Big Three:
- ULA Catalyst internal frame pack
- Etowah standard 8 x 10 nylon tarp, camo print
- Marmot Helium 15 degree down sleeping bag
Kitchen:
- Snowpeak titanium mini solo cookset
- hobo stove
- pop can alcohol stove
- fuel bottle (aquafina 16.7 oz bottle)
- spoon
- bandana
- lighters (2)
- REI stuff sack for food bag
Water:
- two 1L Gatorade bottles, and a gallon milk jug (may substitute a 2L pop bottle)
- Aquamira
Clothing:
- polypro long johns, top and bottom
- convertable pants
- swimming shorts (may get some running shorts instead)
- short sleeve shirt from REI (nylon?)
- Colombia long sleeve button down shirt
- fleece sweater
- rain jacket (may replace with a lighter one)
- Dri Clime windshirt (maybe)
- socks: 2 pair wool ankle socks, 2 pair liner type socks (not for use as liners, though) and one pair heavy wool sleeping socks. Probably too many socks.
- floppy wide brim hat from Target
- $20 sunglasses from Walmart (polarized)
- warm knit hat
- La Sportiva trail runners
- homemade sandals for camp
Other:
- Opinel knife
- cheap blue sleeping pad
- Black Diamond headlamp
- Photon II mini-light
- MP3 player
- Phone and charger
- Nikon Coolpix s500 digital camera (mine is stylish, in black)
- camera battery charger
- Leki Malaku Tour trekking poles
- journal and pen
- rope
- toiletries
- first aid kit (minimal)
For the Sierras:
- Black Diamond ice axe
- bear canister
- REI down vest
- mosquito head net
- gloves (with the mitten covers that pull on and off)
- even heavier wool sleep socks
Half of this stuff I either found (headlamp, foam pad, warm hat), made (stoves, sandals), or already had, which explains why the swimming shorts. I'm pretty good at getting by with what I've got, making do, and am not afraid. Compared to what heavy, clunky gear I hiked with on the Appalachian Trail, like my 5 or 6 pound $50 external frame pack, I think this time around is going to be better no matter what.
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