Here’s my current not quite ultra light gear list
This is my standard equipment and what I’m currently using for my Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike. My base weight (everything on my back except food, water, and fuel) comes in between 12 and 13 pounds. Full pack weight is around 23 to 26 pounds (depending on food). Skin Out weight (this includes every single thing that my body has to carry) is in the area of 30 to 31 pounds.
Pack, Shelter, and Sleep System (Big 3)
- Backpack | ULA Equipment Circuit (medium torso with small hip belt)
- Tent | Tarptent ProTrail (plus 2 extra guy lines and 2 stakes to pull the sides down/out as necessary)
- Sleeping Bag | Big Agnes Flume UL 30
- Sleeping Pad | Big Agnes AXL Air
- Sleeping Pad Underlayment | Gossamer Gear Thinlight Foam Pad 1/8″ (helps prevent holes/punctures in the AXL Air)
- Pillow | Klymit Pillow X
Electronics
- Phone | Apple iPhone 7 Plus with Spigen Hybrid Armor Case (Spigen no longer has this case for the 7 Plus on their website)
- Battery Bank | Anker PowerCore 10000
- Power Adapter | Anker PowerPort II 2
- Cords/Cables | 1 USB to Lightning cable and 1 USB to microUSB cable
- Headlamp | Petzl Zipka Black
- Electronics Storage Bag | Outdoor Products 2L dry sack (Found brand new in a hiker box.)
Cook System
- Utensil | Optimus Titanium Long Spoon
- Container | Talenti Gelato plastic pint jar (for cold soaking)
Water System
- Filter | Sawyer Mini
- Dirty Bag | Platypus 0.5L SoftBottle
- Bottles | 1 Smart/LifeWtr 1 liter bottle and 1 Smart/LifeWtr 700mL bottle
Clothing Worn
- Shirt | Nike Dri-Fit Austin Marathon shirt (I have two of these from two different races. Nike doesn’t make this style anymore.)
- Hat | Kühl Renegade Ball Cap
- Shorts | Random Adidas running shorts that were given to me
- Socks | feetures Elite Light Cushion no show
- Shoes | Topo Athletic Ultraventure
- Gaiters | Dirty Girl Gaiters
Clothing Packed
- Puffy Jacket | Big Agnes Farnsworth (medium)
- Rain Jacket | frogg toggs Xtreme Lite (medium)
- Sleep Socks | pair of long and thick acrylic/merino wool socks that were given to me as a gift
- Long Sleeve Pullover | Brooks Running (From my first marathon. Not this exact one, but similar.)
- Beanie | REI Polartec beanie (Can’t live without this thing. Seriously.)
- Socks | Balega Silver No Show Running socks
Other Gear
- Trekking Poles | Leki Journey Lite
- Food Bag | Osprey Ultralight Dry Sack 12 Liter (probably should have gone with the 20L or the Zpacks large food bag)
- Pack liner | Generic trash compactor bag
- Towel/Rag | PackTowl Nano
- Cat Hole Shovel | The Prairie Dog (A lot of folks will have the Deuce of Spades. I thought the Prairie Dog was different. I like to be different.)
- Water Scoop | bottom 2-3 inches of a generic crinkly water bottle (Sometimes a scoop is needed to get water from small puddles, shallow streams, etc. Just cut the bottom of a “pack of 12” water bottle and there you go. It crushes flat to pack easily.)
- Dry Bags | 2 trash compactor bags (sleeping bag in one, packed clothes in the other), Ziploc bags as necessary.
- Knife | Gerber Paraframe Mini
- Bear Line | emma Kites UHMWPE (Dyneema) Braided Cord 50′ (100′ rolls. I have the other 50′ as “spare”. The rock bag is a random Kensington computer lock cable bag.)