+10*F Winter Gear List for Mid-Atlantic, as of 2/13/2013

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Lora Holt
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1 +10*F Winter Gear List for Mid-Atlantic, as of 2/13/2013 WEIGHT S OUNCES (A) Gear carried (base weight) oz 13 lbs 13.4 oz (B) Additional book weight 47 oz 2 lbs 15 oz (C) Water at start 32 oz 2 lbs (D) Food at start (1.5 lbs per day) Approx. 48 oz 3 lbs (E) Fuel at start Approx. 8 oz 0.5 lbs (F) Pack weight at start (A+B+C+D+E) 22 lbs 4.4 oz (G) Worn or carried on body 86.8 oz 5 lbs 6.8 oz (H) Skin-out weight (E+F) 27 lbs 11.2 oz Clothing and items worn Shoes Brooks Cascadia Trail 22 oz Adequate for most conditions runners Socks Defeet Cloud Nine 1.6 oz running socks Warm hat MH beanie 2.2 oz Either on my head or in my pocket Base layer top Patagonia Cap 3 long 7.2 oz sleeve zip Main layer Patagonia R1 hoody 12.4 oz Ideal layer, with balaclava hood built in. Underwear UA boxer briefs 2.6 oz Sunglasses Oakley 0.8 oz Fleece gloves REI hobo style mittens and fingerless gloves 3.2 oz Either on my hands or in my pockets. These keep me warm down to fairly low temps. Soft shell trousers First Ascent guide pants 14.6 oz All I need for walking, even down to the teens. Some weather resistance. Can add cap 3 bottoms. If weather is really bad (Iceland), could add hard shell pants. Water treatment Bleach in dropper 1.2 oz Keep in my pocket for easy access.

2 Watch Trekking poles bottle Cheap digital Ironman 1.4 oz BD adjustable, with 17.6 oz Also serve as shelter poles. straps 86.8 oz Carry Frameless pack MLD Exodus 14.6 oz (trimmed a little) Waterproofing Trash compactor bag 5.0 oz 19.6 oz Shelter and Sleeping Pegs in sack 5 long aluminum 4.2 oz spikes and 5 shorter titantium pegs Shelter MLD cuben Trailstar 16.6 oz with plastic ground sheet and stuff sack Bivy O-Ware bivy 8.6 oz Essential supplement for bad weather Sleeping bag REI 20* Sub-Kilo 26.8 oz Will probably be upgrading this soon, but this is a solid bag. Liner S2S 15* liner 8.0 oz Useful, but doesn t really give 15*. Sleeping pad Thermarest NeoAir Xlite, full length 13.4 oz Yeah, it s comfy, but I m an old man. Have slept with this on snow, but if weather looks really bad, I can carry my Exped 9 downmat 77.6 oz Kitchen Stove kit Trail Designs keg 6.6 oz I love this thing.

3 system with alcohol stove, beer can pot, Caldera cone screen, spork, and plastic case Water bottle Recycled water bottle 1.2 oz Water bottle 40 Below Booty and Hunnersdorf bottle 10 oz Helpful if it gets really cold, but heavy. May leave behind. Hygiene kit Plastic bags, garbage 3.2 oz bag, toilet paper, a few wet wipes 21 oz Extra Clothing Sleeping socks Smart Wool 2.6 oz Could be used for hiking, in a pinch Extra walking socks Defeet Cloud Nine 1.6 oz All I need Running socks Down booties with Feather friends 9.2 oz So I am never Booty-less detachable shell Insulated underwear Patagonia Cap oz Has to be really cold for me to need to walk in these. bottoms Hardshell Arc Teryx Beta Shell 15.8 oz My last line of defense against really bad weather. Down Parka MH Parka 28 oz My last line of defense against cold, camp layer, could be worn in snow, meant to supplement bag at night. Down sweater Patagonia down 5.6 oz Insulating layer to be worn at breaks or in camp sweater 68.6 oz Small Essentials Phone iphone in Otterbox case, locksak 7.4 oz Music, movies, games, books on a long winter s night, plus ability to make calls, have topos Map PATC Map 11 in 3.4 oz

4 locksack Sack Oware ditty sack for 0.4 oz small items Knife Swiss Army classic 0.8 oz Compass on lanyard Basic model 1.2 oz Probably won t need, but can t see going into woods without it. Fire starter kit Matches, lighters (2), 2.6 oz and firestarter Headlamp Petzl with whistle 3 oz Extra set of AAA 1 oz batteries Rescue beacon Spot 4.2 oz Writing pen 0.4 oz First aid kit 2 oz Must add tape and re-weigh Repair kit Duct tape, guy line, 1 oz pad repair kit Dop Includes hand 7.2 oz sanitizer, soap, toothbrush, floss, paste, mouthwash, contact case, solution, extra contacts, body glide, chapstick, tube of medicine 34.6 oz Documentation (necessary for book purposes) Camera bag for 7.8 oz Carries all this extra gear waist belt GPS Delorme PN oz Necessary for mapping Voice Recorder 2.2 oz Necessary for note taking Extra AA batteries 1.2 oz

5 for GPS Camera Nikon 3200 DSLR 28.6 oz Necessary for book project 47 oz

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