, let's be honest, we are crazy for even daring to prep for survival in most the sheeples eyes !
A bergen is a luxury because it has straps, I'd willingly carry one of my family as far as I could if I had to so they could have a chance to survive.
So, why should I push myself then ?
Well I believe that if I don't make a show of what a chap that is hurting CAN do in the direction of survival then I have absolutely no right to direct the young and even younger to invest time in what, as I said above, is something most people will think we are crazy for doing.
As I've said in my introduction (I think) I lead my family and close friends in prepping and survival, better to lead by example I think.
Until I get a letter from all the world leaders saying the world is not gonna go boobs-up then I'll keep on keepin' on, btw, my physio thinks my er camping hobby is pushing it
WHB
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