| G-WeB's
Backpack Weigh-In Poll: |
Final Tabulations and Ranking of Pack Weights for the Boys by the Boys
| Pollsters | G-WeB Poll Analysis | |||||||||
| Joe | Warren | Larry | Gary | Jim | Roger | Mike | Steve | |||
| R | High
Altitude Joe | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | It is quite evident that Joe is perceived to be a strong backpacker. 5 of 8 pollsters figured him to have the heavier pack. |
|
Whiskey Totin' Roger | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Whiskey Totin' Retired Guy carried consistent 2s and 3s for a lighter pack. With old age comes some lighter-packin' wisdom? | |
| Fearful
at 10K Larry | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | Fearful at 10K with Little O2 is clearly stigmatized by the group as a "heavyweight"... except by himself and Mike (whose survey results may not be considered valid). | |
| "g" | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | "g" gets low-weight scores but his credibility as a "lowest-weight" contender seems tarnished because of his obsessive on-line behavior about weighing his gear. | |
| AXE | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | AXE gets the full scale of scoring. This proves the point that his sociopathic self-reporting of his pack-weight has conned, mystified and stumped the pollsters. | |
| Star Gazin' Warren | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | Star Gazin' may have done-himself-in with his whinnin' about the "little" bottle of community fuel he had to carry. The pollsters see him as somewhat of a black hole in the heavy mass department. | |
| Lost
in the Wind River Mike | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | Mike, the great unknown, certainly garnered the most polarized views by the pollsters. He was either seen as the "lightest-weight" or somewhere near the "carrying heavy stones in his pack" range. | |
| Steve the Bionic Knee | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | Steve seemed to be the only believer that he had a light(est) pack. Perhaps he should look at those pictures from the White Mountains carrying a pack that towered over his head. ("I swear... my pack just rides high! I'm not carrying much weight at all!) | |
Official
(but not final)
Backpack Weigh-in Results...
|
| ||
| 1 |
Mike | 44-lbs. |
| 2 | Larry* |
44.5-lbs |
| 2 |
Gary | 44.5-lbs |
| 3 | Jim* |
45-lbs. |
| 3 |
Steve | 45-lbs. |
| 4 | Roger |
48.5-lbs. |
| 7 |
Warren* |
49-lbs. |
| 8 |
Joe | 50.5-lbs. |
* It
should be noted that High Altitude filed a
formal
complaint with G-WeB about the official
pack weigh-in weights.
As it would later be revealed, Jim announced
he had failed to
distribute vacuumed sealed and cured luncheon meats and cheese
to Larry, Warren and himself... before the weigh-in! The
average weight of each
food package was about 2-lbs. As result of this new
information, a G-WeB ad-hoc
Resolutions
Committee was formed to urgently address the matter.
Committee
Findings: Based on expert testimony and investigation, the
Resolutions
Committee found in favor of High Altitude Joe's complaint and
re-tabulated the official pack weigh-in weights for the Teton 2002 trip.
Here are the final results:
Official and FINAL
Recalculated, Corrected
& Amended
Backpack Weigh-in Results...
1 = Lightest Pack Weight 8 = Heaviest pack Weight | ||
| 1 |
Mike |
44-lbs. |
| 2 |
Gary |
44.5-lbs |
| 3 |
Steve |
45-lbs. |
| 4 |
Larry |
46.5-lbs |
| 5 |
Jim |
47-lbs. |
| 6 |
Roger |
48.5-lbs. |
| 7 |
Joe |
50.5-lbs. |
| 8 |
Warren |
51-lbs. |
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