Backpacking pack list

Items

Large

• Backpack
  • Hip pockets: Phone / Pocketknife / Flashlight / Bandana
  • Sunglasses
• Tent & stuff sack
  • Rain tarp
• Tent poles & stakes
• Sleep bag & Pad
• Flexlite chair or Hammock & Straps

Eating

• Spoon
• Pot / Stove / Matches / Flint / Stove fuel
• Bear canister
  • Extra ziplock for trash
  • Squishy bowl / Chopsticks
  • Food
    • Oatmeal / Mountain house
    • PB / Tuna / Torilla / Cracker / Bars
    • Summer sausage / Spicy cheese / Dried fruit / Chocolate
    • Mountain house dinners
    • Red pepper flakes
  • Smell kit
    • Neosporene / Hand sanitizer
    • Toothbrush & Paste / Chapstick
    • Sunscreen / Bug spray

Drinking

• Grayl / Platy bottles / Micropur backup / Raindrop bag & carabiner rope
• Tea
• Flask & Whiskey
• Wine in a 500ml mini box
• Kuksa or Squishy cup

Toolkit

• Fa kit / Nail clips / Tweezers
• Repair kit / Duct tape / Micro cord
• Sheath knife / Leatherman ?
• Paper / Pen
• Shovel / tp
• Flashlight’s headband

Clothing

• Camp shoes
• Wear
  • Shirt / Pants / Undies / Socks / Boots
• Easy access
  • Long shirt
  • Rain jacket / Sun hat
  • Wool sweater or puff jacket / Warm hat
  • Pack towel
• Stuff sack
  • Shirt / Pants / Undies / Socks
  • Long underwear set

Other

• Map & Compass or Gaia GPS app
• Book / Deck of cards
• Kite ? (not for AT, maybe in Colo)
• Charging pack / Cables (flashlight with rechargeable battery)

Notes for next trip

• When vibram shoes wear out, try light water shoes, like zhuanglin. Or exped camp slipper. Or some “barefoot” shoes.
  • Last time, took the chaco slippers and it was nice.
  • Next time: replace the five fingers and get something else
• Trek poles could be nice, from REI or black diamond.
  • Helps with hand swelling and going uphill. And bushwacking.
  • Go ahead and get them next time!
• Sleeping pad is leaking. Needs to be patched or replaced.
  • Unable to patch. Need a new one
  • Had “big Agnes insulated air core”
  • Size 20 x 72 x 3.25
• The repel lemon/euc spray can leak, and fail. Maybe it comes in other packaging?
• Consider bringing mini solo stove, for fun

Other notes

• Grayl filter should last 300 uses, or 3 years. Last replaced in may, 2024.
• If squishy bowl wears out or is no longer made, check humangear
• Don’t get an ultralight tent. The Alps tent is already great.
• Roll tent for storage, but stuff and compress for travel with poles separate.
• Dont bother with trail mix, nuts, or gorp. It wont get eaten.
• Bear canister fits in the bottom compartment of pack.
• Cook pot replacement brand: TOAKS. nest with a small (4oz) fuel can, and small stove inside.