Anyone thru-hike with a Dawn or have experience with it? Possible to use for backpacking?
A-Train
GOlite Dawn - Appalachian Trail
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#2
Overshot thru-hiked this year with the Breeze and he really liked it.
I looked into the Dawn in the fall, but decided instead to get the Race to lighten my load for my limited hiking adventures for the near future.
So far, I haven’t totally decided whether I like the Race completely – it may take some getting used to (at least from my limited training hikes, 3-6 miles). The hip belt doesn’t seem hold up the pack weight completely like my MS Auspex did. Maybe that’s not as necessary now that I’m cutting down my base weight by about 5 pounds.
I know I can cut a few ounces, at least, off the empty pack weight by cutting off unused straps, etc. The price was certainly right at $70…
One thing I did notice is that even though the golite sizing chart said I should get a small – the small was too small. I ended up trading in for a medium.
Highlander II
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#3
I hiked with a breeze this year and I generally liked it. The only problem I had was when my appetite really kicked in and I had a lot of food. sometimes I had thirty five pounds or more and it was a bit tiring on the shoulders. Most times it was great though cause it was light and small and kept me from briging too much stuff along.
yo-yo