Re: [at-l] Gear List

[alugpt@fanniemae.com (Gary Ticknor)]

=>I will likely add:
=>Immodium or something like it to my First Aid Kit
=>Paperback
??? Read trail registers instead.
=>journal and pen
=>
=>I will pick up my warm sleeping bag, gloves, fleece pants and hat at some
=>point, and then my stuff will weigh about 1 lb. more.
=>
=>Anyway, here it is:
=>	53	Backpack	Jansport Minimalist
=>	7.25	Pack Cover	Campmor
=>	26	Tent	Nomad Lite + stakes and lines
Grrrr! Come ON, Kurt, when do I get mine!
=>	35	Sleeping bag and stuff sack	Design Salt Fleece w/shell
=>	16.25	Sleeping pad and stuff sack	thermarest 3/4
=>	1	Flannel pillow case	"Home made, 8"" x 6"""
Hard to criticize a 1 oz luxury.
=>	2	Sit Pad	blue closed cell
Or a 2 oz one.
=>	4.5	Esbit Stove	stove and windscreen
=>	3.75	Fuel	15 tabs hexamine
=>	5.75	Cookset	Evernew .9l titanium
Scrubby? Or do you just use sand and ashes?
=>	5.5	Water Bottle	"1.8l Platy Hoser, 2-2.5l Platy"
=>	2.5	Water Bottle	"Cup/Bottle, Nalgene 16oz"
=>	12.25	Water Filter	PUR Hiker (shortened hoses)
Iodine instead?
=>
=>		Clothes
=>	11	Microfleece Zip Jacket	EMS
=>	6.5	Wind/Rain Pants	Campmor
=>	11.25	Wind/Rain Jacket	Sierra Designs
=>
=>	10.75	L/S Mid Weight Top 	Polypro/Wool
=>	5.25	L/S Lt. Weight Top	Polypro
=>	8.5	mid Weight Bottoms	Polypro/Wool
=>	5.75	Lt. Weight Bottoms	Bergelene
=>
=>	14	2 Polyester Tee Shirt
=>	13.5	2 Regular Weight Sport Tights
=>	11.25	3 pr thorlo Socks
=>	3.75	3 pr Sock Liners
=>	12.75	Karate Shoes	Canvas/Rubber/Camp Shoes
K-mart teva knock-offs at only 8 oz the pair?
=>	3.25	Sport Bra
I LIKE this list, but couldn't you have weighed things a bit more precisely?
;)

=>	2	2 Bandanas
I prefer 2 ozs of camp towel.
=>
=>	11	First Aid Kit
=>		Ibuprofen	20
Only 20? You knees are younger than mine - that's a 2 day supply.
=>		Antibiotic Ointment	tube
=>		Benedryl	4
=>		Betadine	tiny container
=>		Purell	1 oz
=>		Benedryl Goo	tube
=>		sheets Moleskin or Compeed	2
=>		"2"" x 2"" gauze pads"	3
=>		Scissors, surgical	for moleskin, gauze and toenails
=>		Athletic Tape	multi purpose stuff!
=>
=>	0.75	Toothbrush
=>	2.25	baby wipes	10-20 depending on size and brand
=>	1.25	Toothpaste
=>	0.25	Spare Contacts	Acuvue Disposables+contact case
=>      1.00	Saline
=>	5	Glasses	w/ hard shell case
=>	0.75	Soup spoon and fork
=>	1.25	cards
nice.
=>	0.25	Platy Repair stickies
=>	4.5	flashlight w/ diffuser
=>	2.5	swiss army knife	(doesn't have scissors)
=>	1	matches and lighter
=>	1.75	extra batteries
=>	2	shovel
=>	.5	keeper
What's a keeper? A fish over 12"?
=>	320.25	Total Gear
=>
=>20lb 	9.25oz	Total Gear
=>
=>-Nicole
=>========================================
=>Reston, VA

So we're neighbors.

                                .....................
                                . Gary from Fairfax .
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