Item

#

Ea.

Tot.

Notes

Bags

Clothing Stow Sack

1

0.90

0.90

Sleeping Bag Stow Sack

1

0.90

0.90

7" X 15" Silnylon

Small Items Stow Sack

1

0.50

0.50

5" X 7", Silnylon, for small items that need to kept dry

Trash Bag, Plastic

1

0.25

0.25

For non -burnable stuff that has to be carried out

Clothing

Glasses & Case

1

1.70

1.70

Extra pair

Hat Balaclava*

1

1.20

1.20

Polartec 100

Jacket*

1

10.00

10.00

Patagonia Zephur

Pant*

1

3.12

3.12

Montane Featherweight

Socks*

2

1.70

3.40

nylon liners

Socks, Smartwool

1

3.42

3.42

For Sleeping

Socks, Vapor Barrier*

1

1.19

1.19

Golite, Sil-Nylon, Worn between liner socks and Smartwool socks when sleeping

Umbrella

1

9.40

9.40

Golite

Underwear, Pants

1

5.85

5.85

Wool, Icebreaker Skin Leggings

Kitchen

Aquamira

1

2.50

2.50

Water purification, weighs 3.0 oz. when full

Basin, Wash

1

1.00

1.00

Cut down plastic 1 gal. milk bottle

Bladder, Water

1

2.15

2.15

2 L Platypus, Wide Mouth

Bottle, Water

2

2.80

5.60

1 L plastic water bottles, GaitorAid bottles have a wide mouth which is useful

Cord, Parachute*

1

2.30

2.30

For hanging food bag

Cord Kelty Triptease

1

0.30

0.30

4' & 7' lengths for setting up the tarp in different configurations etc.

Cozy, Foam

1

1.28

1.28

for keeping food warm

Cup, Sierra

1

1.00

1.00

Titanium

Firestarter Paste

1

0.90

0.90

Goghlan's Fire Paste carried in a film cannister

Knife, Swiss*

1

0.77

0.77

on a lanyard

Lighter

1

0.65

0.65

Bic disposable

Papertowels

1

0.50

0.50

better than toilet paper for backpacking. Cut each towel in 6 equal sections. A five day supply is a couple dozen sections.

Pot, .9 Liter Titanium

1

3.20

3.20

original lid removed and replaced with a section from an aluminium pie plate

Soap biodegradable

1

0.80

0.80

for sponge baths

Spoon, Lexon*

1

0.30

0.30

Stove Sierra Zip

1

10.30

10.30

Titanium, weight includes the Energizer e2 Photo Lithium AA battery

Toothbrush & baking soda

1

1.00

1.00

Tooth paste attracts animals, particularly bears. Leave it home. Baking Soda has a multitude of uses in addition to serving as toothpaste

Towel backpackers

1

0.80

0.80

10" X 10"

Trowel*

1

0.90

0.90

3/4" aluminum channel stock, doubles as a tarp stake. Photo.

Medical

Alcohol, Rubbing

1

1.20

1.20

in a squirt bottle

Anticeptic

1

0.20

0.20

4 packets Triple Antibiotic ointment

Aquaphor

1

0.25

0.25

For chafing and burns

Benzoin, Tincture

1

0.70

0.70

in an eye drops bottle, Apply to skin before a bandage; it will stick better.

Compeed

1

0.60

0.60

blister care and prevention

Medical Misc.

1

0.85

0.85

Motrin, Pepto Bismo, Q-Tips, Bandages, Safety Pins, Ear Plugs, all in a plastic bag

Second Skin

1

0.25

0.25

Burns and bad blisters

Misc.

Compass & Whistle*

1

0.67

0.67

Suunto

Essentials

1

0.85

0.85

Car Key, money, drivers licence, credit card, Sil-Nylon bag

Note Pad & Pen*

1

1.20

1.20

Survival Kit

1

1.00

1.00

whistle, mirror, matches in case, needle & thread

Pack

Golite Breeze Day Pack

1

13.85

13.85

I have added sternum straps

Sleeping

Bag, Sleeping

1

19.50

19.50

Rab Elite Top Bag-Modified to mimic the Nunatak Arc-Alpinist

Bag Bivy

1

9.92

9.92

Integral Designs Pertex Endurance Bag Cover/Bivy

Blanket, Space 1/2

1

0.90

0.90

For emergency heat retention and a ground cloth in wet weather

Headlamp

1

2.40

2.40

Petzl Tikka

Mattress, Air

1

14.70

14.70

Tarp/Poncho

1

10.40

10.40

Moonbow 68" X 96"

Tarp Stakes*

8

0.26

2.08

8 Titanium stakes (my trowel serves as a additional stake, if needed)

Wearing

Bandana

1

1.00

1.00

Camera

1

8.60

8.60

Canon Powershot S100 Digital Elph, battery and 128 MB CF card, Carried in shirt pocket

Footware New Balance 803

1

26.00

26.00

trail running shoes

Gaiters homemade

1

1.90

1.90

See hiking tips for instructions for making these.

Glasses

1

0.80

0.80

Hat Ultimate

1

5.30

5.30

full brimmed with a drawsting for wind

Jacket

1

18.35

18.35

Jacket: Buffalo Teclite Activity Shirt

Maps

1

0.50

0.50

trimmed

Mitt Liners

1

1.75

1.75

Polartec 200

Mitts, Rain

1

1.20

1.20

Outdoor Research Rain Mitt (Goretex)

Pant Long

1

8.00

8.00

Cloudveil Cirque Pant

Poles Treking

1

22.00

22.00

Leki Super Maliku & duct tape wrapped around near the top

Undershirt, wool

1

5.35

5.35

Smartwool

Socks, liners

2

3.40

6.80

Nylon

Watch w/clip on compass

1

0.75

0.75

the compass I use most of the time

2 Day Tot.

Water Carried

2.00

Food at 2 lbs./day

4.00

Gear Weight Total

9.98

Office Contents

2.13

Pack Wt. (Gear-Office)

7.85

Pack plus Expendibles

13.85

Office

Pack, Fanny

1

9.20

9.20

LL Bean, original waist belt replaced with a larger one

Hat Balaclava*

1

1.20

1.20

Polartec 100

Jacket*

1

10.00

10.00

Patagonia Zephur

Pant*

1

3.12

3.12

Montane Featherweight

Socks*

2

1.70

3.40

nylon liners

Socks, Vapor Barrier*

1

1.19

1.19

Golite, Sil-Nylon, Worn between liner socks and Smartwool socks when sleeping

Knife, Swiss*

1

0.77

0.77

on a lanyard

Spoon, Lexon*

1

0.30

0.30

Trowel*

1

0.90

0.90

3/4" aluminum channel stock, doubles as a tarp stake. Photo.

Compass & Whistle*

1

0.67

0.67

Suunto

Note Pad & Pen*

1

1.20

1.20

Tarp Stakes*

8

0.26

2.08

8 Titanium stakes (my trowel serves as a additional stake, if needed)

2.13