Tuckahoe
05-20-2014, 19:48
This past weekend was a bit of a bust for me, as I tried to head up to Harpers Ferry for a weekend hike.
I did surprise myself when I threw my pack on the scale and the weight came to 20 pounds total weight (including food and water).
I tend to average 1.25 to 1.5 lbs of food per day, but this trip I attempted to go stoveless and came up with 3.5 lbs food for two days. That little bit of extra food weight was about equal to the weight of my cook kit.
I do not consider myself a lightweight hiker. More accurately I would say that I have become minimalist, and cut out all that extra stuff that I just havent used.
This was everything that I pack for a trip...
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And a close up...
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Top left is my rain jacket, then below that my extra clothes -- shorts, shirt, drawers, wool socks, liner socks, and a fleece.
The black/green compression sack is my top quilt and the orange/gray sack is my bottom quilt, and the little red one is my pillow.
In the middle is my towel, soap, tooth paste, brush, and floss, bug spray and medication. The white box is my first aid kit and sitting on it is a lighter and mini-multi tool. And to the right Are the two 20oz soda bottles as water bottles and Sawyer filter and that all important TP.
Then finally on the far right, my tarp, hammock, and pole bag holding the spreader bars and tarp stakes. mymmap and compass are still in the pack.
So that's everything and this is what takes me comfortably from a couple days to a week.
27079
I did surprise myself when I threw my pack on the scale and the weight came to 20 pounds total weight (including food and water).
I tend to average 1.25 to 1.5 lbs of food per day, but this trip I attempted to go stoveless and came up with 3.5 lbs food for two days. That little bit of extra food weight was about equal to the weight of my cook kit.
I do not consider myself a lightweight hiker. More accurately I would say that I have become minimalist, and cut out all that extra stuff that I just havent used.
This was everything that I pack for a trip...
27076 27075
And a close up...
27077
Top left is my rain jacket, then below that my extra clothes -- shorts, shirt, drawers, wool socks, liner socks, and a fleece.
The black/green compression sack is my top quilt and the orange/gray sack is my bottom quilt, and the little red one is my pillow.
In the middle is my towel, soap, tooth paste, brush, and floss, bug spray and medication. The white box is my first aid kit and sitting on it is a lighter and mini-multi tool. And to the right Are the two 20oz soda bottles as water bottles and Sawyer filter and that all important TP.
Then finally on the far right, my tarp, hammock, and pole bag holding the spreader bars and tarp stakes. mymmap and compass are still in the pack.
So that's everything and this is what takes me comfortably from a couple days to a week.
27079