Originally Posted by
MamaBear
Well, let's see, we did our 2nd section from Rt.4 to the border starting very late July and ended Aug. 17. I had for clothes:
2pr. lightweight running shorts (from Wal-mart, the cheaper the better, with the built-in panty cut out)
2 short sleeve wicking tops
3pr. underwear
3pr. socks
fleece jacket
1 set of wool baselayers, mid-weight top, light weight bottoms
full set Marmot Precip rain gear
1 hat
1 pr. lightweight gloves
1pr. Dirty Girl gaiters
I ended up wearing lightweight running shorts and a short sleeve shirt the whole time for the second section; the second set was a back-up or "town clothes". The first section was early June, and it was rainy and cool, so I wore the baselayer tights sometimes under the shorts, and the wool top in camp; in August I might have worn the top once? Can't remember. Overall, I wore my fleece jacket in the evenings/mornings if it was cool. The rain gear I wore more on the first section, and wore the jacket only a few times in August, never wore the pants. My son had the same set up, but had a wicking long sleeve top, which he never wore and did not carry tights on the second section (we're almost the same size for the moment, so we could share/swap items if necessary), nor did he have rain pants. I did give him one of my packable down jackets to substitute for his fleece, as it was half the weight for the second section and he wore it in the evenings/mornings when it was cool. We rarely wore the hats or gloves, but we were happy to have them for those few times when it was a bit cool. Because we wore trailrunners, the gaiters were highly useful in keep excess dirt/stuff out of our shoes. I tried hiking without them one day, and ended up with too much dirt in my shoes. Depends on your shoes, of course, but keeping our feet happy was a priority.
Looking at your list, I'd ditch the nylon EMS pants. Like your idea for the gloves, I had some wool gloves and loved them until I couldn't repair them anymore. Other than that, looks good, you can always mail stuff home along the way, too if you find you're not needing it.