It has been a long first week of working out, testing out old gear, tracking oz's and putting together the perfect lightweight pack list. But admittedly it has been a ton of fun!
So my buddy Levated told me last week he was hitting the Appalachian Trail, possibly all of it. I started thinking, I remember Boy Scouts camping with my external frame pack... All 40 + pounds of it! We never sat and took into account any form of weight management, and our feet certainly felt it! I did a 2 day hike in scouts with my camp chair attached to the back of my pack. My pack fully loaded probably weighed more than I did.
Nonetheless when he told me he was able to get his pack weight down to a little less than 30lbs fully loaded with 6 days of food or so I admittedly thought he was crazy. No camp chair?? And your pack has NO FRAME??? WTH MAN???
After a few explanations I started to beleive too. A pack under 2lbs... A tent as well. Pad almost a lb.... Wow...
Over the next few days I put together this pack list below. This list spares almost no expense, except for items maybe I already had. The jacket could have gotten lighter, but mine works good enough.
Click Here for my Gear List
Hiking the AT one step at a time. My gear list and some posts as I go.
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