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Creating A Lightweight Backpacking Gear List
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The movement into the realm of "Ultralight Backpacking" has become more and more popular. Reducing the weight of your gear not only makes life a little easier, but the reduction in fatigue can improve the quality of your overall experience as well.
For those of us who aren’t quite ready to strap on a pack with no hipbelts or sleep in a bag that’ll fold down small enough to fit inside a thimble, we’ve come up with a potential gear list that will still get your overall pack weight down to a more reasonable level. The equipment we have chosen will be for a weekend trip.
Lightweight Weekend Gear List
| Item: | Weight: |
| Kelty Shadow Backpack - [M] or [W] Integral Designs SilTarp2 8 x 10 North Face Kilo Sleeping Bag(Down) Thermarest Z-lite Sleep Pad MSR Pocket Rocket Stove Snow Peak Titanium Cookset Snow Peak Titanium Spork Katadyn Hiker Water Filter Platypus Hydration Reservoir - 3L/100 oz Black Diamond Ion Headlamp |
[M]3lbs. 10 oz - [W]3lbs. 8 oz 14.0 oz 33.0 oz 15.0 oz 3.0 oz 7.0 oz 1.5 oz 11.0 oz 2.0 oz (empty) 1.0 oz |
| Approximate Total Weight | 9 lbs. 1 oz. |
This is a fairly basic gear list which obviously doesn’t include food, water, or extra clothing. You may also decide you would prefer a tent rather than a tarp, which will add roughly 3 to 4 lbs. Therefore, total weight will still be higher, but this is a good example of lightweight essentials and should set you on the right track for developing your own list of gear.
This article was written by Mark Allen of Hiker's Corner.