Gear

Every long distance hiker becomes some sort of weight freak. Specifically the weight carried on your back. So I bought a scale and broke down all aspects of what I'm carrying. My base weight is about 16.5 pounds which is great, but will vary depending on what add-ons I have. Then there's the food, water, and fuel that will be 15 - 25 pounds.

.	weights:	lb	oz	total oz			lb	oz	total oz
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.	Backpack - Granite Gear Latitude	2	13.6	45.6		snow option	2	13	45.4
.	tent - Tarp Tent Moment	2	1.6	33.6		ice ax		10.2	10.2
.	pad - Thermarest Prolite Reg		15.6	15.6		ice spikes		15	15
.	Sleeping Bag - Feathered Friends Hummingbird w/ waterproof compression sack	2	4.8	36.8		heavy gloves		6.6	6.6
.						tall gaitors		9	9
.	Cook Kit (pot, stove, wind screen, spoon)		14.2	14.2		water proof socks		4.6	4.6
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.	gps garmin vista hcx		5.6	5.6		desert option
.	SPOT		4.2	4.2		water pump	1	1	17
.	camera Cannon S90		9	9		light sleeping bag	1	6	22
.	head lamp Petzel Tika		2.8	2.8
.	water bladders MSR Dromadery		9	9
.	food bag Sea Summit dry bag		3.2	3.2		bears
.						bear can	2	12	44
.	clothes:
.	light gloves Lavawool		1.6	1.6		ankle brace		5.6
.	rain pants Marmot Precip		14	14
.	rain jacket Marmot Precip		13	13		jackets
.	silk weight top Patagonia		5.2	5.2		Marmot windshirt		14
.	silk weight bottom Patagonia		5.6	5.6		patagonia fleece R3		12.8
.	light hat Mtn Hardware fleece		0.6	0.6		primaloft vest		12.8
.	down jacket Merrill		13.6	13.6
.	total clothes and bag:	3	10	58
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.	Odds and ends
.	pack towel		1	1
.	compass		1	1
.	polar pur		5	5
.	shovel		2	2
.	knife		1.4	1.4
.	p-cord		3	3
.	first aid kit		3	3
.	pack cover		3	3
.	handkerchief		1	1
.	cards		3	3
.	Total and bag:	1	9.2	25.2
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.				262.8	total
.	base	16	8	264	weighed	water	8
.						food @ 2.5 lb/day	12
.	wearing			58.4	3.65
.	N. Face shirt		9	9
.	cap t-shirt		4.8	4.8
.	Keen boulder socks		1.4	1.4
.	montrail masochist	1	9.4	25.4
.	Kuhl renegade pants		13.4	13.4
.	short gaitors		4.4	4.4
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