Garden State’s Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike Gear List

It took me three months and 25 days to hike the AT. I’ll show you all the gear I started with, and what I summited with. Key items are linked below.

Starting Gear

ULA Circuit 

ZPacks Duplex

ZPacks 20-degree Quilt

Black Diamond Spot

Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XLite: (Popped, replaced with UberLite)

Silk Liner:(Got rid of when it got warmer out)

MSR Pocket Rocket 2: (Stopped cooking, got rid of)

Sawyer MicroSqueeze (Clogged quickly, replaced with full-size Sawyer)

Baseball cap (Ran into trees while wearing it, got rid of)

Pot and other cookware: (Stopped cooking)

SmartWool Bra (Needed to size down, got a new one)

Wool socks (didn’t need heavy socks past winter)

Smartwool Base Layer

Patagonia R1

Patagonia Baggies: (Got cheaper ones when had to size down)

Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer

Finishing Gear

Mountainsmith Zerk 40

ZPacks Duplex

ZPacks 20-degree Quilt

Therm-a-Rest NeoAir Uberlite

Sawyer Squeeze

Icebreaker Bra

Ininji socks

Patagonia R1

Outdoor Research Rain Mitts

Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer

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