Gear list for 2010 hike(1300 miles Southbound PCT)

• Osprey Atmos 35 backpack with Simblissity strap pockets Pack wore out on the bottom of the frame and was returned to REI after my hike for a full refund.  I liked it while it lasted but was a little small.   I  bought a Women’s REI Flash 50 to take it’s place.   We’ll see.
• Gossamer gear pack liner
• Marmot Helium sleeping bag (Not as warm as my old Marmot Helium)  I was cold in the Sierras.
• Z-lite full length sleeping pad
• Euroschirm Swing Liteflex chrome trekking umbrella
• 1 REI Peak UL pole (used to set up shelter) Returned to REI, because it bent, for full refund.  I haven’t decided what to replace it with.
• Six Moon Designs Gatewood Cape shelter and Serenity NetTent
• 3 aluminum hex stakes and 5 Hi-Vis Titanium Tent stakes
• Black Diamond Spot Headlamp Returned to REI, at the end of my hike, because of a faulty hinge, bought a new one.
• Micro-light LED worn around my neck
• Camp Towel
• Food bag with odor proof liner
• Pathfinder solar powered navigational watch
• Garmin 60CSX GPS with HalfMiles’s waypoints for the whole trail in it. with lithium batteries.
• Halfmile’s maps, elevation profiles, and town info. in a 2 gallon ziplock.  Also carried the PCT Data book
• Pen–Sharpie extra fine point
• 2–1.5 liter plastic bottles
• 1– 20 ounce plastic bottle
• Chinese soup spoon
• small Rubbermaid container for rehydrating beans, potatoes, humus,

• Sil-nylon stuff sack for clothes
• Western Mountaineering Flight down jacket (Oh yeah)
• Novara Stowable Bike Jacket
• Dri-Ducks rain gear.   Seat ripped out of the pants the first time I squatted down in them but I tapped them up.
• Trash bag rain skirt
• Fox River wool Glo-Mitts
• Fleece balaclava
• Mosquito head-net/scrubby
• Simms Sun Gloves
• Fox River Off Road socks
• NRS Neoprene Sandal Sock
• Mountain Hardwear Canyon shirt
• Pantagonia Sport top
• LLBean hiking pants (yuck)
• 1 pair Duofold briefs
• Summer Buff
• Sunday Afternoon Adventure hat

• Pee rag
• Ditty bag–Eagle Creek Pack- It Sac large
• Brush
• Travel toothbrush and small tube of toothpaste
• Dental floss with needle
• Brush on super glue
• Ace bandage 6 ft
• Triple antibiotic + Pain relief ointment ( petroleum base.   Sores, chapped lips, chaffing, dry skin, fire starter)
• Caffeine pills
• Pepto–Bismol tablets
  
• ibuprofen and acetaminophen (taken to together as affective as codeine) Don’t take prophylactially
• Benadryl (For allergic reactions to plants and animal bites.  Also as a sleep aid)
• Pseudoehedrine (Decongestant and stimulant)
• aspirin (heart attack first aid)
• Sunblock
• Menstrual cup
• safety pins
• lighter –small Bic
• Knife—Swiss Army Classic
• Aquamira water treatment

• sink
• Clear packing tape
• Extra batteries
• cordage
• a few paper towels in a small ziplock
• hiker bidet cap
• 2 pairs of reading glasses
• sunglasses
• Duct tape ( wrapped around water bottle)  For gear repair, fire starter, etc.
• space blanket (carried a Hot Sac through the Sierras)
• Fox 40 whistle

• I-River MP3 player and FM radio with a lithium AA battery I’ve been carrying the same one for 4 years now
• Sonny MDR-ED21LP Fontopia headphones
• Blackberry phone, no data plan.   Text messaged in my Twitters.  Ditched it through the Sierras
• Carried a BearVault 450 through the Sierra’s—Review to follow  😡

Stuff I wished I had:  Foot file, warmer sleeping bag or a sleeping bag liner through the Sierras, stove through the Sierras, a little bigger pack, more water carrying capacity in the dessert( I had a gallon jug swinging off the back of my pack which didn’t carry that well), med’s for Giardia, supplements, a pair of New Balance 817’s with pressure relief insoles in them, washcloth.

Current gear list