Gear List

Continental Divide Starting Gear List

Continental Divide Starting Gear List

This is the one where I talk about all of the shit that I put in my backpack. 🎒 (As one does!) I will note that this is my first...

Apr 25, 2024 : Rebecca Lynn Ellis
Packing My Fears: Gear Updates for the CDT

Packing My Fears: Gear Updates for the CDT

Sunny days, cold nights, wildlife, and limited trail towns are just a few fears I’ll be packing to experience along the CDT. In this blog, I’ll be discussing the updates...

Apr 23, 2024 : Kate Riley
Good Golly, a Gear List!

Good Golly, a Gear List!

All right…the blog to quench several readers’ queries: my gear list. I’m not sure why this is so, but there is a profound fascination with backpacker gear lists. I love...

Apr 22, 2024 : Rachel Kimmerle
8 Reasons Why I’m a Hammock Camper (and 4 drawbacks to it).

8 Reasons Why I’m a Hammock Camper (and 4 drawbacks to it).

One of the most important pieces of gear for any backpacking trip, be it a weekend jaunt or a full thru-hike, is a shelter system. And while there are many...

Apr 22, 2024 : Dan Fitzgerald
Only the Essential: My AT Gear List

Only the Essential: My AT Gear List

With more than 900 miles of hiking, including one successful thru-hike, here's everything Hot Foot is bringing to hike the AT.

Apr 21, 2024 : Nick Thatcher
CrampPa Tillman’s Gear List

CrampPa Tillman’s Gear List

Pack Base Weight of 18 lbs. Less than a week before I start walking the PCT.  I currently have my pack down to Base Weight of 18 lbs.  Not the...

Apr 16, 2024 : Jerry CrampPa Tillman
Some Gear, Glorious Gear.

Some Gear, Glorious Gear.

What do we want?! To talk about gear! When do we want it?! Always! Now that my current gear list is posted, I'd share a few thoughts on how and...

Apr 9, 2024 : Katherine Baals
Gear

Gear

When I was hiking 12 years ago, my empty backpack alone was about four pounds. When full, I could count on carrying about 50 pounds when hiking for a few...

Apr 9, 2024 : Sly the Navigator
PocketSnacks’s Gear List

PocketSnacks’s Gear List

This is not ultralight, but it isn't heavy either. I am prepared for winter-like temperatures, lots of rain, and many water crossings. This trail is incomplete; however, there are two...

Apr 5, 2024 : PocketSnacks
OK, the Requisite Gear List.

OK, the Requisite Gear List.

We Penguinos have a base weight of 11 lbs. Yes, I know the PCT and AT included sleeping gear and shelter in the base weight. They will laugh at our...

Apr 4, 2024 : John Rutkowski III