Goat Lake, July 21, 2012, 10.4 miles, 1400 ft – from our AT training archives
Now that we’re officially preparing for the trail, the battle with the postal scale has begun. This is what arguing with an inanimate object looks like, and what the results are for a 2 day winter weight training trip looks like for one person:
| System | Pack Weight in oz | ||
| G4 | 13 | ||
| liner | 1.3 | ||
| chrome dome | 7.8 | ||
| Sleep | |||
| MLD 28 | 24.6 | ||
| MLD 38 | |||
| zlite torso length | 7.9 | ||
| Tarp | 21.6 | ||
| Tyvek footprint | 4.3 | ||
| Clothing worn | |||
| Patagonia Baggies shorts | 4.7 | ||
| Icebreaker 100 wt t-shirt | 4.1 | ||
| Trucker hat | 2.4 | ||
| DarnTough ankle | 2.1 | ||
| Timex ironman women’s | 1 | ||
| New Balance 610v3 | 19.6 | ||
| 33.9 | |||
| Clothing packed | |||
| Patagonia Houdini wind pants | 3.1 | ||
| Patagonia Houdini wind jacket | 3.6 | ||
| Icebreaker Anotomica baselayer pant | 5 | ||
| OR zip top baselayer | 6.8 | ||
| DarnTough crew | 2.5 | ||
| Smartwool balaclava | 1.7 | ||
| bandana | 1 | ||
| Homemade fleece hat | 1.9 | ||
| Homemade fleece booties | 2.3 | ||
| REI sysnthetic puffer | 11 | ||
| Cook | |||
| bamboo spoon | 0.5 | ||
| smartwater bottle (empty) x 2 | 2.8 | ||
| pot, coozie, stove, windscreen, bearhang | 15.5 | ||
| Toiletries / 1st Aide / personal | |||
| hand sani | 1.4 | ||
| brush, floss | 0.8 | ||
| toms | 1 | ||
| weed / biz cards / sticks / marker | 1.8 | ||
| 1st aide kit (band aids, gauze, gloves, tape) | 3.9 | ||
| self care kit (hydrocortizone, 2nd skin, aleve, arnicare,gold bond, chapstick) | 3.7 | ||
| Tech | |||
| cords – ipod, garmin, cube | 2 | ||
| iPod | 3.1 | ||
| garmin GPS | 7.8 | ||
| steripen | 4.8 | ||
| Totals | |||
| Baseweight | 168.5 | 10.5lb | |
| Food for 2 days | 41.7 | 2lb 9oz | |
| Packweight | 210.2 | 13.13 lb |
Wrong Way Gang 