Didn't take long to switch back from 1/2 a z-rest pad to a nice, cushy 3/4 length air mattress. 1 night to be exact.
Didn't take long to switch back from 1/2 a z-rest pad to a nice, cushy 3/4 length air mattress. 1 night to be exact.
Went from a Neoair Xlite small to medium. Totally worth the 4 ounces.
Springer to Katahdin: 1991-2018
Camera Gear- 4 POUNDS
My Base weight is right around 10lb 3oz but I then add 4 pounds of camera gear. A DSLR with a tripod. People think im crazy but at the end of a LD hike I have thousands of professional shots.
"professional shots"?
"Professional" is not defined by equipment used but rather by the photographer's unique insight and marketability of images (somebody willing to pay $$$), no matter how they are produced.
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Noob question here, sorry. A lot of you have switched from the sawyer mini to the "regular" which one are you talking about when you say regular? the squeeze? link? thank you
I envy the lot of you. I am currently at a bit over 20 lbs. (no food no H20) and am fighting to get it down. My major concern which sends up the weight are the evening skeeters...which will drain you in New England in the right/wrong weather unless you have shelter designed to beat them. Of course my cell phone and charger may hurt too. I am also an EMT and carry more than I need personally require in 1st aid equipment...yes, I help others whenever needed.
I've been backpacking short trips almost every weekend during the 3 seasons of 2015 with an 8 pound base weight. I decided I really want to video blog my thru starting this June and added at least a pound of weight just in electronics.
The other would be my knife. I tried hiking for a while with just a Spyderco ladybug but I just enjoy whittling way to much. Outside of backpacking greenwood working (making spoons, wooden cups and such) is my other favorite hobby and the two go well together. I'm very happy adding 3 or so ounces to be able to use a nice fixed blade to carve/relax after a big mile day.
Well, I'm no ultralighter but I've sure spent a pile of money trying. Here are my favorite upgrades:
-3.6oz -- Jetboil Zip titanium instead of homemade popcan alcohol stove.
(this one actually saved a few ounces once you count the fuel and associated accouterments)
1.8oz -- Fleece seat belt covers for pack straps
6.1oz -- Full-length Neoair
0.6oz -- Thermarest Airtap pump and batteries instead of pumpsack
1.0oz -- Thermorest pillowcase (to cover my clothing stuffsack)
3.0oz -- 18" square of blue foam to sit on
0.8oz -- Home made collapsible water bucket
2.0oz -- Princeton Tec Sync headlamp instead of cheapo Coleman that was powered by watch batteries
0.8oz -- Kitchen sink (milk jug bottom)
4.2oz -- Patagonia Houdini wind shirt
5.7oz -- Belly bag for electronics, wallet, glasses, maps, etc.
20.1oz -- Danner 453 GTX hiking boots instead of Merril Moab sneakers
9.0oz -- 8oz whiskey flask
Just added micro line locks, new z cord guy-lines and glow cord to zipper pulls and the main guy-line at the entrance of my hexamid... Oh and a little piece of elastic cord with a mitten hook to loop around my hiking pole for the bathtub floor entrance!
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The true harvest of my life is intangible...a little stardust caught,a portion of the rainbow I have clutched -Thoreau
Sleeping pads, like so many here.
Got a Foam Pad when my old full air matress broke. After two nights of testing, with my everything hurting, went back to a thermarest.