[pct-l] Would love comments on my gear list!

[Kathryn Zimmerman]

And you can find lighter gear.  A sleeping bag should have 800 or 850 fill -
that will lighten it up while keeping it warm.  You're tent could be down to
16 - 23 oz using Six Moons Lunar or a Mountain Laurel Designs Serenity
Shelter and tarp.  A Sawyer inline filter (2.2 oz) weighs much less than
Katahdin and doesn't flavor the water.  Julian took out the tent foot print,
but what do you put under your "cowboy" setup to keep your bag off the
ground?  I second the Fancy Feast can.  Mine is going on its 2nd long hike.
Wouldn't leave home without it!  But I'd keep the pillow.  12 hours of
comfortable sleeping is as important as 12 hours of comfortable hiking in my
book!  I dare say too, in my experience, when you pack all this stuff up and
get on the scales, the sum of the parts weighs less than the whole.

Good luck!

Bag Lady

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:39 AM, Julian Plamann <julian at amity.be> wrote:

> I don't know about what is needed on the Arizona trail, but here are the
> things you likely will find you won't need on the PCT:
> sleeping bag liner
> pillow
> tent footprint
> Vibrams
> Yaktrax
> Jetboil stove (a FancyFeast cat food can with some holes punched in it
> works
> great and is 3/4lb lighter)
> MSR hydration bag - instead, try a lighter Platypus or better yet some
> gatorade bottles
> water filter - instead try 3oz of AquaMira
> GPS
> bear bag (not legal in Yosemite area and unnecessary everywhere else)
> pepper spray
>
>
> -julian
>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Kimberlie Dame <kimberlie.dame at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone! I am doing a thru-hike of the Arizona Trail this spring and
> am
> > hoping I can get some comments on the gear list I posted! This is
> > essentially the same gear list I am bringing on my PCT trip next year..
> It
> > is way too much weight.. I know things have to go.. But need advice on
> > what!
> > It is posted on my website:
> >
> > "thenewnomads.com"
> >
> > Thank you in advance!
> >
> > Kimberlie in Sedona
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- Kathryn