XUL (Sub 3 lb) Gear List
- Category Weight
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Pack system
0.3 lb
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Sleep system
0.75 lb
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Shelter system
0.65 lb
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Food and Hydration system
0.24 lb
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Small Essentials
0.49 lb
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Clothing (packed)
0.44 lb
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Clothing (worn)
0 lb
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Consumables
6.11 lb
An XUL kit (< 3 lb base weight) that provides good weather and insect protection, a full cook kit, a sleep system warm down to 45F and a comfortable pillow.
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Pack system
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Liner
Turkey roasting bag
10
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Ditty bag
LiteAF cook pot stuff sack. I had this left over from a pot I no longer use and realized it would make a perfect ditty bag.
3
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Stake bag
Gear Swifts DCF Pegs bag
3
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Backpack
KS-Ultralight Daypack, 16L. This has a zippered opening above a very small front mesh pocket. The side water pockets are easy to use while hiking.
120.9
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Sleep system
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Sleeping bag
Cumulus Magic 100 zipperless sleeping bag
7.6
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Pad
Gossamer Gear Torso Foam Pad - 3/8". This has an estimated R-value of about 1.4 to 1.5, which should allow adequate insulation down to 40F. It just fits inside my SUL backpacks to serve as a kind of backing.
79
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Pillow
Big Sky Dream Sleeper. Is an inflatable pillow an extravagance in an XUL kit? Yes it is! This pillow suits my head and neck so well, I just have to make room for it.
1.6
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Shelter system
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Shelter
Ounce Designs “Bunny” 1-Person Shelter with linelocks removed. (I prefer to use knots.) Lightweight and quick to pitch. Proven in the weather. Only four stakes and short lengths of guyline required.
5.3
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Stakes
Teragon Pioneer (2x 5.4g); Gear Swifts Titanium Pegs (3x 3.3g). I use the three Ti pegs as part of my cook system.
21
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Guyline
Kelty Triptease, 3 ft at each guyline. I use Lawson Glowire for the front corner guyline opposite the zipper for quick identification when pitching. I use the Skurka knot method to tie the ends.
0.42
g15
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Bivy
Borah Gear Cuben Bug Bivy
4.1
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Food and Hydration system
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Bottles
Kirkland’s 500ml bottle with label removed. Really a marvel of engineering to achieve this high a volume to weigh ratio.
7.7
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Purification tablets
Micropur tablets (4L per day). I used a pill-splitter to cut these in half for use in 500ml bottles
0.7
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Food storage
Smelly proof gallon bag
15
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Cook system
An Esbit cook system consisting of a Toaks Light 550ml handle-less titanium pot (37.4g); an MYOG lid made from 28-gauge aluminum tooling foil (3.3g); an MYOG Esbit stove of folded aluminum cut from a pie pan (2.0g); an improvised three-point pot stand using Ti skewer stakes borrowed from my stake kit (0g); an MYOG windscreen made from thin Ti foil (5.7g); a fire kit with 10 wooden matches and a striker cut from a matchbox, inside a small zip bag (2.0g); a 2.5 × 2.5 inch Smelly Proof bag for storing 4g Esbit tablets (1.2g); a disposable bamboo spoon cut to 4.25 inches and treated with food-grade mineral oil (2.6g); and a LiteAF DCF flat-bottom stuff sack used to secure the nested kit and cover Esbit residue (3.5g).
58
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Bear bag
Adotec Black Bear Resistant Bag, 9L
5.1
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Small Essentials
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First aid & Repair
Ibuprofen, Imodium, Benadryl, chafing cream packet; mini-scissors with rubber cover, Leukotape strips, gauze pad, triple antibiotic ointment packet, tenacious tape patch, tweezers, extra bottle cap
25
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Hygiene kit
Thumbprint toothbrush, cut to 3”; toothpaste 3ml tube; sunscreen packet; Dr Bronner’s in 3ml dropper bottle
9
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Phone
iPhone Air. Serves as my camera, notepad, and primary navigation device. I wish it were lighter, but it’s what I have.
165
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Light (alternate)
Nitecore Tube V20 with keychain removed. Adequate for camp chores.
10
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Poop kit
QiWiz Original trowel for LNT. I’ll be relying on the PCT bidet system, loosening the cap on my water bottle to control the flow of water into my wiping hand. A dropper bottle of Dr Bronner’s from my hygiene kit completes the system.
10
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Towel
1/2 of a Liteload Towel. All purpose: washing my face, cleaning my jar, pre-filtering water, wiping condensation, etc.
4
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Clothing (packed)
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Midlayer/sleep
Leve Alpha 60 Hoodie
3.6
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Rain protection
Leve Ultralight Jacket. The silnylon fabric doesn’t breath at all, but this garment has pit zips and a full zipper to aid with ventilation. I’ll layer this over my alpha fleece to create a system with the properties of a down hoodie.
3.5
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Sleep socks
Farpointe alpha camp socks. These become necessary at temps below 50F
20
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Clothing (worn)
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Shoes
Topo Pursuit, size 14
29.4
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Socks
Defeet Wooleaters
48.9
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Shirt
OR Echo Sun Hoodie
4.2
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Pants
Patagonia Terrebone Joggers
5.8
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Underwear
Saxx Quest Quick-dry boxer briefs
82.1
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Hat
Ellewin foldable baseball cap
64
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Watch
Garmin Fenix 7 Sapphire Solar
74
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Trekking pole(s)
Ruta Locura Yana trekking pole (single)
3.75
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Consumables
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Food
Ration of 1.4lbs, 2800 cal per day
1.4
lb2
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Water
Per half liter bottle
0.5
kg3
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