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CHECKLIST
IN PACK: CLOTHING TO WEAR:
Pack T-shirt
* Tent Shirt
Sleeping bag and liner Underwear
* Ensolite pad Pants
* Thermal blanket Socks (2 pair)
Cook kit (*1) Hiking boots
Sierra cup Hat
Food (*2)
* Grill
Saw CLOTHING TO CARRY:
* Stove Shirts
* Fuel bottle & pour top Thermal
Water bottle Turtleneck
Swiss Army knife T-shirt
Trowel Canvas longsleeve
First aid kit (*3) Light wool
Personal kit (*4) Heavy wool
Flashlight Nylon
Poncho Underwear
Pack rain cover Cotton
Rope--100'nylon Thermal
* Axe Socks
* Water jug or bag Heavy (2 pair)
* Camera (*5) Light (2 pair)
Pants
Hiking shorts
IN POCKETS: Jeans
Match case & matches Cotton chinos
Compass Wool
Map Down vest
Watch Down jacket
Bandana 60/40 shell
Sunglasses Thinsulate/Gore-tex
Whistle jacket and liner
Notebook & pen Gloves
Insect repellent Insulated boots
* Exposure meter Thermal boots
Felt boot liners
FISHING GEAR:
Rod & case
Reel
Fly boxes or lures
Leaders & tippets
Line flotant
License * Thermometer
HUNTING GEAR:
Rifle or handgun
Ammunition
License & tags
Hunting knife
Hot Seat
Day pack
NOTES:
* = Item is optional.
(*1) = Cook kit: Svea 123 with fuel in Sigg Tourist Kit
with stove cleaner device, pot grabber, P38 can opener, 6 to 8
10" squares of aluminum foil, 2 or 3 extra ziploc bags.
(*2) = Food: Lightweight, dry food packed in ziploc
bags; stored in red stuff bags. Color-coding stuff bags makes
life much easier. Any red bag = food. Food flexs every trip.
(*3) = First Aid Kit: Standard Sierra Club list; hiking
alone, I include an extra Ace bandage to stoutly wrap an ankle
in case of a sprain in blue stuff bag.
(*4) = Personal kit: Toothbrush, paste, soap, toilet
paper, 2 candles, 2 wet towelettes, lip balm, film can of pack
clevis pins (2) and one D-ring in green stuff bag.
(*5) = Camera: Nikon F w/55mm Macro lens, exposure
meter, film, lens cleaner and paper. Extra lenses and film if
a photo trip. Also C-clamp tripod or full tripod.
*Thermometer: (Stream Thermometer; found at most fishing
stores.) May be optional for you, never for me. This is my
toy; I'm continually taking temp of everything and recording
it in notebook. Useful, maybe, in gear testing. My summer
sleeping bag is comfy to 25F, but not on 22F morning at Mud
Lake lean-to. Fascinating!
Items, of course, flex with length of hike, seasons, and
purpose of trip. During Spring and Fall total pack weight for
3-day, 2-night hike will not exceed 45 lbs. when hiking alone;
with a companion, total weight will be in area of 38 lbs., not
over 40 lbs. In summer weight drops to 40 lbs. because
clothing has less and lighter items. Fall hunting trips may
see pack go to 60 lbs.+ for additional, heavy clothing, more
food, guns and ammo, extra fuel; however, we rarely hike more
than three miles to get to campsite.
As I am a former pro photographer, I tend to take more
photo gear than the average hiker and could drop these weights
another 2 lbs. Also I hike to go someplace to do something
like hunting, fishing, or photography rather than hiking for
its own sake. I have to try that sometime!
Stove and fuel are listed as optional item, since the
areas I hike allow open fires year round. In many parts of US
this is not permitted, so saw, grill, firestarters, and axe
become optional. On short overnights, particularly to fishing
sites, I will take a Coleman Peak 1 lantern and fuel (not
often, it's heavy!).
I'm not spartan, and I'm not falsely macho either; I take
what's necessary to enjoy the trip and then work on getting
the pack as light as possible for that gear. People who try
to impress you with the "I carried 65 lbs. twenty miles a day
for a week" routines are usually nuts or lying or both. Send
them to their room!
David Watt 71460,1702