• • Pack

    2.12 lb 2
  • Backpack Durston Kakwa 40 (UltraGrid) +mods -- this fit all my stuff with room to spare, but I think it's too skinny, certainly for a Bearikade which made it a pain in the ass to put in and take out. I think the Kakwa 55 would have been a better option even though it's overkill, just because it's wider. 32
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  • Pack liner Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Bag 20L -- worked great, as it did on my last 3 month trip. I think this is the ideal pack liner option; packs tight, quiet, durable. 1.94
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• • Shelter

    1.38 lb 12
  • Tent Durston X-Mid Pro 1 (DCF floor) +stuff sack -- used since 2023 but the DCF floor is new (worked fine, but less stretchy).except for the flimsy zippers catching on trail dust. I didn't bring my Pocket Tarp because I thought there'd be a lot of bugs, but it would have been fine. 16.08
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  • Groundsheet Borah Ultralight Cuben -- marginally useful. I never cowboy camped or used it as a rain skirt, but it did keep my tent clean and I used it to keep stuff out of the dirt. 1.9
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  • Big stakes Big Sky Tube Steak 9" -- worked alright on the hard Sierra ground, but I mostly used rock anchors instead. I could have done without stakes altogether. 15
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  • Stake bag 2 Foot Adventures -- love that it handles 9 8
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  • Guy line Sea to Summit Ground Control +bag -- never used 17
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• • Sleep

    2.18 lb 4
  • Quilt Iceflame Extra NXT -- worked amazingly well down to freezing. Fantastic bang for your buck. 19
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  • Balaclava Iceflame Down Hood -- used most nights, and climbing Whitney. Fantastic at trapping in heat 1.4
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  • Pad Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XLite Women's -- RIP my beloved, delaminated at Crabtree Meadows. Replaced with inferior XLite Short 12.66
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  • Pillow Sea to Summit Aeros UL -- worked great, but got filthy. Cleaned up fine though once I got home. I like the shape and size, easier to put your arms and shoulder around it. 1.87
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• • Clothing

    3.79 lb 24
  • Hat Sunday Afternoons Ultra Adventure Hat -- worked well, even if it made me look super dorky 2.57
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  • Beanie LEVE Alpha 90 Beanie -- used regularly since 2025, works great 20
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  • Neck gaiter OR Echo Ubertube (rose) -- rarely used 22
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  • Eyeglasses Zenni #6499621 24
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  • Sunglasses Zenni clip-ons -- this has been the best option I've found for prescription glasses, being able to put on and take off easily and packs flat in a pocket. Also negligible weight so I can carry backups though I never needed them. (I did lose one last on 3 month trip last year) 6
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  • Baselayer top GORE M Base Layer Sleeveless Shirt -- works great to keep moisture off your skin and vaporized into sun hoodie. Used in 100+ degree heat. 2.15
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  • Sun hoodie Cotopaxi Sombra -- UPF50 did its job, never got the slightest bit burned. Breathability isn't as good as the Echo, but it does provide more warmth. Also seemed to keep bugs from biting. 5.13
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  • Midlayer top Mountain Hardwear AirMesh Hoodie (brown) -- used since 2022, fantastic as always 4.52
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  • Underwear ExOfficio Give-N-Go Sport Mesh Boxer Briefs 9 2.57
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  • Pants OR Ferrosi Pants (khaki) -- used since 2023, great as always 9.8
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  • Wind jacket Quechua MH900 Lightweight Windproof Jacket -- not as breathable as previously owned Zpacks Ventum, but much better hood and I like the pockets 2.62
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  • Puffy jacket La Sportiva Lumina 100 -- I used it because I had it, but I didn't really need it. Requires midlayer to feel truly warm. 6.3
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  • Rain jacket ROCK FRONT Rain Hoody -- never used (but has been great on past trips) 4.73
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  • Socks AONIJIE quarter toe socks -- this was the first trip where I got holes in these socks after thousands of miles of use (amongst multiple pairs). I did use different colors so maybe the quality was different, but also Sierra is tough on footwear 1.4
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  • Camp socks Farpointe Alpha Direct Camp Socks -- used since 2024, worked great 22
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  • Camp pants Herb & Hike Alpha 60 pants -- used regularly since 2025, worked great 3.03
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  • Camp shoes shower slippers -- new for this year, they warped a bit in the heat but otherwise were fine 3.2
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  • Sun gloves REI Active Pursuits Sun Gloves -- got these because they had better finger coverage, but I should have gone full finger. I got bad sunburn on my finger tips, I still can't fully feel them. 1.03
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  • Gloves Cross Point Waterproof Knit Gloves: Pro Wool -- new for this year, I like that I can use my phone with them but they don't retain heat well and the knit fabric stays and feels wet more than my SHOWAs. 2.4
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• • Electronics

    1.65 lb 14
  • Phone iPhone 15 +case -- used as my only satellite communication with T-Satellite. It was alright, but kept it mostly in alpine mode so communication wasn't as constant as an inReach 7.51
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  • Watch Garmin Instinct Solar -- used since 2022, works great but charging was a pain (see adapter) 5.6
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  • Headphones Apple AirPods Pro 2 -- almost never used, except a couple times in town. I rawdogged the entire trail. 2.2
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  • Headlamp Nitecore NU20 Classic +mod -- the shock cord kept falling off which was annoying, but otherwise worked as well as ever 33
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  • Air Pump Pad Pad V5.2 +NeoAir adapter -- not having to blow up your pad at 12k ft is fantastic 9
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  • Power bank INIU P50-E1 10Ah -- didn't really need it, I only used about 20% of battery a day, but nice to have 5.57
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  • Charger Anker PowerPort III 20W -- first time using a single port charger, will be going back to dual port. Not worth the hassle for an ounce saved. 1.33
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  • Short cable INIU USB C 5in -- all the cables were fine 6
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  • Short cable etguuds USB A to C 6in 8
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  • Long cable etguuds USB C 3ft 22
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  • Garmin adapter -- terrible, it wouldn't stay connected to the watch so I was constantly fiddling with it. Super annoying. 3
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  • Thermometer Govee -- used since 2023, worked as well as ever 22
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  • Tracker Apple AirTag 11
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• • Kitchen

    0.56 lb 7
  • Water bottle HDPE bottle 32oz +Sawyer cap -- lost immediately, replaced with ThruBottles which I loved way more than I thought I would. 2.12
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  • Water filter Platypus QuickDraw +PDXOutdoors cap -- worked well at first, super fast filtering with the QuickDraw bladder, but once it popped it was a huge hassle. 2.37
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  • Bladder QuickDraw 1L Reservoir -- popped 9 days in, and stupid curved design made it impossible to patch. Replaced with a 2L Platy I found. 1.16
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  • Spoon bamboo spoon 6" -- lost, replaced with long handle metal spoon that I didn't like 8
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  • Knife Opinel No. 6 -- first time bringing a real knife, never used it. I thought I'd be cutting cheese and fruits and veggies, but I never did. 27
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  • Bowl Litesmith Cold Soaking Jar 16oz -- dropped and cracked the lid on day 8, RIP I've used this for thousands of miles since 2023. Replaced with a PB jar then a Talenti jar, neither nearly as good. 1.83
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  • Olive oil bottle 8oz water bottle -- used this setup since 2023, worked good as ever 8
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• • Hygiene

    0.26 lb 32
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  • Toothpaste Unpaste toothpaste tabs 0
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  • Toothbrush paeyaer Bamboo Kids Toothbrush -- replaced with a full sized bamboo toothbrush from Dollar Tree, but I still used this to clean things 6
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  • Trowel BoglerCo Ultralight Trowel -- lost on day 2, replaced in Bishop 13
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  • Towel Lightload Camp Towel 12x24" -- used since 2021, worked great as always 18
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  • Hair brush -- only use in town, but also lent out to ladies on the trail 10
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  • Soap Dr. Bronners -- for maybe the first time ever I didn't lose my soap bottle 0
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  • Soap bottle Burry Life Science 15ml 4
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  • Wipes WYSI Multi-Purpose Expandable Wipes -- only used a few times, but if I had packed more I'd probably use every night to wipe down 2
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  • Bidet wash bottle cap -- worked great 6
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  • Nail clippers -- not the cleanest cuts, but still fine 12
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  • Nail file -- used often to file my chipped fingernails 1
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• • Health

    0.3 lb 16
  • Sunscreen ISDIN Fotoprotector Invisible Stick SPF 50 -- worked great, but should have used more on fingertips 1.27
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  • Bug spray -- used maybe twice, but really didn't need 12
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  • Chafe cream Squirrel's Nut Butter -- never used 27
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  • Electrolytes SaltStick Caps -- didn't take as many as I should have but still was less dehydrated than usual, only had one POTS episode 0
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  • Water purification Katadyn Micropur MP1 -- never used 8
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  • NSAID Equate Ibuprofen 0
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  • Lip balm Chap-Ice Mini Bees Wax Lip Balm -- used 1-2 times a day, worked well when I actually used it 6
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  • Antidiarrheal Loperamide 4
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  • Antihistamine Dyphenhydramine 25mg 3
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  • Anti heart attack Asprin 325mg 3
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  • Leukotape 4
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  • Bandage Hydrocolloid roll -- worked great, replacing Leukotape for most uses 14
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• • Repair

    0.09 lb 16
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  • Repair tape Gear Aid Tenacious Tape (clear) 5
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  • Duct tape Gorilla Tough & Wide Duct Tape -- used a lot this trip 8
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  • Mesh patches Coghlan's Mesh Repair Patch 2
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  • DCF patch Zpacks DCF 2.5 1
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  • Glue Scotch Super Glue (single use) -- never seems to work as well as I hope 3
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  • Scissors Westcott 2.5 7
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• • Misc

    3.09 lb 49
  • Trekking poles CMT Ultralight Carbon Fiber -- worked fine for the price, but flimsy locking mechanism and vibration is annoying. I'll probably go back to Fizan. 10.23
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  • Pole tips Forclaz Hiking Pole Cap -- the most surprisingly useful thing I took. I intended to use this only for traveling and to keep my poles from sinking during camp, but I used these for the entire trail (until I lost all of them). They grip great on granite, especially wet, don't sink into sand or snow, and are much quieter than carbide tips. Unfortunately they don't stick to the pole well so they are easy to lose. I brought three and lost three. 11
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  • Tweezers Uncle Bill's Sliver Gripper +case -- never used 5
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  • Matches Stansport weatherproof matches +striker +bag 3
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  • Headnet Coghlan's Mosquito Head Net -- used only briefly a couple times, kind of hate using it. 16
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  • Static cord Zpacks 1.3mm Z-line 9
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  • Carabiner Nite Ize S-Biner #2 7
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  • Big clip Metal Binder Clip 32mm -- only used the clips once this trip for the one time I hung clothes to dry 8
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  • Tick remover Danken Tick Removers 1
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  • Sharpie -- lost immediately 9
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  • Baggies 2
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  • Whistle PDXOutdoors emergency whistle 5
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  • Rubber bands -- very handy, used for lots of things 0
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  • Storage bags Ziplock freezer bag 1qt 6
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  • Microfiber cloth -- lost immediately 5
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  • Extra labels -- I used all the extra labels I made, will bring more next time 0
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  • Bear can key Quarter -- I got so paranoid about losing my quarter that I ended up carrying six of them. The Bearikade destroys quarters, but I never did lose it. 6
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  • Lighter Mini BIC -- used a couple times, but wind issues mean I will switch back to windproof lighter 11
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  • Bear canister Bearikade Weekender -- the bane of my existence. It was too wide for my Kakwa so it was a pain in the ass to put in and take out, I could feel it digging into my back (until I got the 1/8" pad) but probably still worth saving 9oz 31.75
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  • Microspikes Kahtoola Ghost -- used once on Forrester Pass, and I didn't really need it. I fucking hate that I carried these stupid fucking things for nothing, but such is life. 6.8
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• • Consumables

    0 lb 0
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  • Food 1 day 26
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• • Acquired on trail

    0 lb 7
  • Helinox Chair Zero I hated not having a chair during my first stretch, so I ordered this to Bishop and loved using it the rest of the trip. I prefer the REI Flexlite Air, especially my modded version which is 4oz lighter, but I couldn't get that in time. Every time I don't bring a chair I regret it, it's an essential item for me now. 0
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  • NeoAir XLite Short Colder, and a few inches shorter than my old Women's that died, but also lighter and quieter. The Women's was the perfect pad, I'm sad to see it go. 0
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  • Outdoor Vitals 1/8 This was a stupid thing to have omitted. I was super paranoid about my pad popping, and I was super uncomfortable not having a full length pad to use outside of camp. Also, I serendipitously discovered that the folded dimensions of this pad fits perfectly in the back panel of the Kakwa which is how I carried it. 0
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  • Bamboo toothbrush The baby toothbrush was annoying, I'll eat the couple grams for a full size 0
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  • 2L Platy Worked okay as a bladder, collection was a little more annoying but it stands up and compacts well and it's only like an ounce for 2L. 0
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  • Talenti jar Too wide and too soft. I desperately missed my LiteSmith polypro jar. 0
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  • Long handle metal spork My first time using one, not a fan. I'll be going back to a smaller bamboo spoon. 0
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