My son is using an old Kelty like your kelty-w picture. Except his does not have that green pouch on the back. otherwise looks the same.
My son is using an old Kelty like your kelty-w picture. Except his does not have that green pouch on the back. otherwise looks the same.
"Though I have lost the intimacy with the seasons since my hike, I retain the sense of perfect order, of graceful succession and surrender, and of the bold brilliance of fall leaves as they yield to death." - David Brill
"Though I have lost the intimacy with the seasons since my hike, I retain the sense of perfect order, of graceful succession and surrender, and of the bold brilliance of fall leaves as they yield to death." - David Brill
Camp Trails built an external frame in magnesium. Imagine pairing that with a pack bag made out of X-Pac or Cuben hybrid fabric.
Wayne
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Yup. I don't think I'd bring my deep-winter gear to Georgia in any season. I'd bring microspikes in March, but maybe not bother with them in April.
On the other hand, in actual winter, you're darn tootin' that I'd bring actual winter gear anywhere from Massachusetts north, and I'd only leave the spikes at home from mid-May to mid-October. I've been on the AT in Massachusetts on snowshoes.
I always know where I am. I'm right here.
Still waiting on photos of the gear and/or a gear list. Initially I thought I wasn't going to fit all my gear into a ZPacks Arc Haul, but I actually managed to fit (and have room) for a 5 day trip in the 62L pack.
Don't take extra clothes except for your base layer/sleep wear, extra pair of socks and underwear. I have a beanie, buff and pair of gloves too that get stuffed into open spaces in a trash compactor bag to fill the gaps and I have a down puffy jack that gets stuffed in too. Any other clothes should only be the ones you are wearing.
I use a dry sack for my sleeping bag and compress it some, but not like being in a compression sack. I pack my inflatable pad on the bottom, followed by a travel pillow from Walmart. Next goes my sleeping bag and base layer, other clothes, toiletries and puffy. Then I close the trash bag. Next is my food bag and my stove/pot/fuel in a cozy. On top of that is my tent. Outside are my water bottles, filter, scoop cup and squeeze bag, maps, compass, knife, camera, phone, bear spray, bug spray (if necessary), sit-pad/dog bed, tent stakes and food for the day. I have taken water/camp shoes before but ended up finding it easier to cross bare-foot instead in most places (wouldn't do this in high-traffic areas). I generally stuff rain gear (if I take it) in some outside pocket or under compression straps/cord. Right now I only carry an emergency poncho because rain is unlikely. I'd also drop the windbreaker since you already have rain gear...do you really need both?
“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.” –Socrates
The more you hike the less you will take......cram it all in for the first trip then toss what you didn't use for next trip and so on...I started with a 60l and now down to a 40l with room to spare even with food for 5-6 days....as most have said ditch any extra cloths except for extra pair of hiking socks and sleep wear i.e. Base layer. Only way to see what works for you is to get out there...a good test hike would be to hike the 77 mile foothills trail in the fall...great trail & not terribly far from Fl.....
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What I've found when my pack is fighting me and won't load like I want is usually I've forgotten to loosen one or more compression straps. I've watched other make the same mistake so, make sure the side compression straps are a loose as possible.
I'm currently thru hiking and I pack my clothing loose. Stuff sacks are for food and sleeping bag. I line my pack with a plastic liner from Gossamer Gear so everything is kept dry in a surprise shower (if I can't put on pack cover fast enough). Also, 65L is a rather large pack for a thru hike. I'm working with a 50L (size small so actually more like 47, and I don't use the brain) and it fits just about everything. When I have more than 5 days of food (very rarely), I put my tent on top and cinch the lid down over it.
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So much depends on the gear you have...synthetic or down bag and what it's rated to, bulky or light-weight tent with poles or without. Without that information we are helping blindly.
I have done a couple short sections around Manistee and Traverse City a long while back. I miss that part of the county, especially in the late summer and fall
Manistee_fall.jpg (Not my photo, purloined from the internet...Manistee River)
“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.” –Socrates