[pct-l] Re: the ulitmate bring list

[whitethunder10 at hotmail.com (Joseph Niemiec)]

Yeah, but in my case I have listed all the right stuff.  Trust me kids. And 
I have the same tent as lodgepole, same sleeping bag as no one, same 
backpack as steve and same underwear as iceman (we take turns), same 
generator as.....ahhhh gotcha!

Bring it.

Booyah!

Mouse

>From: "Judith Rush" <crush@ptd.net>
>To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>, 
<whitethunder10@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: the ulitmate bring list
>Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:40:36 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
>
>Like I said everyone thinks their gear is the right stuff, and know two
>backpackers use the same gear.
>
>-------Original Message-------
>
>From: Joseph Niemiec
>Date: 09/19/04 16:37:27
>To: crush@ptd.net; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: the ulitmate bring list
>
>Ok so many of you have questions about what to bring... I'm going to let 
you
>know exactly what to bring.  Follow this list and you will be super 
happy.
>(I just finished the trail 18 days ago)
>1.  henry shires tarp tent (2 person virga)
>-This tent is THE shit.  everyone will have one because it is the only 
way
>to go.  THe europa is crap.  The inside joke on the trail , if you 
didn't
>have a tarp tent was "what would henry shires say?"  and 
"look at that
>sloppy ridgeline"
>-Truth be told, you won't need a tent up until oregon.  I had one or two
>rain days in CA and they only lasted 10 minutes.
>2. Western Mountaineering or Marmot 900 bag.  Down is the same quality  
in
>both bags. Even though western rates theirs at 850-- it is the same.
>-You want to sleep as well as possible every night.  I bought the 
versalight
>  it was perfect. I was warm when others were cold.  when it was too 
warm I
>just shook the down to the bottom. (the year I bought it it was 15 
degree
>bag with no fill in the bottom part of the neck tube-it's a little 
different
>now, I think it is now a 10 degree bag and is call the versalight super
>cause they added down to that part)
>3.  WEstern mountaineering flight jacket.. used during the high 
sierras...
>- everyone wanted one.
>4. don't use any stuff sacks
>-Just line your bag with a trash compactor bag - just shove your 
sleeping
>bag and clothes in there. (of course you'll need bags for your food and 
one
>for tolietries)
>5.  Sleep with your food.
>-Kids listen.  I was fearful of this too when I first started so I 
bought a
>bear bag (ursack).  truth is that bears are big ass racoons and aren't 
going
>to come in your tent, but they will stay around all night to try to get 
food
>out of trees. the only place you might want to hang you food is in
>washington where mice will eat hole sin your tent and run around your 
head
>to get to it.  ANd if you camp just before or just after yosemite.  I 
walked
>past both of these areas in one day so still didn't use a canister or 
bear
>bag.  Also many of us talked to billy goat- a legend who has hike the 
trail
>like 5 times. He said the only place he won't sleep with his food is in 
the
>immeadiate yosemite area.
>- and pleeaaaase don't buy a bear canister.
>6. Don't buy a nalgene bottle, use gatorade bottles and platypus bags.
>-come on does this need any more explaination?  Lighter and both last
>forever.
>7. MSR titan kettle
>-perfect size
>8. pepsi can stove
>OK, I covered the main stuff. and don't be a fool and get a pack any 
bigger
>than a granite gear nimbus ozone.  most had smaller packs. and please 
don't
>buy hiking boots. really.  You just want thick soled trail runners.
>I'm out,
>Mouse
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Judith Rush" <crush@ptd.net>
> >To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> >Subject: [pct-l] RE: Suggestions for "to bring List"
> >Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:26:05 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
> >
> >My pack weight without food fuel and water is 9 lb 4 oz, I don't no 
the
> >exact weight of each item, but will give a estimate.
> >Pack -- G-5 from Gossamergear.com I used a G-4 pack for years,and 
loved it,
>
> >but I ever filled it up so I went with the smaller G-5 I passed the 
G-4
>down
> >to  my son. It weighs around 8 oz I did modify it a little
> >
> >My tents a Nomad Lite from Wanderlustgear.com I gave my old nomad 
to my son
>
> >and bought a new one for the PCT last year. The old tent and G-4 
pack did
> >the AT and many other trails with me. It weighs 1 lb 12 oz, but 
takes about
>
> >5 months to get one. If you need one sooner six moon designs has a 
2 man
> >tent at 2 lbs has lots of room.
> >
> >I use a Z-lite  sleeping pad from Gossamer gear
> >
> >My bag is a Western Mountaneering ultralite weighs 1 lb 12 oz but 
the Kelty
>
> >light year is only 4 ozs heavier for a third of the price.
> >
> >My extra cloths are a bathing suit, long sleeve nylon shirt, 2 
extra smart
> >lite hiker pairs of socks, two pair of coolmax sock liners, a 
balaclava, a
> >Marmot flash sweater, ( a fluffy lightweight jacket ) which is also 
my
> >pillow and 2 extra bandanas. This isn't counting what I'm wearing. 
Oh and
> >gloves
> >
> >Homemade alcohol stove from a tomato paste can pot stand from a 
coat hanger
>
> >titanum pot ( the small one ) container for the alcohol that the 
stove fits
>
> >over the lid and it all fits in the pot.
> >
> >A Photon 2 light
> >Agua mira
> >Bug net
> >  Small packs of tissues
> >Platypus bag 2 liter
> >Rain Parka from Wanderlust gear goes over pack also 2 or 3 ozs.
> >Swiss army knife the small one
> >Small pill bottle with aleve, imodiom , bedadryl, pepsid, and 
vitamins.
> >2 washcloths ,I put loops on them soI could hang them from my pack 
to dry,
> >sunscreen a small one, you can always get a new one in town
> >small 2 dollar compass
> >Small alcohol gel
> >lighter
> >Bandaids
> >small toothpaste and brush
> >antibiotic cream
> >pieces of guidebook
> >extra end for platy
> >extra batteries for digital camera, a Pentax Optio that I carry in 
my side
> >pants pocket
> >BLISTER PADS, bandaids compeed pads are good,Dr Shool and Spenco 
make them
> >also. It seemed like no one took them, I was giving them to every 
one, and
> >they are about a dollar each.
> >
> >  Hope I didn't forget anything. I didn't make any changes, but 
only made
> >around 600 miles before getting hurt. I will be back next year to 
try again
>
> >                                         Sunburn
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