base weight: 5426 g / 11.962 lbs (includes 943 g / 2.079 lbs of camera gear)
full pack weight: 12131 g / 26.744 (2 liters water and 5 days of food)
skin out weight: 13151 g / 28.993 lbs (everything loaded onto my body)
spreadsheet form for those that prefer it: 2025 hiking gear list
pack
- backpack | 480 g mountain laurel designs dcf burn 38L medium (ultraweave has replaced dcf)
- pack liner | 26 g nylofume pack liner
- shoulder strap pouch | 35 g mld water bottle pouch
shelter
- tent – 466 g | tarptent protrail li
- tent stuff sack – 14 g | dcf sack included with tent
- stakes -32 g total | 4 – easton nano 6″ (came with protrail)
- stake stuff sack – 4 g | dcf sack included with tent
- rear tent pole – 30 g | tarptent 24″ protrail rear pole the 24″ inch is no longer sold. link takes you to 28″, which is what i accidentally ordered and cut it down to 24″.
- groundsheet – 130 g | tyvek sheet cut to fit floor of protrail
- trekking pole – 147 g | zpacks minimalist trekking pole
sleep system
- sleeping bag – 660 g | big agnes flume ul 30 (No longer sold)
- sleeping bag dry sack – 23 g | zpacks medium plus dry bag
- sleeping pad – 375 g | therm-a-rest neoair xlite
clothing worn
- shirt – 105 g | outdoor research echo hoodie
- cap – 62 g | kühl renegade ball cap
- shorts – 143 g | patagonia nine trails short (liner removed)
- underwear – 70 g | hanes breathable boxer brief
- socks – 34 g | injinji run lightweight no-show toe socks
- shoes – 563 g |xero shoes mesa trail ii
- gaiters – 43 g | dirty girl gaiters
clothing packed
- puffy jacket- 243 g | enlightened equipment torrid 10d (small)
- rain jacket – 105 g | myog xenon silpoly 1.1
- rain-wind pants – 62 g | myog the green pepper pants pattern from xenon sil-poly 0.9 (i left off the zippers and pockets to simplify.)
- beanie – 21 g |melanzana micro grid toque
- spare socks – 34 g | injinji run lightweight no-show toe socks
- mosquito gear – 22 g | ben’s invisinet head net
- gloves – 35 g | outdoor designs polartec fleece gloves
- sleep socks – 25 g | a random pair of socks (to keep my feet from sticking to sleeping bag.)
cook kit
- cook pot – 91 g | toaks light titanium 650 ml pot with lid and sack
- utensil – 18 g | toaks long handle polished bowl titanium spoon
- stove – 45 g | fire maple fms-300t (this is new for me in 2023.)
- bic lighter – 21 g | regular size
- food bag – 37 g | zpacks large dcf food bag
- fuel – 101 g | 110 g stove fuel canister
hydration
- filter – 70 g | sawyer squeeze
- bottles – 90 g total | 2 smart/lifewtr 1 liter bottles
- dirty bag – 28 g | sawyer squeeze bag 1 liter (this bag is included with the filter)
electronics
- battery bank – 367 g | ravpower pd pioneer 20000 rp-pb201
- phone – 167 g | iphone 13 mini with spigen slim fit case
- usb wall charger – 115 g | ravpower pd pioneer 65w rp-pc133 (enough power from both ports simultaneously to charge powerbank and camera batteries from zero to full in 2.5 hours.)
- cords/cables – 80 g total | 4 usb cables and 1 micro-usb to usb-c adapter
- zipper bag – 5 g | freezer – quart
toiletries
- soap/toothpaste – 38 g | 2 oz travel bottle of dr bronner’s peppermint
- toothbrush – 7 g | bamboo toothbrush
- flossers – 5 g
- toilet paper – 41 g
- zipper bag – 5 g | freezer – quart
- lip balm – 13 g | booda butter mint
other gear
- light – 32 g | nitecore nu-25 (link takes you to nu-20 which is the “new” original nu-25) with myog shock cord headband
- cat hole shovel – 20 g | the prairie dog
- scissors (7 g included in weight of gear kit below) | westcott 3″ titanium bonded fine cut (note: 3″ and 2.5″ are the same physical size as far as I can tell.)
- towel/rag – 24 g | packtowl nano (no longer sold)
- first aid/gear aid kit – 54 g | ibuprofen, leukotape-p, alcohol pads, bandages, salt, dcf tape, small sewing kit, tenacious tape, sleep pad repair kit all in myog dcf velcro bag, scissors
- mosquito repellent – 27 g | repel deet-free re-packaged in a smaller pump spray bottle
- camera – 505 g | fujifilm x-t3 with xf23mmf2 r wr lens
- camera clip – 85 g | peak design capture clip 3
- sd cards – 20 g total | qty 4 – 512 gigabytes of total storage
- camera batteries – 141 g total | three fuji npw-126s
- trash bag – 10 g | gallon zipper bag
- zipper bag – 5 g | freezer quart