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Happy
03-16-2004, 10:40
Assumptions:

AT Thru-Hike starting March 1st-beautiful day in high 60's...hiking in shorts
and T-shirt only.

For comparisons, use these six categories:
1-Clothes (in pack)
2-Cooking/Hydration (include weight of water/fuel containers empty)
3-Packing (pack, pack cover, liners, stuff sacks, etc)
4-Shelter (tent/hammock/tarp, groundcloth, stakes)
5-Sleeping (bag, bag liner, pad, etc)
6-Essentials/luxury/other (light, toilet, hygene, repair, radio, first aid, etc)

DO NOT include weight of food, water or fuel...just containers for them. We
can all add food (2lbs day), fuel (1lb), water (2lbs per quart) to adjust our
total weight but this will vary among each person's preference.

For myself:

67.2 oz Clothes
23.2 oz Cooking/Hydration
30.5 oz Packing
33.0 oz Shelter
42.9 oz Sleeping
27.8 oz Essentials/luxury/other

224.6 oz Total or 14.04 lbs. base weight... hiking in shorts and t-shirt

Texas Dreamer
03-16-2004, 12:10
Thanks Happy, that clarified things a bit.

brian
03-16-2004, 12:19
66.3oz Clothes (including raincoat)
22.7oz Cooking\Hydration
33.6oz Packing (Gearskin w\ stuff sacks)
39.2oz Shelter (HH ultralight bkpacker w\ MacCat standard fly)
49.0oz sleeping (FF Kestrel w\ small pad)
33.0oz Luxury\Essentials (Umbrella, Book,FA kit)

243.8oz Total or 15.24 lbs. base weight... hiking in shorts and t-shirt

DeoreDX
03-16-2004, 12:52
Clothes 51.60 (Inclused Poncho)

Cooking 36.83 (Includes MSR miniworks Filter)

Tent 47.4 (Tarptent Cloudburst, plus ground cloth and extra guy lines and stakes to set up poncho)

Sleeping 61.29 (WM Megalite + Ridgerest + prolite 3)

Backpack 26.00 (Equinox Katahdin)

Misc 28.29 (Hygene, toiletries, lights, tools, etc)
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Total: 251.41 oz or 15.71 lbs

Happy
03-19-2004, 23:31
While the site was down today, took an opportunity to surf the other sites and read some very good comments on base weights...seems like NO ONE is trying to increase their base weight???

tribes
03-20-2004, 10:48
Packing--47.5 oz
Clothes in pack--45oz
Tent--42
Cooking and hydration--20 oz
Sleeping(20 degree)--40.5 oz
Essentials & luxury 28 oz

total base weight: 223 oz or 13.93 lbs

Major items specifics: Gregory gpack, FF Rock Wren with overfill and silk liner, zrest 3/4, Brasslite stove with Ti pot, long john tops bottoms, precip anorak and pants and puffball vest

Kerosene
03-20-2004, 13:44
56.5 oz Packed Clothes (incl. Frogg Toggs, Fleece, Long Johns)
24.0 oz Cooking/Hydration (SnoPeak GigaPower Titanium iso-butane)
52.5 oz Packing (Granite Gear Nimbus Ozone)
34.3 oz Shelter (Six Moon Designs Europa II w/ stakes and sponge)
40.3 oz Sleeping (Western Mountaineering Ultralite, Prolite 3s)
47.0 oz Essentials (Asthma meds, repellant, sunscreen, wallet, 1st aid, TP, etc.)

255.1 oz Total or 15.91 lbs. base weight... hiking in shorts and T-shirt