Thanks
Thanks!Originally Posted by Tobias
The G6 is only good for a long weekend, however .... I need a bit more volume for food for a week long trip or a thru-hike.
Well my winter 4 are
granite gear Nimbos ozone 3lbs
Golite utopia 1 1lb 4 ounces
rei nooksack 2lbs
therma rest pro 3 full leangth 1lb 2 ounces
total 7 lbs 6 ounces
summer
granite gear vapor trail 2lbs
golite utopia 1 1lb 4 ounces
ems ?? 35 degree 1lb 4 ounces
therma rest pro lite 3 3/4 14ounces
total 5olbs 6 ounces
not to heavy but not to lite
I have a Vapor Trail too .... as well as a Nimbus Lattitude ..... great packs.
I don't understand the issue then ..... once you deploy this gear you still have a pack full?
My most typical set up:
Pack: Arc'teryx Needle 35 = 3# 2 oz.
Tent: Black Diamond Beta Lite = 1# 3 oz.
Bag: WM Hooded Aspen = 2#
Pad: Therma rest Prolite 4 full length. 1# 8 oz.
total: 7 lbs, 13 oz.
Weights provided by respective manufacturers. In truth, my pack weighs more cuz i have a knife and compass mounted to it... Also, my "tent" (a floorless tensile tarp) has a "mosquito skirt" sewn into the perimeter to keep the bugs off me. I probably weigh in at more than 8.5 # considering modifications.
"Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible." -Feynman
Thru hike list
My AT Section or Thru-hike big four:
Granite Gear Vapor Trail 2 lbs
Golite Ultra 20 quilt 20 oz
MYOG Momentum Bivy, 6.5 oz
MLD Cuben ponchotarp, 3.9 oz
3.9 lbs
Also .... I've found that using a Gossamer Gear Nightlight 3/4 pad, AND the Torso pad at the same time, makes for a VERY comfy night's sleep for about 12 oz.
I'm there...
Ok - after some trial, error and $$$ I'm where I want to be....
Pack: ULA Catalyst - 2 lb 15 oz
Bag: Mont Bell SS #2 Long - 2 lb
Tent: Six Moon Designs Lunar Duo - 3 lb
Pad: Gossamer Gear NightLight 3/4 - 8 oz
Total: 8 lbs 7 oz
I splurged and went for the Lunar Duo over the Lunar Solo - it's worth the extra pound to have all that floor space.
Thomas
Livin light and large:
Pack-GoLight Jam2-1lb 6oz
Summer Bag-WM Hight Lite-16oz
Spring Bag-WM Ultra Lite Super-1lb 10oz
Tent-Big Agnes SL1-2lbs 8oz
Pad-T. Rest Prolite 3 3/4-13oz
Summer-5lbs 11oz
Spring-6lbs 5oz
(I do not have the tent yet)
Hilleberg Atko - 53oz
Jansport Big Bear 5000 - 62oz
Marmot Helium - 29oz
BA Insulated Air Core - 21oz
Total= 165oz or 10.3lbs
I plan on getting a ULA Catalyst very soon. That would knock me down to:
148oz or 9.2lbs.
I still consider this pretty heavy (compared to you guys atleast) But thats sleeping in comfort in winter. For summer I plan on using a Tarptent and havent decided on bag yet. I know there are many ways to get that 9lbs down to about 6 easily but I like to sleep comfortable.
Pack(homemade): 9.5 oz.
Shelter((solo-HSTT;Contrail- 24.5 oz.
Sleeping:
Quilt;rawway,website says: 21 oz.
pad;blue wally type-trimmed 5 oz.
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60 oz.= 3.75 lb.s
That's an excellent 3 season set up.
My last trip included:
MacCat Tarp 12 oz
JRB RMS quilt 26 oz
Gossamer Gear G4 pack 15 oz
Ridgerest Pad Sm 9 oz
Total 62 oz = 3.875 lbs
Last edited by Egads; 02-19-2008 at 21:25.
The trail was here before we arrived, and it will still be here when we are gone...enjoy it now, and preserve it for others that come after us
Winter Gear:
Pack: SMD Starlight 25oz.
Shelter: Speer III Hammock w/winter tarp 37.2 oz.
Sleeping: Speer PeaPod (overfill) 42 oz.
Pad: Big Agnes 15* pad 24 oz.
Total - 128.2 oz. = 8.01 lbs.
I'll swap out the PeaPod and BA pad for lighter gear in summer. Should get me down to about 6 lbs.
This is my summer gear, may have to get a lighter pack soon :-)
ULA P2: 38.5 oz
Wild Oasis with stuff sack and 6 stakes: 14 oz
Nightlite Torso Length Pad: 4 oz
EMS Velocity 35: 25 oz
Total: 81.5 oz (5.1 lb)
I can prolly squeek out this gear starting the beginning of March, overnight lows above 45°
pack: Zpacks Blast 16 3.9
pad: GG thinlite 1/4 4.6
homemade 35° quilt 14~
travel hammock, no net or fly 14.8
37.3 oz- 2lb 4oz
add a MacCat micro when weather is iffy: 7oz
What's the wieght of your big four
I have made a lot of Rat Jardine gear, so my weight is
sleeping quilt with extra filling 28 oz or 1lb 3/4oz
zest pad cut to fit 8 oz
2 person tarp, tent stakes and stuff sack 8.5 oz
pack 8.5 oz
total 54 oz or 3lb 6oz
Pack: MLD Revelation (Spinntex) 3.5 oz
Shelter: MLD Grace Solo (Spectralite) 4.4 oz
Bag: Montbell SS Downhugger 18.0 oz
Pad: Gossamer Gear NightLight Torso: 3.5 oz
Total: 29.4 oz
Hey! you cheated! you forgot to add your 6 ti stakes at 1.7 ounces...
still, at 29.4 you win
(tail between legs, cautiously reverting back to my hole)
Bag: EMS Velocity 35 reg- 1lb 8oz
Pack: need a new one, either TNF Skareb55 or Gregory z55- ~3lb
Shelter: working on building a hammock- dont know, sub 2lb hopefully
Pad: Therm-a-rest z-lite reg- 15oz
total: 3lb 12oz (assuming a 3lb 5oz pack, weight of a medium z55pack) plus hammock.
Quoddy, nice, but how much did all that total?
If you mean $ wise. Those items were $110 / $250 / $205 / $18 = $583
If you check my TJ you can see the gear that makes up the 3 pound base weight for this years LT.
For the Colorado Trail the base is going to be a bit heavier and will probably end up at or just over 5 pounds since I'm taking a heavier pack (10.5 oz), a bivy, a warmer bag, an Icebreaker shirt, and a camera.
To answer the question below. Up until this year I've carried at least a partial change of clothes for when I got to civilization and had a shower. I've decided that was a waste, so now carry only a change of socks. Other than the clothes you saw on the TJ, I may take a cap (1.6 oz) since it's handy in the sun and under the rain cape, and also the same old buff. I honestly don't like "luxury items", probably because I view them in terms of weight.
nice. but how many pairs of clothes do you take? cause imagine all the luxury items you could take and still come out lighter then us!
Pack: Gregory z55 3.4 lb
Tent REI Chrysalis 3 lb
Bag: Kelty Lt Yr 25 2.4 lb
Pad: Ridge Rest 0.75 lb
Total: 9.55 lb Under ten yesssss
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