I have found over the past year or so that I am naturally looking for new challenges involving my hiking.
- I earned a nasty leg injury a few weeks ago and was excited to do a hike to navigate having an injury on trail
- I have started diving into my trail diet, picking items that support the needs of my body on trail vs just eating junk food
- My trips have evolved a bit, from straight long trails to completing trail systems ie GSMNP900, the Natchez Trace road walk etc
And so with my latest 133 mile walk I really saw opportunity in reducing what I carry and what I carry weighs.
I already have a light pack....For CDT#2 with 4 days food I was at 23 lbs. But there is still a lot of meat on the bone and I am determined to shed it by CDT#3...it could be a long trip
Item>Current>New
Tent> Dipole 2Li 31oz> Altaplex Classic 16.5oz> 14.5oz savings
Poles> Komperdell Vario xp Carbon Poles(qty2) 16.6oz> zpacks minimalist single pole 5.9oz> 10.7oz savings
Pad> Exped ul7 pad LW 21oz> Neoair uberlight LW+flextail zero pump 2oz> 7.3oz savings
Headlamp> BD Storm 500 4.23oz> Nitecore NU25UL 1.6oz> 2.63oz savings
Battery> Anker 20mah>12.5oz Nitecore 20Mah 10.42oz> 2.08oz savings
Quilt> EE 0* LW Convert quilt 36oz> EE 40*LW Convert quilt 22.6oz> 13.4oz savings
50.6oz(3.16lb) Savings
New Base weight 5lbs: for tent, pole, pad, headlamp, battery & quilt. Still have some other items to add to that of course but this initial set pf purchased items will make the biggest impact. Does anyone have experience with the altaplex, zpacks minimalist pole or neoair uberlight?
I do plan to put the sylicone dots on the bottom of the pad