I have made all final gear choices and my base weight is 25 pounds. What does base weight mean, it is everything except food and water. Which by the way are the heaviest by far.
Total weight with food and water is right around 34 lb. It's crazy to think this is everything that I need to live with for the next 6 months! There are people on the trail with much lighter packs and some with heavier packs. For another $2000, I could drop about 4 or 5 lbs. It comes down to money = weight!
Have you ever wondered what gear it takes to hike the AT, here is my list of the gear I'm carrying, this is just the main items, if you have question please leave a comment.
- MSR Hubba NX 1 person tent with foot print
- Big Agnes Sarvis SL 20 Sleeping Bag
- Klymit static V sleeping pad
- Foam pad (my one luxury item)
- Ursack bear bag & 75 feet of 3mm cord for hanging
- Frist aid kit
- Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter, backup purification tablets
- 650 fill down puffy jacket
- North Face rain jacket and pants
- Columbia thermal top and bottom
- 2 pair of ExOfficio Give-N-Go Sport Mesh Boxer
- 2 pair of Injinji toe socks
- North face shorts
- REI Pants
- 2 tech Tee Shirts
- 2 bandanas
- Stove, windscreen
- Snow Peak titanium 750ml pot and titanium Spork and fuel
- campsuds, MSR scrapper and brush
- lighter, backup storm proof matches
- titanium 500ml cup
- Anchor power pack and cables for charging
- 1 Smart water bottle and 1 Nalgene bottle
- Camelbak 2 liter bladder
- Black Diamond hiking poles
- Head lamp, Black Diamond 350
- Camp shoes, Vibrami 5 toes
- titanium trowel and 1.5 rolls of TP
- 5 days for food; 5 dehydrated meals, 4 packs of tuna, 2 packs of BBQ Chicken
- 5 cliff bars, and trail mix
- Plus other items…
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