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Backpacking pack list

Items

Large

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

Eating

  • Spoon / Chopsticks
  • Pot / Stove / Matches / Flint / Stove fuel
  • Bear canister
    • Extra ziplock for trash
    • Squishy bowl
    • Food
      • Oatmeal / Cliff bar
      • Tuna / Torilla / Cracker
      • Summer sausage / Spicy cheese / Dried fruit / Chocolate / Jelly beans
      • Freeze dried 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
  • Squishy cup / Scotch 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 / Undies / Socks
    • Long underwear set

Other

  • Map & Compass / Gaia GPS app
  • Book / Star realms game
  • Kite ? (not for AT, maybe in Colo)
  • Charging pack / Cables

Notes for next trip

  • Silipint glen cairn: duradram.com, but a half size would be better. They were going to make a half size, but it was delayed. As of 2026, the store is on haitus and may not return.
  • Consider a quilt blanket instead of sleeping bag, these are very popular now.
  • Fuel exchange filler, to top off the small cans at home.
  • Hiking shoes or trail running shoes, to replace boots.
  • A new packable chair, ie heliox zero. Rei ones are breaking.

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; or go Ti.
  • Dont bother with trail mix, nuts, or gorp. It wont get eaten!
  • Only one oatmeal packet per breakfast.
  • Bear canister fits in the bottom compartment of pack.
  • One full fuel canister was enough for a three night trip.
  • (For a standard tent) Roll for storage, but stuff and compress for travel with poles separate.

Freeze dried meals

Good

  • Mountain house
    • Beef stroganoff
    • Pad thai
  • Backpackers pantry
    • Hatch green chili mac and cheese (five stars - really good)

      Meh

  • Backpackers pantry
    • Chana masala