seabrookhiker
07-18-2011, 08:37
I'm doing a 4 week SOBO section starting late July at Katahdin. I would appreciate some input on my gear list. The only hiking I've done in Maine is dayhiking in July a couple of years, at Baxter State Park and Mount Desert Island. Based on my prior hiking experience I expect to get to Rangeley, or at the most Andover.
I've left out rain pants as they sure didn't keep me dry or warm in the Smokies last year. Wondering if I have enough warm clothing (basically a hat, gloves, and fleece top.)
About me: 41, solo female hiker, slow but steady, bad back. Got in 1400 miles of attempted NOBO thruhike last year (also got in my third bout of Lyme disease). With other section hikes, all I have left to do is Maine and New Hampshire, and 10 miles of Vermont.
Carrying stuff:
Gregory Jade 50 women's backpack or Gossamer Gear Mariposa Plus
Lightheart safety orange pack cover
trash compactor bag pack liner
formerly-waterproof Sea to Summit food bag
50' cheap nylon rope
really beat up stuffsack/rock throwing bag
really beat up hiking poles of some kind with Hello Kitty duct tape wrapped on
Shelter and sleeping:
Lightheart Awning tent
trimmed down polycryo ground sheet
8 stakes over varying sizes and weights
awning pole
NeoAir Regular (medium is a better fit but they didn't have one)
Montbell U.L. SuperStretch Down Hugger #3 (30 degree, really 40)
stuff sacks for tent and sleeping bag
8 cuphooks in case of tent platform
Camp kitchen and water treatment:
MSR Titan Kettle plus cozy, stuff sack
AntiGravity Gear alcohol stove, primer cup, windscreen, heavy foil to put stove on
small bottle for denatured alcohol
two small lighters
tiny dropper bottle of soap
tiny piece of scrubber
long handled titanium spoon
cut down woolen mitten for pot grabber
2 liter Platypus hoser bag
1 liter Gatorade bottle
Steripen Adventurer Opti
two small towels - one to filter out junk, one to dry off steripen
spare set of batteries for steripen
plastic cup from the mid 80's
2 liter AntiGravity gear water bag
1 oz sit pad
Clothing:
Adidas trail runners - worn
Convertible pants - worn
Long sleeved shirt UV/bug repellent shirt - worn
Dirty Girl gaiters - worn
Wright CoolMesh double layer socks - 3 pair (2 pair didn't make it well enough between washings last year, they got loose)
Moving Comfort DayLight bra -worn
Lightweight hat -worn
Bandana - worn
Buff
Rockdancer hat
Capilene 1 long sleeved shirt
Dollar General men's pajama bottoms
Wool socks - 1 pair
Powerstretch fleece top
Powerstretch gloves
Wind shirt (maybe - 3 oz)
Patagonia something or other raincoat
ULA rain wrap (rain skirt)
Crocs for camp / town shoes - no holes on sides
sarong for in town - in Monson mail drop
Stuff sack for clothes
Luxury:
iphone 4 verizon + headphones
3 (count 'em 3) 3g juice external batteries (1 or 2 goes home at Monson)
2 wall warts to Monson mail drop
1 phone cable and 1 other charging gadget to Monson mail drop
Nada chair Slouch!Buster (maybe - 8 oz)
Medical/Personal Care:
eye drops
ear plugs
toothbrush, toothpaste, floss
two handwarmer packets
several wet ones packets
Picaridin-based bug spray
SPF 30 sunscreen
bandanna
Sea to summit mesh headnet
tiny baggies of benadryl, flexeril, ibuprofen, acid reducer, charcoal capsules, d-ribose, bile, imodium, imitrex
small unbreakable mirror
lip balm
Bodyglide
Prep H
Arnica cream
sports tape
gauze squares
Diva cup
Purel
two knee straps
molefoam
antibiotic ointment
daily vitamins & supplements
nighttime bite guard
toilet paper
fixodent due to my crown that likes to pop out
stuffsack
Misc:
Petzl Zipka headlamp
several spare ziplocks - pint, quart, and 4x6"
ID, money, credit card
maps
guidebook pages
sewing/repair kit
backup iodine
cheap sunglasses
reading glasses
tiny compass
small knife with scissors
superglue
spare pinch light
spare string
carabiner
trowel
fannypack to hold daily snacks, etc
weightlifting gloves to save my hands on rocks, I hope
A WHOLE LOT OF FOOD
Plus, you know, whatever I've forgotten.
That's about 25-28 lb with 5 days of food and a liter of water, depending on if I use my Gossamer Gear Mariposa or my Gregory Jade 50. Unfortunately that weight will go up as my appetite increases.
I've left out rain pants as they sure didn't keep me dry or warm in the Smokies last year. Wondering if I have enough warm clothing (basically a hat, gloves, and fleece top.)
About me: 41, solo female hiker, slow but steady, bad back. Got in 1400 miles of attempted NOBO thruhike last year (also got in my third bout of Lyme disease). With other section hikes, all I have left to do is Maine and New Hampshire, and 10 miles of Vermont.
Carrying stuff:
Gregory Jade 50 women's backpack or Gossamer Gear Mariposa Plus
Lightheart safety orange pack cover
trash compactor bag pack liner
formerly-waterproof Sea to Summit food bag
50' cheap nylon rope
really beat up stuffsack/rock throwing bag
really beat up hiking poles of some kind with Hello Kitty duct tape wrapped on
Shelter and sleeping:
Lightheart Awning tent
trimmed down polycryo ground sheet
8 stakes over varying sizes and weights
awning pole
NeoAir Regular (medium is a better fit but they didn't have one)
Montbell U.L. SuperStretch Down Hugger #3 (30 degree, really 40)
stuff sacks for tent and sleeping bag
8 cuphooks in case of tent platform
Camp kitchen and water treatment:
MSR Titan Kettle plus cozy, stuff sack
AntiGravity Gear alcohol stove, primer cup, windscreen, heavy foil to put stove on
small bottle for denatured alcohol
two small lighters
tiny dropper bottle of soap
tiny piece of scrubber
long handled titanium spoon
cut down woolen mitten for pot grabber
2 liter Platypus hoser bag
1 liter Gatorade bottle
Steripen Adventurer Opti
two small towels - one to filter out junk, one to dry off steripen
spare set of batteries for steripen
plastic cup from the mid 80's
2 liter AntiGravity gear water bag
1 oz sit pad
Clothing:
Adidas trail runners - worn
Convertible pants - worn
Long sleeved shirt UV/bug repellent shirt - worn
Dirty Girl gaiters - worn
Wright CoolMesh double layer socks - 3 pair (2 pair didn't make it well enough between washings last year, they got loose)
Moving Comfort DayLight bra -worn
Lightweight hat -worn
Bandana - worn
Buff
Rockdancer hat
Capilene 1 long sleeved shirt
Dollar General men's pajama bottoms
Wool socks - 1 pair
Powerstretch fleece top
Powerstretch gloves
Wind shirt (maybe - 3 oz)
Patagonia something or other raincoat
ULA rain wrap (rain skirt)
Crocs for camp / town shoes - no holes on sides
sarong for in town - in Monson mail drop
Stuff sack for clothes
Luxury:
iphone 4 verizon + headphones
3 (count 'em 3) 3g juice external batteries (1 or 2 goes home at Monson)
2 wall warts to Monson mail drop
1 phone cable and 1 other charging gadget to Monson mail drop
Nada chair Slouch!Buster (maybe - 8 oz)
Medical/Personal Care:
eye drops
ear plugs
toothbrush, toothpaste, floss
two handwarmer packets
several wet ones packets
Picaridin-based bug spray
SPF 30 sunscreen
bandanna
Sea to summit mesh headnet
tiny baggies of benadryl, flexeril, ibuprofen, acid reducer, charcoal capsules, d-ribose, bile, imodium, imitrex
small unbreakable mirror
lip balm
Bodyglide
Prep H
Arnica cream
sports tape
gauze squares
Diva cup
Purel
two knee straps
molefoam
antibiotic ointment
daily vitamins & supplements
nighttime bite guard
toilet paper
fixodent due to my crown that likes to pop out
stuffsack
Misc:
Petzl Zipka headlamp
several spare ziplocks - pint, quart, and 4x6"
ID, money, credit card
maps
guidebook pages
sewing/repair kit
backup iodine
cheap sunglasses
reading glasses
tiny compass
small knife with scissors
superglue
spare pinch light
spare string
carabiner
trowel
fannypack to hold daily snacks, etc
weightlifting gloves to save my hands on rocks, I hope
A WHOLE LOT OF FOOD
Plus, you know, whatever I've forgotten.
That's about 25-28 lb with 5 days of food and a liter of water, depending on if I use my Gossamer Gear Mariposa or my Gregory Jade 50. Unfortunately that weight will go up as my appetite increases.