Howdy folks! I hope that your 2021 is off to a great start!
I thought, while I’m sitting here at 31,000 feet riding in a plane to Orlando, I’m going to write a blog post. It’s been a while so, here we go.
This is just a quick run down of what I am carrying on my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trial. What I have put together so far brings my base weight to 11 pounds 4 ounces. My current plan is to do mail drops with various dehydrated meals. Some of the ones I have tried and really like are, Evergreen Adventure Food, Good to-Go, Greenbelly Meal Bars, and Standard Process Possible bars.
The mail drop plan is a slow process and I will decide as I go along whether or not I want to continue this through the entire adventure. I have decided to do the mail drops in order to maintain eating as healthy as possible while on trail. I just can’t bring myself to eat ramen and pepperoni with cheese on tortillas the whole time. My body just will not like that at all, its taken me a while to figure out what I can and cant it and how much it will affect my body. Congestion and inflammation are the biggest things, as well as just over all low energy. Low energy is not what I need for a 6 month hike north!
I am sure there are a few small things I might be leaving out of this list but not many.
| Nemo 2P | Shelter System | 2 person tent | 1 | 38.5 | ounce |
| FootPrint | Shelter System | Nemo 2P FootPrint | 1 | 6.9 | ounce |
| MSR/NEMO | Shelter System | Tent Stakes | 1 | 177 | gram |
| Fuel | Cook System | Fuel for cooking | 1 | 13.4 | ounce |
| BRS 3000-T | Cook System | BRS ultralight cook stove | 1 | 0.9 | ounce |
| Pot | Cook System | TOAKS Titanium 750 | 1 | 3.6 | ounce |
| Spoon | Cook System | TOAKS Titanium Long Spork | 1 | 0.65 | ounce |
| Lighter | Cook System | BIC Mini | 1 | 0.5 | ounce |
| UGQ | Sleep System | Bandit top quilt | 1 | 22 | ounce |
| Big Agnes Pad | Sleep System | Insulated AXL | 1 | 14 | ounce |
| Big Agnes Pumphouse | Sleep System | Sleep Pad Inflator/stuff sack | 1 | 2.9 | ounce |
| Sea to Summit | Sleep System | Aeros Ultralight Pillow | 1 | 2.1 | ounce |
| ULA Circuit | Backpack Setup | Backpack | 1 | 41 | ounce |
| ZPacks | Backpack Setup | Pack Liner | 1 | 1.8 | ounce |
| Garmin | Misc | InReach Mini | 1 | 3.5 | ounce |
| Katadyn | Misc | BeFree 3L Water Filtration | 1 | 3.5 | ounce |
| Smart Water Bottle | Misc | Empty Smart Water Bottle | 1 | 1.2 | ounce |
| Pack Rain Cover | Misc | ULA Rain Cover | 1 | 3 | ounce |
| Trekking Poles | Misc | Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork | 1 | 17 | ounce |
| Battery | Misc | ANKER PowerCore Essential 20000 | 1 | 12.2 | ounce |
| Rain Jacket | Wearables | Outdoor Research Helium II | 1 | 6.4 | ounce |
| Socks | Wearables | Darn Tough | 1 | 13 | gram |
| Socks | Wearables | Darn Tough | 1 | 13 | gram |
| Winter Pants | Wearables | Columbia Silver Stretch Conv. Pants | 1 | 0 | gram |
| Camp Shoes | Wearables | Earth Runner Circadian Lifestyle | 1 | 11.8 | ounce |
| Shoes | Wearables | Altra Olympus 4 | 1 | 11.6 | ounce |
| -33 leggings | Wearables | KANCAMAGUS | 1 | 9.6 | ounce |
| Arcteryx | Wearables | Cerium LT | 1 | 10.8 | ounce |
Hiking Realtor 