As a poor grad student with some hiking experience (I thru hiked the AT in 2012), I decided to try and make an inexpensive and lightweight gear list for anyone looking to get into backpacking that doesn't have a lot of money to spend. The total cost of this gear list is $560 and the base weight is 12.8lbs. Prices and weights of each item are given in the link. Most of the items should be bought through REI and Amazon to take advantage of their free shipping deals (I've linked the majority of items to their respective websites). If anyone has any suggestions for any cheap lightweight gear changes please let me know.
Here's the link:
http://lighterpack.com/r/50uok