Gear List
Badger’s Pacific Crest Trail SOBO Thru-Hike Gear List
I'm leaving for Seattle in three days. If all goes according to plan, I will be back sometime around Halloween. Below is my full PCT Gear List (minus consumables) during that time. For
My First Back Packing Trip – The Plan and the Gear
WHO: I am going on this trip with some members of Boston's AMC chapter as a part of their Spring Hiking Program. There are 9 people in our group, including the...
2017 CDT Ultralight Gear List (With Camera)
2017 CDT Gear List Last year on my AT thru hike, I became aware of quite a few tweaks that I wanted to make to my gear set up. After...
Not-Quite-Ultralight But Light Enough
Humble Beginnings Around this time in 2014, I knew nothing about backpacking. I was leaving in a week and all I had was a pair of leggings. I was running around...
What’s in My Pack: Ruby Throat’s Gear List for 2017
Backpack with Benefits Twenty years ago, I moved to the mountains and bought my first “real” backpack, an Osprey ISIS with a built-in chair. A CHAIR! Best. Thing. Ever. (Unless...
Your Average Jane’s Gear Log
My AT 2017 gear list, including the why and how.
When Ultralight is Too Light
PCT hikers are notorious for obsessing over their base weight. Thru-hikers might start the AT with two camp chairs and a thermos strapped to their pack, but PCT hikers look...
Requisite Gear Post: The Follow-Up
Waaay back in March after months of research and planning, I posted my initial gear list here. Now I'm back due to multiple requests (and my own gear nerd tendencies)...
Hiker Box Diaries: Blood On The Saddle
We are in the homestretch. The dog days of August. The last few weeks we have stumbled over the blowdowns in Oregon, then wandered through Obsidian and volcanic rock towards...
My Gear Lust. I mean, List.
Let’s get this clear right now. I could get an invitation to leave tomorrow on the AT, or the PCT, or just about any trail not on the polar ice...