My light team (no ul)

It was never my intention to go ultralight. But obviously less weight is better. My base weight was 18 pounds, and completely loaded with food and water, it would exceed about 30 pounds. On average, I was about 25 pounds. including food and water.

The basics

Pack – Osprey Exos Pro 55. This package worked very well. It is very adjustable, it has a great suspension and has an incredible mesh that keeps its back fresh. And it was quite large, even for a week. I quickly managed to get some holes thanks to tightening tight rock spaces, but they were never a problem and never worsened.

Store – Big Agnes Copper Spur Ul 2. I have had this store since 2016 and I love it! One of the posts broke later on my walk, but after 9 years I was not surprised. And he still had the original repair sleeve that worked well.

Brown – 25 degrees Zenbivy Ul. I got this just before my trip, and worked very well. I will only add that I had some delivery problems and Zenbivy was very useful and receptive. I also put an inflatable Klymit pillow in the 7L Zenbivy looting.

Sleeping pad – Termarest Neoair. I would not recommend it. He knew it was risky to leave for a month+ with an inflatable mattress, and effectively began to leak along the seam through the valve. I had a repair kit for holes, but that did not work along the sewing. On the last nights I had to explode every 2 hours to stay out of the cold ground.

Hiking pictures: ultra -distance carbon fiber of black diamond. I have had these for about 12 years and are fantastic. Except that I broke one on this trip and saddled me a lot. I borrowed a basic post of a friend and worked well, even if twice the weight of my black diamonds. I changed my posts from one side to another so that an arm did not discourage too much.

Water things –

• ORNITORY QUICKDRAW FILTER. This has worked well for me on multiple trips.
• 1 liter Playpus dirty water bag and clean water bags 2 x 1 liters. They are light and effective. I could have left one of the clean at home.
• 2 Smartwater bottles. I used one for water and one for liquid IV.
• Total potential water volume = 5 liters. The maximum I carried was 4 liters, usually only 2 liters.

Kitchen utensils –

• MSR ROCKET POCKET 2.
• Small fuel can.
• An old MSR pot with removable handle plus a cup of tea of ​​the same set. Many years.
• Be to summit carbon length handling spoon.
• Lighter.

Electronics –

• Phone
• Anker PowerCore 10,000 – no, not the one who was removed.
• Beats Fit Pro headphones: Well for more than 40 hours of listening using 1 at the same time, in addition, they barely wear phone battery.
• Garmin Inreach Mini 2: Invaluable on a path like the Blue Mountains path, where there is rarely a cell service.
• Petzl Actik Core Headlamp – My old Petzl Headland was 20 years old, so I got a new one for this trip. This really is rechargeable. I never spent the battery using use in the maximum food mode, even after a week without loading.
• The 2 different load cables required these devices.

Clothes

Path clothes –

• Light hood.
• Coating shorts.
• Socks – Rei Coolmax 1/4. I am the only person in the world who does not like wool in my socks.
• Shoes – Obōz Sawtooth X Low. I have used them for years, so, although they are not the lightest, I know they work. And I put 3D3 inserts in them.

Extra clothing –

• Clean (ISH) Hood, shorts, underwear and socks for the camp.
• Swollen jacket.
• Baseball chapel.
• Lighter and rain gloves.
• Marmot Superalloy Bio Rain Jacket: Good enough for climatic rains, not for an extended cold and humid climate.
• Kuhl rain pants: he doubled as protection against the legs of the path and for those cold and morning nights.
• Be it to summit ul 20L Seco Bag, in which I pushed my clothes and extra tent (when I was not wet).

Other –

• Reading prescription glasses and glasses.
• Daily contact lenses plus eye drops and little plastic mirror to put my contacts.
• Duke Cannon lip balm.
• Banana Banana Boat Sport SPF 30 Sun Protector: Once a day it was enough.
• Toothpaste of the size of a trip, ultra light and dental bamboo toothbr.
• Hygienic paper: I actually calculated carefully and measured the correct amount for each replenishment.
• Combat Tallitas: Compostable wipes that were a little weight in terms of weight, but they were incredibly useful!
• A lot of ibuprofen and Aleve, in addition to some medications without which I do not leave home.
• Six moons designs Rain Walker Sul Paraguas: I only used this one day in the sun and one day in the rain. It worked well, but generally the rain coincided with the covered covered path where it was not possible to use the umbrella. Because of this, I added a package cover for the second half of the trip.
• Small pocket knife of the Swiss army.
• First aid kit on a zipock of the size of a room, which consists of:
  • Multiple band sizes plus some steri-strips
  • Antibiotic ointment
  • Dermaflex leather glue
  • Suture kit
  • Large pads and wrapping
  • Alcohol wipes
  • Vaseline
  • Athletic tape for ampoules
  • Adhesive tape
  • Lighter and waterproof matches
  • Additional AAA batteries
  • Water purification tablets
  • Gear repair kit
  • Termarest repair kit
  • A small Sam splint.

Food

Breakfast: See my day 8 where I spell my delicious and abundant daily oat breakfast recipe. In addition, most of the days I made a cup of tea.

Split –

• I would have 2 morning and 2 in the afternoon:
  • Costco protein bars: not the lighter and almost impossible to develop, but I still like them
  • Rxbar protein bars
  • Cecina packages
  • Golden fish packages.
• In addition, I usually had some m & m peanut that I distributed very carefully.
• 2 IV liquid packages per day.

CENAS: I started buying Peak and Mountain House dinners before my trip every time I saw them for sale. And when I went to pack, I realized that I had enough for the whole trip. So that’s what I had every night.

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