Current Gear List

• ZPacks Arc Blast 52 liter size with 2 belt pouches, ice axe loops, trekking pole holder, shock cord lashing.  Plenty big enough but next time I think I get the 60liter size cause it only weighs a fraction of an ounce more.
• Gossamer gear pack liner
• ZPacks 10 degree sleeping bag– wide.  Mostly I use it like a quilt.
• Sea to Summit Reactor Thermolite Mummy Liner Really stretchy.  Feels like sleeping in a jersey sheet.
• Z-lite full length sleeping pad
• Euroschirm Swing Liteflex chrome trekking umbrella
•  1-Z-Pole carbon trekking pole–used to set up shelter.  I removed the hand strap and replaced it with light weight cordage
• Six Moon Designs Gatewood Cape shelter and Serenity NetTent
• 3 aluminum hex stakes and 3 Hi-Vis Titanium Tent stakes  This year I tried out some MSR Ground Hog stakes on the Oregon Coast Trail as well. They held well.
• Black Diamond Spot Headlamp
• Camp Towel
•  Odor Proof plastic bag for food
• 2–1.5 liter plastic bottles
• 1– 20 ounce plastic bottle
• Ziploc twist n’loc container for re-hydrating instant beans, mashed potatoes, cereal, etc
•  Spoon Handle cut down so the spoon fits into ziploc container
• spatula head for cleaning out bowl

• Clothes bag / good pillow shape
• Western Mountaineering Flight down jacket (Oh yeah)
• Wind Shirt— Mine’s from Mt. Hardwear but Zpacks is selling one like it.
• Zpacks Rain coat
• Trash bag rain skirt
• Fox River wool Glo-Mitts
•   Balaclava
• Down Hood
• Mosquito head-net/scrubby
•  Sun Gloves
• Fox River Off Road socks
•   Light weight cotton shirt for Southern desert/ Exofficio Women’s Kizmet Jetsetter shirt for the rest of the trail
• Pantagonia Sport top
• Macabi Hiking skirt
• Summer Buff with elastic around the top to wear around  thigh to avoid chaffing when its hot out.
• Columbia Sportswear Omni freeze neck gaiter
• Sunday Afternoon Adventure hat
• Altra Lone peaks 1.5 Not sure if the new ones are as good.
• New Balance Pressure relief insoles with metatarsal rise IPR3030
• Dirty girl gaiters
• Smart phone and some way to charge it
• headphones
• ziploc sandwich baggie for wallet
• extra sandwich baggie for water proofing phone
• some 1 gallon size bread bags for repacking food, garbage etc.

• Ditty bag–2 gallon size ziplock
• Brush
• Travel toothbrush and small tube of toothpaste
• lip balm with sunscreen
• 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 effective as codeine) Don’t take prophylactically
• Benadryl (For allergic reactions to plants and animal bites.  Also as a sleep aid)
• Pseudoehedrine (Decongestant and stimulant)
• aspirin (heart attack first aid)
• sports tape
• Sunblock
• pen
• Menstrual cup
• lighter –small Bic
• Knife—Swiss Army Classic  -The scissors are strong enough to trim toe nails 
• 2 Blanket pins to attach wet socks, camp towel, wash cloth to pack also  emergency repair and you could make a first aid sling with these.

• sink
• wash cloth
• Extra batteries
• cordage Z-Line Dyneema Cord
• a few paper towels in a small ziplock
• hiker bidet cap
• 1 pair of reading glasses in case
• Progressive glasses that turn dark when it’s sunny.
• small bottle of  alcohol spray and glass cloth for cleaning glasses.
• Duct tape ( wrapped around water bottle)  For gear repair, fire starter, etc.

• Carried a Ursack through the Sierras–Probably not legal
• NRS Neoprene Sandal Sock —for cold
• light weight ice axe–  (the Camp Corsa  and the TICA ICE TOOL R5 are the lightest ones) and microspikes for snow sections
• Rain pants in addition to rain skirt in Washington.
• May need extra water bottle for dry sections.

All this gear, with the exception of the shirt,  has been trail tested for thousands of miles.  I’m confident with this kit I can handle whatever the world throws at me.   If any of it broke, I would replace it with the same thing.