TrailManor Owner's Forum - View Single Post - I tend toward the elegant and unexpected "camping" fare...

08-07-2003, 04:38 PM

Actually, rucksacks are still around, carried by every single one of our US Army/Marine troops! They experimented with an internal "mountain" ruck with my unit in Hawaii.......it didn't hold up well, matter of fact, several of them blew out after being thrown a few feet out of a Blackhawk. Nice idea, but not made rugged enough. My typical combat load as a US Army Air Assault Infantry soldier was around 130+ lbs EVERYWHERE I went. Lol, think the rockies are tough Ray? Try moving for 2 days nonstop with that kinda load through the Quialoahs. (the contour map of the area is almost just one huge red splotch). Stopped only twice for 15 mins to eat some chow, and two hours for sleep......It is amazing what you can get used to. LOL But I degress, this is after all the recepies section, not the "PT" section.........(Physical Training for the civilian types reading).

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08-07-2003, 04:38 PM	#14
Happytrails Guest Posts: n/a	Re:I tend toward the elegant and unexpected "camping" fare... Actually, rucksacks are still around, carried by every single one of our US Army/Marine troops! They experimented with an internal "mountain" ruck with my unit in Hawaii.......it didn't hold up well, matter of fact, several of them blew out after being thrown a few feet out of a Blackhawk. Nice idea, but not made rugged enough. My typical combat load as a US Army Air Assault Infantry soldier was around 130+ lbs EVERYWHERE I went. Lol, think the rockies are tough Ray? Try moving for 2 days nonstop with that kinda load through the Quialoahs. (the contour map of the area is almost just one huge red splotch). Stopped only twice for 15 mins to eat some chow, and two hours for sleep......It is amazing what you can get used to. LOL But I degress, this is after all the recepies section, not the "PT" section.........(Physical Training for the civilian types reading). [glow=red,2,300]Happytrails.........[/glow]