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Long Trail Gear List: Section Six

Here's the gear list for my last major section hike of The Long Trail, a 4-day, 50 mile backpack from Johnson, VT to the Canadian Border. This gear list weighs a bit more than those from my late spring and summer hikes because the weather up north is getting a bit cooler at night. On [...]

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Long Trail Gear List: Section 4

If you've been following my Long Trail progress this summer, you know by now that I am always fiddling with my gear list and experimenting with different weight, comfort, weather, and safety combinations. The gear list for my last trip from Middlebury Gap to Appalachian Gap is listed below. I've also listed links to the [...]

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Long Trail Backpacking Gear List: Section 3

I’ve got another section hike coming up on the Long Trail and I’ve made a few changes to my gear list. This next section will be a 4 day trip covering slightly over 47 miles over much more difficult terrain. After this section, I will have hiked close to 50% of the 272 mile Long [...]

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Gear List: Long Trail Section Two

I made a lot of changes to my gear list on my last Long Trail section hike from Clarendon Gorge to Bromley Mountain, particularly around my sleep system, changing from a hammock to a tarp tent. Despite some condensation issues with the tent in high humidity conditions, I'm going to stick with a tarp tent [...]

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Long Trail Gear List: Section One

Here's the gear list that I'm planning to take on my first Long Trail Section hike over the Memorial Day weekend. It comes out to a base weight of 12.5 lbs which is a respectable lightweight load. With water, food, and fuel, I expect my total pack will weigh in at about 20 lbs. for [...]

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Backpacking Gear Repair Kit

My murphy bag contains a lightweight first aid kit (4.6 oz.) and a emergency gear repair kit listed below (4.0 oz). I store both kits in a small stuff sack which I tuck into the bottom of my pack under my sleeping bag to keep it out of the way. The contents of my emergency [...]

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Early Spring Backpacking Gear List

I've spent the past two weeks working on a gear list for a series of 2 night section hikes I plan to do on the Massachusetts Appalachian Trail in March and April '08. I expect day time temperatures at this time of year to be 30-45 degrees F and night time temperatures to go down [...]

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