I had a bit of a hiccup with gear. I'd ordered a ZPacks down quilt to replace my sleeping bag, but the charge failed to go through as my bank thought it was a fraudulent charge. The email they sent to inform me of this sadly wound up in my SPAM folder (damn you Gmail!!) and I wouldn't have seen it at all had I not needed to check my SPAM folder for a totally unrelated reason earlier tonight.
I can easily resolve the charge issue with my bank, but since I'm moving in 6 days... I don't really want to trust mail forwarding with a $300+ package. I've had.... less than stellar luck with local delivery services.
Outside of Amazon, there wasn't really going to be a place that will get a down quilt out to me before the end of the week reliably, but Amazon's selection - to be frank - sucked a bag of dicks.
Instead of re-ordering the ZPacks, I opted for a slightly heavier one from UGQ that came highly recommended by other hikers. They swear this company ships real fast, but I'm wary. Nonetheless, I arranged with my landlord to hold onto the package if it arrives after I move out.
So yeah... I updated my lighterpack.com profile. It's not super changed from the last revision and I'm still doing well on base weight.
I am going to a local outfitter this week to see if, on the off chance, they have a particular Osprey backpack in stock. I want to try it on first, and if it feels right... I may replace my current pack and save another ~1.5lbs. Pricey, but worth it.... and I can sell one of my spare packs for an acceptable amount if I try hard enough.
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