Hi All,
I've been slowly trying to cut pounds from my pack and I finally bit the bullet and spent an afternoon weighing nearly every little (and not-so-little) thing that goes on my back. Tallying everything up, I have ~20lb base weight. I don't want to buy too much all at once, so I'm looking at easy ways to cut weight. I think a good first target should be about 15lbs base weight. First thing I see, right off the bat, is a new backpack and sleeping bag. However, I don't want to get a new pack until I've tried cutting down enough weight, that way I know how light/small I can go. I'm contemplating buying an Enlightened Equipment Revelation 20 as a replacement for my sleeping bag. Here's the list:
Category Weight (oz) Weight (lb) Big 4 199 12.4 Cooking/water 19.46 1.2 Clothes (packed) 62.62 3.9 Misc 36.63 2.3 Total 317.71 19.9 Category Item Weight (oz) Weight (lb) Details Big 4 Backpack* 77 4.81 EMS Long Trail 70 Sleeping bag* 62 3.88 Marmot Trestles 15 Tent 47 2.94 Tarptent Double Rainbow Sleeping pad 13 0.81 Z Rest Total 199 12.44 Category Item Weight (oz) Weight (lb) Details Cooking/Water Stove 0.56 0.04 Starlyte alcohol stove Windscreen 1.3 0.08 caldera cone ti tri Fuel bottle (empty) 0.72 0.05 Tall, contains 5.5oz? Pot 4.76 0.30 Evernew 0.9L titanium Stakes 0.44 0.03 Stakes to hold pot up Cozy 1.08 0.07 Antigravity gear Stuff sack 0.58 0.04 Water bladder (empty) 5.96 0.37 Platypus 2L big zip, with filter fittings 32oz gatorade (empty) filter 2.96 0.19 Sawyer squeeze (in-line) lighter 0.74 0.05 Bic spork 0.36 0.02 light my fire Total 19.46 1.22 Category Item Weight (oz) Weight (lb) Details Clothing (stored) Spare shirt 4.22 0.26 EMS Techwick, Medium, polyester light sock 1 1.98 0.12 ? heavy sock 3.8 0.24 wigwam Merino pants 5.22 0.33 icebreaker, bodyfit 200, Medium Shorts 5.42 0.34 ? Rain jacket 11.46 0.72 EMS (marmot precip ordered and on the way) half zip 8.88 0.56 Mountain hardware puffy coat 12.24 0.77 Northface thermoball Hat (sun) 3.02 0.19 baseball hat hat (cold) 2.12 0.13 northface Gloves 1.36 0.09 northface extra underwear 2.9 0.18 underarmor Total 62.62 3.91 Category Item Weight (oz) Weight (lb) Details Clothing (worn) Shirt 5.40 0.34 Light sock 2.08 0.13 Zipoffs 10.54 0.66 Button down 8.08 0.51 Boots 0.00 Underwear 2.2 0.14 Hiking Poles 0.00 Total 28.30 1.77 Category Item Weight (oz) Weight (lb) Details Misc Headlamp 3.3 0.21 Watch 1.22 0.08 Bandana Cash/ID/credit card Phone + charger Pillow 3.18 0.20 Fire starter 1.02 0.06 Toothbrush Toothpaste purell 2 0.13 knife 2.86 0.18 compass 1.06 0.07 rain cover 4.26 0.27 stuff/compression sacks 11.74 0.73 3 containers: medium sea to summit compression, 20L waterproof sea to summit, medium cordura sea to summit compression Sunscreen 1 0.06 bugspray 1.25 0.08 earplugs first aid toilet paper paracord 3.74 0.23 Total 36.63 2.29