Whitney 2020

  •   Category Weight
  • Big 4
    11.31 lb
  • Cook/eat/water
    3.03 lb
  • Nav/tools/safety/misc
    6.78 lb
  • Toiletries/cleaning
    1.24 lb
  • Clothes
    8.95 lb
  • Food
    14.47 lb
  • Total 45.78
    lb
    • oz
    • lb
    • g
    • kg
  • Consumable 14.47 lb
  • Worn 5.66 lb
  • Base Weight 25.65 lb

5 nights/6 days in late August 2020. ~40 miles, 14.5k gain (16k+ descent). Summits the highest mountain in Lower 48 plus another 14er.

Route: Cottonwood Lakes - Old Army Pass - Miter Basin - Crabtree Pass - JMT - Whitney - Portal. https://www.gaiagps.com/public/rnRSxKPXDMd5hfiItEgeNArw

For food weight, instead of weighing every last item, I opted to weigh all my food at once. There's one item at the top of the Food section comprising all of this weight, and the items on the Food list (which is mostly accurate) all have quantity zero.

I was planning to forgo an inflatable pad for foam only, but at the last minute I decided to bring my uninsulated inflatable pad and cut my foam pad in half to use as a sit-pad and supplemental sleeping pad. It was worth it.