this is what i carried on a recent trip, with low temps of around 15 degrees... I was asked to post this, honest! Total carried weight 11 to 12 pounds, with a maximum 3/4 liter water for another 1 1/2 pounds, and 4 pounds of food to start, for a total pack of 16 or 17 pounds walking into the woods.
Worn/carried:
New Balance Minimus trail runners
Superfeet inserts
Rocky goretex sock
Heavy weight mid-calf old school wool sock
Dirty girl gaiters
Capilene 4 hoody top
Ex oficio hiking shorts
marino wool tights
Patagonia synchilla gloves
Heavy weight wool sock over gloves if required (see clothing list)
Patagonia windshirt
Marino wool buff
Brooks baseball cap
Titanium Leki women’s fixed length downhill ski poles
Aqua mira with capped extra mix bottle
ex oficio zip nylon “wallet” with credit cards, license and money
Android phone
Maps
Sling to carry water under windshirt
Sunglasses clip
In pack:
Gossamer gear mariposa without metal stay inserts
Silnylon pack cover
Plastic bag pack liner
Sleep system – nano hammock with whoopie sling suspension, tree straps, marlin spike
uninsulated Hammock fabric winter oversock
Warbonnet winter torso length underquilt (rarely worn under frogg togg pants in camp)
Warbonnet spinn tarp/4 titanium stakes
Gossamer gear foam sit pad for under feet in sleeping bag (also used as part of pack)
Mountain Hardware women’s Phantom 15 degree down bag (also worn under frogg togg jacket in camp) stowed loose in bottom of pack
Clothing – oversize frogg togg bottom and top, legs cut to correct length, arms left extra long to go over gloves if cold/rainy
Cedar's prototype cuben camp shoes
Marmot synthetic puffy pants and sweater
Spare pair extra heavy wool socks (for gloves -- switch out to wear. keep in sleeping bag to dry)
Smartwool lightweight ankle height socks for sleepwear
Uniqlo down sweater
All stowed loose in pack above sleeping bag and underquilt (no stuffbags...)
Cooking-- .6L titanium cookpot with lid, qiwiz firefly wood stove with esbit adapter, Vaseline cotton balls, 3 esbit tabs, 2 bic cigarette lighters. (all in Ziploc -- except one lighter kept in pocket)
Miscellaneous in ziplock – headlamp, toilet tissue, hand sanitizer, toothbrush, floss, 30 feet kite string, zip ties, duct tape, hydropel, single edged razor, plastic spoon, bacitracin, ibuprofen, pencil, 2 extra cellphone batteries, plastic newspaper bags for overmitts
1 liter Poland spring eco-bottle
¾ liter plastic water bottle
Food: 1 ½ pounds per day
5 degree or so colder weather forecast:
add 1/8” foam wearable back and butt pad to sleep system
swap out breathable wind shirt for waterproof/vapor barrier shirt
bring down vest or sweater (brought on this trip because of extra hanging out in camp time)
Worn/carried:
New Balance Minimus trail runners
Superfeet inserts
Rocky goretex sock
Heavy weight mid-calf old school wool sock
Dirty girl gaiters
Capilene 4 hoody top
Ex oficio hiking shorts
marino wool tights
Patagonia synchilla gloves
Heavy weight wool sock over gloves if required (see clothing list)
Patagonia windshirt
Marino wool buff
Brooks baseball cap
Titanium Leki women’s fixed length downhill ski poles
Aqua mira with capped extra mix bottle
ex oficio zip nylon “wallet” with credit cards, license and money
Android phone
Maps
Sling to carry water under windshirt
Sunglasses clip
In pack:
Gossamer gear mariposa without metal stay inserts
Silnylon pack cover
Plastic bag pack liner
Sleep system – nano hammock with whoopie sling suspension, tree straps, marlin spike
uninsulated Hammock fabric winter oversock
Warbonnet winter torso length underquilt (rarely worn under frogg togg pants in camp)
Warbonnet spinn tarp/4 titanium stakes
Gossamer gear foam sit pad for under feet in sleeping bag (also used as part of pack)
Mountain Hardware women’s Phantom 15 degree down bag (also worn under frogg togg jacket in camp) stowed loose in bottom of pack
Clothing – oversize frogg togg bottom and top, legs cut to correct length, arms left extra long to go over gloves if cold/rainy
Cedar's prototype cuben camp shoes
Marmot synthetic puffy pants and sweater
Spare pair extra heavy wool socks (for gloves -- switch out to wear. keep in sleeping bag to dry)
Smartwool lightweight ankle height socks for sleepwear
Uniqlo down sweater
All stowed loose in pack above sleeping bag and underquilt (no stuffbags...)
Cooking-- .6L titanium cookpot with lid, qiwiz firefly wood stove with esbit adapter, Vaseline cotton balls, 3 esbit tabs, 2 bic cigarette lighters. (all in Ziploc -- except one lighter kept in pocket)
Miscellaneous in ziplock – headlamp, toilet tissue, hand sanitizer, toothbrush, floss, 30 feet kite string, zip ties, duct tape, hydropel, single edged razor, plastic spoon, bacitracin, ibuprofen, pencil, 2 extra cellphone batteries, plastic newspaper bags for overmitts
1 liter Poland spring eco-bottle
¾ liter plastic water bottle
Food: 1 ½ pounds per day
5 degree or so colder weather forecast:
add 1/8” foam wearable back and butt pad to sleep system
swap out breathable wind shirt for waterproof/vapor barrier shirt
bring down vest or sweater (brought on this trip because of extra hanging out in camp time)
kick out the jams, bunny rabbit!
