Laurel Basin 2006 gear list
What I carried and wore:
Weights (oz.) and items ("Ti" = titanium):
(items marked w/ "*" would be carried only if forecast showed possibility of rain.)
Cook kit - "Sierra Zzip" wood stove, film can w/ vaselined cotton, Ti spoon, Ti pot, Ti sierra cup, carry bag, book matches: 27.6
Small Ti pot: 4.8
Z-rest pad - 10.25
Canon A-510 w/ six lithium disposable batteries, spare SD card, in carrying case: 12.95
Treo 90 for note-taking w/ AAA recharger pack & carry bag: 6.95
Sunglasses in case: 1.2
Fleece gloves: 1.65
Knit cap: 2.2
*Rain pants w/ strap: 10.7
*REI waterproof gloves: 3.0
Bearvault 4-day container: 31.2
Sierra Designs Light Year Tent w/ stakes: 56.1
0.5 L. bottle: 0.6
2+ Liter Platypus drink bladder & hose: 3.7
*Pack rain cover: 5.3
*Gaiters: 2.6
Green micro-towel: 1.0
Underwear, 2 pair: 4.25
Shirt: 8.3
Sun Hat: 2.7
"Highgear" Altimeter/thermometer watch: 2.45
Silk underwear top: 3.45
Silk underwear bottom: 3.65
Outer socks, two pair: 5.25
Inner "silver" socks, three pair: 3.45
Pants & belt: 10.4
Golite Gust pack: 21.4
50 feet of cord: 2.5
Black bag - bug juice, sunscreen, match safe, compass, whistle, pole tip spare, lip balm, Ti fork, razor head, twist ties, pencil, paper, book matches, mini thermometer, meds in bottle, maps: 11.7
Purple bag - mini deodorant, toothbrush w/ paste, floss, TP w/ hand gel and matches, soap & scrubpad, mirror, first aid, moleskin: 11.0
Pocket knife - Micra: 1.7
Comb: 0.35
Wind/rain top (Golite Reach): 11.05
Plastic bags & net bag: 2.05
*Tent footprint: 7.4
Slipper mocs: 6.1
*Grey fleece jacket: 15.3
Headlamp (Petzl Tikka XP) w/ 3 AAA NiMH batteries): 3.35
Golite Fuzz sleeping quilt in stuffsack: 30.9
Food: about 100 oz.
Carbon REI Hiking stick:10.55
Shoes (Salomon Gore-Tex XCR): 30.8
Cell phone: 3.3
Can of smoked oysters: 4.35
Dad's ring: 0.7
Dad's ashes: 2.1
Almost forgot the maps...
(Note: rain gear would have added 20 oz. total)
Expected to leave rain gear (pants, heavier gloves, gaiters, pack cover) behind, as forecast seemed benign. And it was, and I did. Worked great.
(Note:could use tent rain fly for pack rain cover?)
Weight of pack w/ camera, before water: 23.5 lbs.