Equipment List

Equipment List: Total Weight 23 lbs (Without Food and Water)

- 1 GoLite Pinnacle Backpack (Large)
- 1 Small Notebook
- Guide Book
- 1 Pen
- 10 1 Gallon Heavy Duty Ziploc Bags
- 1 Roll Toilet Paper
- 1 Cat Hole Shovel
- 3 Pair Smart Wool Socks (Medium)
- 1 Pair Dress Socks
- 1 long Sleeve Hiking Shirt
- 1 Short Sleeve hiking Shirt
- 1 Insulated Undershirt Shirt
- 1 Insulated Long Johns
- 1 Pair Shorts
- 1 Pair Hiking Pants with Removable lower legs
- 1 Orange Baseball Hunting Cap
- 1 Outdoor Research Cold Weather Cap
- 1 Pair Gloves
- 1 Rain Jacket
- 1 Northface Cold Weather Jacket
- 1 Pair (RED not pink) Crocs
- 1 Military Surplus Water Proof Bag
- 1 Hennesy Hammock with Rainfly
- 1 Stuff Sack
- 1 C-Clamp
- 50 Feet 550 Para Cord
- 1 Jet Boil Stove
- 1 Can Fuel
- 1 32oz Water Bottle
- 1 Camel Water Bladder, 2 Liter
- 1 plastic Bottle of bleach with eye dropper, 2.5oz
- 1 Poncho Liner (Military)
- 1 Poncho (Military)
- 1 Plastic Combination Compass, Whistle and Thermometer
- 1 Solio Solar Charger
- 1 Droid Cell Phone/Camera HTC
- 1 Razor, travel size shaving cream, toothpaste and toothbrush
- 1 Shammy wash cloth
- 4oz Camp Soap
- 1 Small Combo Sponge and Green Pad
- 1 Metal Spork
- 1 Bottle Centrum Chewable Vitamins, 60ct
- 1 Bottle DHEA 50mg, 100ct
- 1 Bottle Ibuprofen, 200mg, 100ct
- 1 Bottle 1.75oz Vaseline
- 1 Head Lamp with 3 AAA Batteries
- 3 spare AAA Batteries
- 1 Medium/Small Knife
- 1 Leatherman Knife
- 1 Flint and Metal Striker
- 1 Bic Lighter
- 1 Box Matches
- 1 Small Nail Clipper
- 1 Small Knife Sharpener
- 8 Vivarins
- 5 Imodiums
- 3 Band Aids
- 4 Claritins
- 1 Series Antibiotics
- 1 Pair Reading Glasses (Yeah, I’m getting old.)
- About 2 feet Duct Tape
- 1 Book of Matches
- 1 Box Water Proof Matches
- 1 Wax Candle
- 1 Emergency Silver Blanket
- 1 Medium Safety pin

Note: A lot of the cold weather gear will be sent back once the weather stabilizes at a higher temperature. Right now it appears to still be around 30 at night in the mountains even in Georgia. The long range forecast for Georgia calls for quite a few rain days. I hate hiking in the rain. I’ll have to think about carrying an umbrella. Ray Jardine recommends carrying one in his Pacific Crest Trail Hiker’s Handbook. I only ran into one guy last year who was carrying one. He liked it but it looks kind of cumbersome.

If I appear to be paranoid with all the matches and fire starters it is because I am. That close brush I had with hypothermia in Maryland was a wake up call. I’d rather err on the side of caution until it gets convincingly warmer. The reason the fire starting equipment (Matches, Strikers and Lighter) are distributed throughout the list is because I have them spread throughout my pack in different ziploc bags.