Dirtbag gearlist

[ScottP]

Just to give people some ideas, here's a cheap and dirty gearlist for the broke lightweight hiker. Probably good from late-April on.


Pack OR Dry peak bagger 29L $55, 9 oz
Bag Western Mountaineering cloud 9 comforter $225, 20 oz
Pad cut up ridgerest 8 oz $20
Shelter etowah 6x10 flat silnylon ($70), 9 oz
10 REI hook stakes stakes 3 oz $15

$400ish, 50ish ounces

Cooking&other:
homemade alcohol stove ($1, 1 oz)
bic lighter ($1, 1oz)
REI 1.3L pot, no lid 5 oz $50
spoon from your drawer (Free, 2 oz)
2-3 gatorade bottles (free, 4 oz)
dropper bottle of bleach drops (1 oz, $3)

Photon keychain LED 1 oz $7
O2 rainwear $30, 5.5 oz

20ish ounces, $100ish dollars


500ish dollars , 4.5ish pounds (will be higher once socks, etc. are added in)

Pretty similar to the way I roll, but I have a few slightly nicer things.

[Trailbender]

Just to give people some ideas, here's a cheap and dirty gearlist for the broke lightweight hiker. Probably good from late-April on.


Pack OR Dry peak bagger 29L $55, 9 oz
Bag Western Mountaineering cloud 9 comforter $225, 20 oz
Pad cut up ridgerest 8 oz $20
Shelter etowah 6x10 flat silnylon ($70), 9 oz
10 REI hook stakes stakes 3 oz $15

$400ish, 50ish ounces

Cooking&other:
homemade alcohol stove ($1, 1 oz)
bic lighter ($1, 1oz)
REI 1.3L pot, no lid 5 oz $50
spoon from your drawer (Free, 2 oz)
2-3 gatorade bottles (free, 4 oz)
dropper bottle of bleach drops (1 oz, $3)

Photon keychain LED 1 oz $7
O2 rainwear $30, 5.5 oz

20ish ounces, $100ish dollars


500ish dollars , 4.5ish pounds (will be higher once socks, etc. are added in)

Pretty similar to the way I roll, but I have a few slightly nicer things.

Not bad, but you could probably go a lot cheaper on some of it. I got a really good 0 degree down bag off ebay for about $100, it weighed 3 lbs, but got me through the beginning of my 2010 thru, which was really cold with some nasty weather. A wal mart tarp is about 10 bucks, a little heavier, maybe 1.5lb

[couscous]

$300 Challenge (http://whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5594) is a great thread about this topic.