As I mentioned I will be hiking the Superior Hiking Trail. I start today! I thought it might be interesting to share my gear list. I am trying to keep things as light as possible, because every little thing adds up! Below is a list of what I’ll start with, but who knows what I’ll ditch or pick up along the way.
Key Gear
- Katabatic Gear palisade 30 f sleeping quilt
- Hyperlite Mountain Gear 3400 Southwest pack
- Black Diamond trekking poles
- Therm-a-Rest neoair xlite sleeping pad
- Big Agnes tiger wall ul2 tent (not pictured, because Michael will carry it)
Clothes I’ll Wear
- Patagonia trucker hat
- First Lite women’s wick quarter zip
- Smith lowdown 2.0 slim chromapop sunglasses
- Smartwool merino 150 pattern base layer top
- Patagonia baggies shorts
- Patagonia barely bra sports bra
- ExOfficio give-n-go sport mesh hipkini brief
- Injinji trail midweight mini crew socks
- Dirty Girl gaiters
- Altra timp trail running shoes
Clothes In My Pack
- Hyperlite Mountain Gear stuff sack pillow
- Buff UV insect shield
- Gap gfast blackout leggings
- Injinji trail midweight mini crew socks
- Melanzana micro grid hoodie
- Zpacks possum down gloves
- Outdoor Research helium rain pants
- Patagonia stretch rainshadow jacket
- Smartwool merino 150 pattern base layer top
Toiletries, Kitchen, Electronics, and Miscellaneous
- The TentLab deuce of spades backcountry trowel
- Hand sanitizer
- Bodyglide for her
- Ben’s insect repellant 30% DEET
- Thinksport safe SPF 50+ sunscreen
- Toothpaste
- Tooth brush
- Wet Ones
- Sawyer squeeze water filter
- Sony hx80 compact camera
- Extra rechargeable camera battery
- Anker powercore II slim power bank
- Princeton Tec axis headlamp
- Bose soundsport in-ear headphones
- MSR titan tea kettle
- MSR isopro stove fuel
- MSR pocket rocket 2 stove
- Sea to Summit alpha light long spoon
- Lighter
- Hyperlite Mountain Gear roll-top stuff sack
- Sea to summit ultra-sil stuff sack 4l
Maps
I will also be bringing food and water, but above is everything considered in my “base weight”. I have tested 95% of everything on this gear list on previous backpacking trips, so hopefully I won’t have any issues!