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    Default Your big 4 for the AT

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    Just an interesting thread to see what others are carrying and maybe give some people an idea of what is out there. I find that the big 4, tent, bag, pad and pack are big deciders in what weight people carry. If you can get them down you travel lighter.

    My big 4 are:

    Tent - Zpacks Hexamid Solo plus with screen and double floor - 525 gr / 18.5oz (I like to put my pack inside)
    Pack - Zpacks Arc Zip 62lt - 567gr / 20oz
    Sleeping Bag - Zpacks 20F quilt - 604gr / 21.3oz (mine has a full zip so I can use it like a sleeping bag if I wish)
    Matt - Exped Synmat 7UL long - 499gr / 17.6oz

    Total - 2195gr / 77.4oz

    Moose

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjozgrunt View Post

    Total - 2195gr / 77.4oz

    Moose
    77.4/16=4.8375

    show off

    I'll just say I'm about 6lbs. past that.

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    About 3.5 lb here most of the year.

    Total base is 6-7 usually, depending.

    You will find relatively few ul hikers on the AT, or any trail for that matter.

    Most AT hikers shop heavily at REI.(pun intended)
    Last edited by MuddyWaters; 09-02-2014 at 19:46.

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    Started working on my spreadsheet last night - probably do some shaving before all done and said.

    Copper Spur UL1 with footprint 48.6 oz / 3.03 lbs / 1374 g
    Thermarest X-therm Long 16.5 oz / 1.03 lbs / 467 g
    Western Mountaineering Hooded Aspen 32.5 oz / 2.03 lbs / 921 g
    REI Crestrail 65 72 oz / 4.5 lbs / 2041 g
    Total 169.6 oz /10.6 lbs / 4808 g

    Had my loaded pack weighted at the local outfitters yesterday after a hike and with 4L of water and 2 days of food it came in at 34 lbs.
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    I never added it up before (not really a gram counter). So for fun, I did

    Elemental Horizons Kalais Large = 31.1 oz
    Underground Quilt 40 deg/700 wt down/long/wide/2 oz overstuff = 23.25 oz
    Tarp Tent Notch = 27 oz
    Klymit Static V2 = 16.33

    Total = 6.11 lbs = 97.7 oz

    This would be OK to 40 deg. Would have to swap out for a warmer bag and add extra CCF pad in colder weather.

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    Tent: TT Notch- 828g/ 29.25oz
    Pad: Medium Neoair Xtherm- 456g/16oz
    Quilt: 20* Hammock Gear Burrow w/2 oz overfill- 664g/23.2oz
    Pack: zpacks 52l Arc Blast: 491g/ 17.3oz

    Total: 2439g/86.03oz= 5.38lbs

    These weights are accurate, except for the pack. I used the weights on the zpacks website because I can't weigh it very easily on my kitchen scale. It will end up weighing a little more once I get some belt pouches. Might be switching out the quilt, haven't decided yet.

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    Tarp: ZPacks Tarp 8.5x10: 6.7oz
    Pad: Neoair Xlite Reg: 12oz
    Bag: WM Summerlite: 19oz
    Pack: Gossamer G4: 16.5oz

    Total: 54.2oz/ 3.3Lbs

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    Starlite with blue foam for frame 25oz
    4lb 3oz
    EE Rev X 19oz
    neo air xlite 12 oz
    MYOG tarp and net tent 17oz



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    Lord, compared to you folks it looks like I need to break out the free weights and start pumping iron
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2015 Lady Thru-Hiker View Post
    Lord, compared to you folks it looks like I need to break out the free weights and start pumping iron
    As you walk, you will find what works for you, but pryer researsh, softens ta curve

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2015 Lady Thru-Hiker View Post
    Lord, compared to you folks it looks like I need to break out the free weights and start pumping iron
    Nope, just a credit card.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rocketsocks View Post
    77.4/16=4.8375

    show off

    I'll just say I'm about 6lbs. past that.
    If you can believe it 2 years ago my wt for these four were 6.35kg/13.97 lb.
    I was carrying a nearly a 5lb pack just because I had all heavy older gear. Over 2 years I have reduced my base wt (everything except food and water) from 40.2lb to 15.84lb. I'm probably warmer now, stay drier and carry a lot less. Means I can move faster, if I want to, I'm a lot more comfortable with long days and the whole experience is more enjoyable. Plus the less weight the less wear on joints, from the lower back down.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjozgrunt View Post
    If you can believe it 2 years ago my wt for these four were 6.35kg/13.97 lb.
    I was carrying a nearly a 5lb pack just because I had all heavy older gear. Over 2 years I have reduced my base wt (everything except food and water) from 40.2lb to 15.84lb. I'm probably warmer now, stay drier and carry a lot less. Means I can move faster, if I want to, I'm a lot more comfortable with long days and the whole experience is more enjoyable. Plus the less weight the less wear on joints, from the lower back down.
    kinda the same story, didn't want to give up gear that was perfectly fine...so I drug my old kelty pack behind my truck for two miles till it cried uncle, the seven lbs. tent I still have, it was my first real tent and though I haven't carried it in many many years, I gotta keep for sentimentality reason. But yes just making a few changes can have a profound effect on the lower lumbar. The days of traditional 45lb. Are over, unless your goin heavier for a specific reason.

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    Oh, and hare's me
    Tent~copper spur UL1 3 something
    Bag~BA encampment 3 "
    Pack~Osprey Atmos 3 "
    Pad~ BA blow up Insolated 1 and half lb

    So I "Lady" I'm up in that range as well...prolly more that are than aren't.

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    How long has ZPacks been in business ? Being from an accounting background I always consider useful life as part of cost basis. Golite is a company came on the scene decades after I began hiking. I've had two of their items and they just didn't seem to work over the long haul. The Jam 50 I gave to a niece, and the down jacket seems to have a feather leak. Both I got during that half off sale. ZPacks products interest me but have they proven their worth overtime ?

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    Check another thread on this subject:

    http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...+the+weight+of
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    Summer:
    Tent-Tarptent Strato2
    Bag-Montbell 45* 900 hugger
    Pack-Osprey Hornet
    Pad-Exped synmat medium wide



    Winter:
    Tent-Hilleberg Nallo 2GT
    Bag-Montbell 15*
    Pack-Arcteryx Altra 65
    Pad-Exped synmat medium wide
    Trail Miles: 4,927.6
    AT Map 1: Complete 2013-2021
    Sheltowee Trace: Complete 2020-2023
    Pinhoti Trail: Complete 2023-2024
    Foothills Trail: 0.0
    AT Map 2: 279.4
    BMT: 52.7
    CDT: 85.4

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    Tent - Tarptent Moment - 30 oz
    Pack - Gossamer Gear Mariposa Plus - 22 oz
    Bag - Marmot Helium - 31 oz
    Pad - Z-Light (6 sections) - 6 oz

    Total = 89 oz = 5.6 lb

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    I haven't gotten all of mine yet, but here's the line-up...

    Bag: Kelty Ignite Down 16 (43oz)
    Pad: Therm-a-rest NeoAir XTherm Long (20oz)
    Pack: Granite Gear Blaze A.C. 60 (46oz)
    Tent: Lightheart Solong 6 plus accessories (38oz)

    Total: 147oz (9.2 lbs)

    This is for the cold start in March. The summer bag will reduce the weight by a pound or more.
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    TarpTent Notch: 27 oz
    REI Igneo down bag: 29 oz
    Exped Synmat UL-MW: 20 oz
    ULA Circuit: 39 oz

    Total: 115 oz = 7.2 lbs. (ouch!)

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