Continental Divide Trail

Once again, things are similar to the PCT outing, with a couple of changes:

ZPack "Blast" Cuben Fiber Ultralight Frameless Backpack(I'll actually have a working waist belt this time)
Golite 3 season down quiltRayWay Spitfire bug net tent
Petzl E-Lite headlamp (i've misplaced my Princeton Tec one unfortunately)
Sawyer Water Filter (i'm trying something new)
Cannon 1100is point and shoot camera

Otherwise, everything is basically the same.  I'm still shooting for a base pack weight below 15 lbs.

Appalachian Trail

I've already lost 1 tent stake!!!  I hate losing things...
almost lost the stickpic, but I saw it fall off

Things will be very similar to the PCT, although i won't be able to share gear and I've decided to not carry a stove.

Gossomer Gear backpack- don't know what its called, got it in the discounted bin at ADZPCTKO last year for $20
Golite Cave 1- an ebay find two years ago
Golite 3 season synthetic quilt, a little heavy, but at least its made of recycled materials
Ray Way bug net tent
Winterizing window plastic ground sheet
Thermarest Neoair sleeping pad

clothing stuff sack:
 zip off pants (to sleep in and for town)
 m.e.c. t-shirt (for town)
montbell down sweater
fleece mittens
wool socks (to sleep in)
2 pairs of liner socks
marmot driclime windshirt (love it)
 golite virga rain jacket
bug head net
rei nylon pants
fleece beanie

misc. ditty bag
50 ft. cord
toothbrush & powdered toothpaste
princeton tec headlamp
spare camera batteries
bible,journal & pen
aquamira

gravity gear bandanamap
golite umbrella
camp time mini camp stool (love it) www.camptime.net
black diamond trekking poles
steri pen adventurer
1.5 liter h2o bottle
1 liter gaterade bottle
altitech watch, altimeter, barometer, digital compass
pentac w90 digital camera
sanyo hd video camera
stickpic
crocs

clothing worn:
ice breaker t-shirt
adidas shorts
dress socks
yd adventures visor
montrail mountain masochist  shoes

It seems like a lot, we'll see what can be left behind.   I'm hoping that the base pack weight is 12-15 lbs.

Pacific Crest Trail

oh, our steripen adventurer stopped working on our first leg, but an email to steripen lead to a brand new one sent to us that has been working fine.  thanks steripen.

steripen update: it stopped working again, but after replacing the batteries, its working again.  its hard to trust it though.
                                 it stopped working 1 more time and was eventually replaced by steripen.  great customer service, but
                                  not  a  great product yet.  be very careful when pulling the cap off.


things i have lost so far:
1 stickpic 
1 pct atlas washington section, with custom shaded topos
1 pair of sunglasses
1 navy blue fleece beanie
3 titanium tent stakes

cassandra lost 1 black sock


i hate losing things, it just seems like a waste.


jason's base pack weight

golite breeze backpack
ray-way 2 person tarp
ray-way 2 person net tent
ridge rest 3/4 length sleeping pad/traded up to a thermorest neoair
top half of ray-way 2 person quilt and stuff sack

clothing stuff sack:
 zip off pants (to sleep in and for town)
 m.e.c. t-shirt (for town)
montbell down sweater
fleece mittens
wool socks (to sleep in)
2 pairs of liner socks
marmot driclime windshirt (love it)
 golite virga rain jacket
bug head net
rei nylon pants
fleece beanie   (lost but replaced with acrylic knit beanie)

cook set:
1.5 liter jet boil pot with foil lid
small tuperware bowl with lid
small stuff sack with stove (made from vienna sausage can), lighter, h20 proof matches, light my fire fire starter(as back up) and sea to summit spoon
denatured alcohol as fuel

misc. ditty bag
50 ft. cord
toothbrush & powdered toothpaste
princeton tec headlamp
spare aa batteries
bible,journal & pen
walmart sunglasses
aquamira

erik the black's pct atlas
golite umbrella
camp time mini camp stool (love it) www.camptime.net
leki sport trekking poles
steri pen adventurer
2 nalgene collapsable h20 bottles
altitech watch, altimeter, barometer, digital compass
garmin gps
sanyo hd video camera
stickpic
crocs
c.a.m.p. ice axe

total base pack weight= 2 much

clothing worn:
ice breaker t-shirt
adidas shorts
dress socks
yd adventures visor
montrail mountain masochist gtx shoes

 

this list seems like its a ton of stuff, especially looking at it all written down.  add food and water to it and it seems almost overwhelming..  we are excited to send some things home after the snow, the ice axes, down jackets, the gore-tex shoes and i can't wait to start hiking in chacos!!

In Etna we received our new sleeping pads:  Thermarest NeoAir
They weigh almost the same as our dinky flat sleeping pads and they're sooo much more comfortable!  We're waiting to pop them but they've been great so far!  Expensive but worth it.