EQUIPMENT LIST

Here is my equipment list. The format didn't come over exactly the same, but close enough.

 

Couple notes. When I checked the weight of my pack with water and the first week of food it came out 34.6 pounds. I was excited. I had hoped to have a 35 pound, or lighter back pack. I did a 6 mile training hike today. My pack carried well and stayed in position. It didn't slip, or wear any where wrong. I was happy for that. Hopefully it will stay that way for 2,000 miles.

 

I left several items behind that I know I will miss along the trail. The first was my red fleece. It weighs 1 pound. I will be okay while hiking, but a little chilly in the evenings and mornings. Since I am leaving 3 weeks later than planned I am sure I will be okay. I do have a very nice light weight down coat.

I am also leaving behind a key board for my iPad. I hate typing on the key board that pops up on the iPad. It is missing so many keys. As one example is a tab key. How in the world are you suppose to tab with the iPad key pad?

Next I left behind my trecking umbrella. It is very light and made in Europe where they do a lot of trecking. It weighs about 1 pound. As my son, Tyler, said I don't need any stinking umbrella. The thru hiker I talked with said out of 170 days on the trail he had 107 days of some kind of precipitation. I might be cursing my wise son as I am hiking in a down pour wishing I had my umbrella.

One item that I am taking, that I almost left behind, but Cambria wouldn't let me is my PLB, Personal Locator Beacon. It weighs 3/4 of a pound and feels like a rock. I will carry it all 2,000+ miles. My only satisfaction will be when I make my kids carry it on their trips. They and their mother are insisting that I take it, for the just in case situation which will not happen. There are grave warnings in the instructions to only use the PLB only if no other course is available. I wonder if death is one of the other courses they are talking about.:-).

 

 

EQUIPMENT LIST

 

 

GENERAL

back pack

back pack rain cover

food bag & straps

watch Wear

compass Wear

whistle Wear

maps

water bladder

cash $300. Carry $100. $100 for driver

driver's license

credit cards Visa, America Express, ATM, Delta ID

insurance card

paper & pencil

CAMPING

tent, stakes, & poles

tent repair kit

ground cloth

sleeping bag

summer sleeping bag In future

sleeping pad

head lamp

umbrella

rope - 50 ft

knife with scissors

FOOD EQUIPMENT

stove Optimus Crux

fuel - 2 small canisters 110g. Arrange for driver to buy.

lighter - 2

back up matches - 12

cook kit Optimus Terra Weekend HE

utensils - spoon/fork

soap campsuds, 1/4 oz. container

towel & cleaning cloth

water filter sawyer mini

water pumping bags - 2

Water utility bag

garbage bags - 1 small white

garbage bags - 1 large black

CLOTHES

boots

leg gaiters

shoes - camp

pants - zipper off leg wearing

shorts wear & swim

shirt - long sleeve wearing

shirt - t shirt, underarmor

bandanna cotton.

neck gaiter red

hat - full brim

beanie - fleece hat

liner socks - 3 pair

outer socks - 3 pairs

underwear - 3 pairs

base layer, pajamas

sleeping socks

leather gloves

jacket

fleece liner ? Didn't take

rain jacket

rain pants

reading glasses

bifocals - night

sunglasses - bifocals

mosquito head net

Rain cover for hat

TOILETRIES

towel - same as food

toilet paper

tooth brush

tooth paste

dental floss

comb Carry

soap - same as food

chap stick - lip balm

deodorant

poop scoop - trowel

sun screen

insect repellent

Desitin

FIRST AID & EMERGENCY

neosporane

Alcohol towelettes

6 badaids

first aid tape

razor blade

first aid pads - sterile gauze

second skin for blisters

mole skin

Aleve (Ibuprofen)

Benadryl

Cramp pills

water purifing tablets

sewing kit

safety pins

Tenacious tape

rubber bands

sharpener, fire starter

hand sanitizer - fire starter

PLB - pers. locator beacon

tweezers - remove ticks

pliers

consecrated oil

ELECTRONICS

iPhone

iPad

reading material on iPad

backup battery

charger

USB-mini usb cable

USB-iPad cable