{"id":2361,"date":"2015-10-29T22:07:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T05:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gydlepublishing.com\/blog\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2016-05-11T18:41:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T01:41:16","slug":"ct-gear-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gydlepublishing.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/ct-gear-list\/","title":{"rendered":"CT Gear List"},"content":{"rendered":"

As promised, here’s our gear list. I’ll do my best to include weights now that I’ve put a new battery in my kitchen scale. (I’ve used grams, since they’re easier to add up \u2014 here’s a converter<\/a> if you need it).<\/p>\n

Bear in mind the well-known gear maxim: Losing pounds is cheap; losing ounces is expensive. <\/em>This trip was a celebration of my 50th birthday and our 25th wedding anniversary.\u00a0 What better way of showing your love for each other than buying outrageously expensive gear?\u00a0 That said, we got a lot of stuff on sale at Campsaver.<\/a> Some of it we had already. Also bear in mind that we’re not hard core UL backpackers. If you want that, just type “UL backpacking gear” into Google and make sure to increase the limit on your Visa card.<\/p>\n

Packs (1757 g)
\n<\/strong>JepPaks 45L+ toploading packs: <\/em>850.5 g (each)
\nCustom packs with padded hip\/shoulder straps, mesh pockets on outside & belt, two bottle pockets. Removable aluminum frames & 200d dyneema reinforced nylon for sturdiness. (Update: they seem to have gone out of business. ULA packs are similar.)
\nTrash compactor bags<\/a> to line the packs: 28g (each)<\/p>\n

Shelter (1929g)
\n<\/strong>MSR Hubba Hubba NX<\/a> (Marc carried tent, Mary carried poles): 1729g
\nTent Footprint<\/a> (not technically necessary, but extends the life of your tent): 200g<\/p>\n

Water gear (843g)
\n<\/strong>Sawyer mini filter<\/a> (at only $25, you’d be crazy to use any other system IMO): 57g
\nChlorine dioxide water treatment drops such as aquamira<\/a> (def have for large H2O quantities): 28g
\nPlatypus 2L bladder: 35g
\nPlatypus 6L reservoir: 113g
\n1L Nalgene bottle (Mary): 184g
\nTwo 1.5L Sigg aluminum bottles (Marc): 213g (each)<\/p>\n

Sleeping gear (1707g)<\/strong>
\nWastern Mountaineering Summerlite <\/a>: 540g
\nWestern Mountaineering Everlite<\/a>: 397g
\nThermarest neoair xlite pads<\/a>: 340g (each)
\nExped air pillows<\/a> (a little luxury): 45g (each)<\/p>\n

Cooking\/food gear(1363g)
\n<\/strong>Snow Peak Gigapower manual stove<\/a>: 92g
\nGP stove windscreen<\/a>: 57g
\nSnow Peak titanium cookset<\/a>: 367g
\nTitanium french press <\/a>(marc’s luxury item): 179g
\nTitanium double-walled mugs<\/a>: 119g (each)
\n2 Plastic sporks: 25g
\nReflectix pot cozies for large pot and coffee press (link to video<\/a>): 25g
\nAluminum pot gripper<\/a> (you need this if you use the cozies): 43g
\nOpsak food storage bags<\/a> (odor-free for bear control!): 25g (each)
\nCuben fiber bear bag (made by Sam at JepPaks<\/a>): 28g
\nShine Line nylon cord<\/a>\/carabiner for bear bag hanging: 85g<\/p>\n

Miscellaneous (2207g)
\n<\/strong>UL First Aid Kit<\/a>: 227g
\nHeadlamp (we only needed one): 71g
\nBlack Diamond Distance Carbon Z trekking poles<\/a>: 283g (each pair)
\nAnker external battery pack & wall charger:<\/a> 326g
\nKindle Voyage (a standard bubble mailer fits for protection): 179g
\nTwo x iPhone 5S: 113g (each)
\nToiletries (Advil, deet, eye drops, lip balm, sunscreen, comb, toothpaste & brushes, floss, TP): 500g?
\nMini Swiss Army knife (with scissors!): 28g
\n2 sets of UL ditty bags<\/a>: 23g each
\ntwo Sea to Summit compression sacks<\/a>: 65g (each)
\nwaterproof matches: 28g
\nemergency blankets: 25g
\nTwo Deuce of Spades cathole diggers<\/a>: 17g (each)
\nSunglasses (very important): 25g<\/p>\n

Clothing (Marc) (3784g)
\n<\/strong>2 Icebreaker cool-lite t-shirts <\/a>(they don’t stink): 128g (each)
\n2 pairs Darn Tough hiking socks: 57g (each)
\n1 pair cotton socks: 43g
\n2 pairs of running shorts: 113g (each)
\n260-weight Icebreaker thermal top & bottom (leftover from a trip to the North Pole): 510g
\nPatagonia down sweater jacket<\/a>: 371g
\nMarmot super mica rain jacket<\/a>: 247g
\nPatagonia rain pants: 227g
\nSalomon x-ultra goretex hiking shoes<\/a>: 822g
\nPearlIzumi N2 Trail running shoes<\/a> (I tried to get him to use crocs, but no…): 500g
\nWool hat & gloves: 142g
\n1 short sleeve button-up shirt (who knows why?): 142g
\n1 underwear: 71g
\nbaseball cap: 113g<\/p>\n

Clothing (Mary) (3180g)
\n<\/strong>2 Icebreaker cool-lite t-shirts: 113g (each)
\n1 pair darn tough socks<\/a>: 60g
\n1 pair injinji toe socks<\/a>: 57g
\nCloudveil hiking shorts (fat): 170g
\nKuhl hiking shorts (skinny): 213g
\nMarmot Jena hoody<\/a> down jacket: 431g
\nMarmot super mica rain jacket: 247g
\nMarmot rain pants: 283g
\nIcebreaker 200-weight thermal top & bottom: 354g
\n2 jockey comfies underwear<\/a> (they dry really fast on your body): 40g (each)
\nJockey sports bra: 71g
\nBalaclava and mittens: 227g
\nCrocs<\/a>: 340g
\nLa Sportiva Wildcat <\/a>trail running shoes: 328g
\nOutdoor Research Helios sun hat<\/a>: 65g
\nSun Sleeves: 28g<\/p>\n

Total base weight is 16.77 kg or just about 37 pounds, including the shoes and clothing we were wearing while hiking, and our poles. That translates into about 8.4 kg or 18.5 pounds each.<\/p>\n

What could we have done without?<\/p>\n