- Tarp… 11.5 oz.
Sleeping pad… 1 lb., 1.4 oz.
Sleeping bag (55 deg.)… 1 lb., 11.8 oz.
Fleece liner (10 deg.)… 1 lb., 9.5 oz.
Spot tracker… 4.3 oz.
Rope… 2.9 oz.
8 AA spare batteries… 3.5 oz.
Sawyer mini with flush… 3.6 oz.
Patagonia 800 ct. down jacket… 11.6 oz.
MSR tent with rain tarp… 2 lbs., 14.7 oz.
IPhone… 6.6 oz.
Bear bag… 8.6 oz.
Glasses… .9 oz.
Bear bell… .5 oz.
Compass… .6 oz.
2 carabiners… .6 oz.
Pen, highlighter… .4 oz.
Tech charging ports… 10 oz.
Water proof bag for tech… .9 oz.
Rain cover for pack… 3.7 oz.
Knee brace… 3.6 oz.
Hair brush with mirror… 1.3 oz.
Feminine hygiene… 3.4 oz.
Hat with bug net… 2.9 oz.
Gloves… 1.4 oz.
Long Johns… 9.4 oz.
3 handkerchiefs… 3.1 oz.
1 sports bra… 2.8 oz.
3 socks… 5.7 oz.
4 sock liners… 3.9 oz.
1 t-shirt… 2.6 oz.
Hiking pants… 7.3 oz.
5 pairs of underwear… 3.4 oz.
Wet/dry sack for clothes… 1 oz.
First Aid… 8.2 oz.
Camp soap… 2 oz.
Gold Bond… 1 oz.
Toothbrush, paste, floss… 1.8 oz.
Camp towel… 1.5 oz.
Q-tips, nail clipper, hair bands, box… 1.8 oz.
Face wipes… 3 oz.
Vitamins… 9.8 oz.
Sunscreen, chapstick… 1.2 oz.
Bug spray… 6 oz.
Coconut oil (lotion, etc.)… 4 oz.
Wet/dry sack for bath gear… .9 oz.
Fire sticks… 1 oz.
Trowel… .6 oz.
Toilet paper… 4.6 oz.
Garbage bags… 1.6 oz.
Holster… 1.4 oz.
Backpack… 2 lbs., 8 oz.
Wet/dry sack additional gear… 1 oz.
Kel-Tech P3AT 380 (loaded)… 11.1 oz.
TODAY’S BASE WEIGHT: 20 lbs., 1.91 oz.
GOAL BASE WEIGHT: 9 lbs.
OVER: 11 lbs., 1.91 oz.
CHANGES TO MAKE:
• Buy rain poncho that covers pack as well and is lighter weight than what I have now (Acer rain jacket at 12.9 oz.)
Sea To Summit Ultra-Sil Nano 15D Tap-Poncho at 8.1 oz.
http://www.backpacking-united.com/us/sea-to-summit-ultra-sil-nano-15d-tarp-poncho-orange?gclid=CN_m3ob2xtECFRcGhgodmlUCXg
• Look into a lightweight beanie.
• Buy a lightweight knife/utility knife.
Kershaw, 1760 Skyline at 2 oz., sells on Amazon for $38.72
• Buy a lighter weight headlamp. I have an Energizer head lamp I most likely got from Walmart, but use because of the high lumens, at the moment I don’t recall exactly how many lumens this lamp projects, but I remember it being up there. Weighs in at 3.1 oz.
Replace with the Petzl Tikka RXP, buy on Amazon for $109.95, and weighs in at 2.9 oz., but has 300 lumens.
• Look into a lighter weight, women’s backpack.
• Weigh boots, look into new boots•
• Weigh and add personal items to gear list (such as credit cards, business cards, identification, etc.)
• Weigh and add a lighter, remove most of the fire sticks.
• Do not take the paperback version of “Thru-Hiker’s Companion”. It weighs 11.4 oz. I can easily scan it and keep my fingers crossed I will have enough juice to access my maps when necessary. Worse comes to worse, I pick up a guide book at one of the outfitters along the way. I have a Scandisc external flash drive that I can store the whole thing on and not eat up space on my phone.
