Gear and Reference Material Essential for Very Light Backpacking in the Mountains in The

Gear Checkoff List for Packing for your JMT Hike

7/4/2014 6:02 PM

Gear Description of Items in Pack For ______

Gear Description of Items in Pack / Quantity / Category / Check Off Symbol/Note /
Beanie (e.g., Black Rock Down) / 1 / Clothing
Briefs (e.g., IbexWear Balance or Nylon fabric underwear) / 1 / Clothing
Down Jacket (e.g., Feathered Friends U.L. down jacket) / 1 / Clothing
Gloves (e.g., Wool Liner) / 1 / Clothing
Headnet, Noseeum (e.g., Backpacking Light Ultralight) / 1 / Clothing
Rain Jacket (e.g., REI or RAB eVent Thru Hiker rain jacket) / 1 / Clothing
Rain Mitts (e.g., Zpacks or ULA Rain Mitts or equivalent) / 1 / Clothing
Rain Wrap (Kilt); (e.g., Cuben Fiber Zpacks Cloud Kilt or ULA Rain Wrap) / 1 / Clothing
Shorts (Dual Purpose, for sleep or swim; e.g., Patagonia Sage Burner shorts) / 1 / Clothing
Socks-(e.g., Ultralight, Ultrathin Liner) / 2 / Clothing
Bag, (Large cylinder food bag for holding water containers) / 2 / Container
Bag, Mesh for putting wet clothes in / 3 / Container
Bags Odor Proof (e.g., Aloksak OPSak Sacks– various sizes (especially one for trash) / 5 / Container
Bear Canister, Large (e.g., Bearikade Weekender Expedition or Bearvault BV500) / 1 / Container
Bottle, Nalgene Shaped Stainless Steel 1 Qt. Bottle / 1 / Container
Ditty and Clothing Bags (e.g, Granite Gear Air Space Bags for Internal Pack organizing) / 3 / Container
Dry Sack for Sleeping Bag (e.g., an 18 Liter bag) / 1 / Container
Fuel Container / 1 / Container
Pack Cover (large, e.g., Zpacks Cuben Fiber) / 1 / Container
Pack, Daypack (e.g., Zilch Day Pack) / 1 / Container
Cooking Kit/Stove (e.g., Jetboil Titanium Sol) / 1 / Cooking
Matches, Storm Proof (e.g., REI, for stove backup lighting or camp fires) / 1 / Cooking
Pouch Cozy (eg., AntiGravityGear Pouch Cozy to keep boiling water hot after mixed in with food) / 1 / Cooking
Spoon (e.g., Mountain Laurel Designs or REI 8.5” Long Handled Titanium Spoon) / 1 / Cooking
Satellite Messaging Device (e.g., Delorme Inreach Explorer (or Spot II Satellite GPS Messenger)) / 1 / Electronics
Solar Charger Battery and Cable to attach to Solar Panel / 1 / Electronics
Solar Panel / 1 / Electronics
Sandals (for Stream Crossing, for Camp and possibly for temporary hiking) / 1 / Feet
Socks, Toesocks, pair (e.g., Injinji Crew Toe Socks) / 2 / Feet
Bags, Misc Plastic (Some empty plastic bags, small or medium size) / 5 / Misc Item
Carabineers, Miniature (e.g, Zpacks make the lightest, best ones). / 8 / Misc Item
Clothes Line on Blue Kite String Handle (e.g., 50 feet) / 1 / Misc Item
Clothes Pins (e.g., Tiny Plastic Clothes Pins) / 12 / Misc Item
Map Bag (Aloksak or Ziplok with essential user manuals) / 1 / Misc Item
Needle and Thread / 1 / Misc Item
Reading Glasses, Backup / 1 / Misc Item
Rubber Bands (Extra Strong) / 5 / Misc Item
Soap, Concentrated (e.g., Shaklee Basic H2™ Organic Super Cleaning Concentrate) – 1 oz. / 1 / Misc Item
Tape, Housewrap Sheathing tape (best for silnylon or cuben fiber fabric rip) / 1 / Misc Item
Towels (e.g, PackTowl Nano Towels – I have four, one for feet, groin, kitchenware/sun glasses/glasses, rest-of body) / 4 / Misc Item
Tube to wrap tape around (e.g, Cylinder sponge portion or used toilet role tube, shortened) / 1 / Misc Item
USB Lightening Adapter Cable / 1 / Misc Item
USB Micro Port Cable / 1 / Misc Item
USB, Dual Port AC Wall Plug / 1 / Misc Item
Wind Shirt/Jacket (e.g., north Face 2.5 oz jacket) / 1 / Misc Item
Writing Pad / 1 / Misc Item
BackPack (at least a 58L pack, eg., 65 L Fusion Pack from SixMoonDesigns) / 1 / Pack
Tent (e.g, SixMoonDesigns Cuben Fiber Haven Tarp with Net Tent) / 1 / Shelter
Tent Sponge (optional, can be used as a tent brush – used to wipe away tent condensation) / 1 / Shelter
tent stakes (ultralight) – if you bring a ground cloth, decide if you want miniature tent stakes for the ground cloth / 9 / Shelter
Tent State, (e.g, dual purpose for poop scoop and backup tent state such as REI SMC Sno-Tent Stake) / 1 / Shelter
Bivy (optional, to hold sleeping mattress, sleeping bag, sleeper in place), such as a 3 oz Cuben Fiber Bivy / 1 / Sleeping
Pillow or Pillow Case (to hold clothes, down jacket and be used as a pillow at night), e.g, Montbell UL Comfort System Pillow / 1 / Sleeping
Sleeping Bag (e.g., 20F Ultralight Down) / 1 / Sleeping
Sleeping Mattress / 1 / Sleeping
Charmin® To Go Bathroom Tissue / 1 / Toiletry
Engo Blister Prevention Patches / 8 / Toiletry
First Aid Cream (in zip lock bag) / 1 / Toiletry
First Aid Kit (2nd Skin, Gauge, Bandaids, Antibiotic cream) / 1 / Toiletry
First Aid Kit (Spenco 2nd Skin, Gauge, Bandaids, Sewing Thread/Needle, Antiseptic Wipe for Cuts, Pouch / 1 / Toiletry
Foot Ointment (e.g., Climbing Balm Salve or Gurney Goo) / 1 / Toiletry
Generic Travel Toothbrush / 1 / Toiletry
Hand Sanitizer / 1 / Toiletry
Insect Repellent / 1 / Toiletry
Qtips for cleaning ears / 5 / Toiletry
Razor, Electric, USB / 1 / Toiletry
Sun Block / 1 / Toiletry
Tape for Foot (Leukotape) / 1 / Toiletry
Tape, Foot (e.g., Omnifix Dressing Retention Tape) / 1 / Toiletry
Teeth Plaque Remover/Scraper / 1 / Toiletry
Tincture of Benzoin (e.g., REI) / 1 / Toiletry
ToothPaste or Listerine PocketPaks Breath Strips / 1 / Toiletry
Chlorine Dioxide Tablets, 30 tablet size packet / 1 / Water
Platypus 2+ [Liter] Water Bottle / 2 / Water
SteriPEN AdventurerOpti Water Purifier with 2 CR123A batteries / 1 / Water
Water Filter (e.g, .5 Micron Polyester Filter Bag, 4"x8") / 1 / Water

Gear Description For Wearing On Body for ______

Gear Description For Wearing On Body (Last Updated: 7/5/2014) / Quantity / Category / Check Off Symbol/Note /
Briefs (e.g., IbexWear Balance) / 1 / Clothing
Front Backpack Pouch to hold map / 1 / Clothing
Hat (e,g, REI Sahara Cape Hat ) / 1 / Clothing
Hiking Gloves (e.g., Warmers Solar Gloves – Unisex (fingerless) ) / 1 / Clothing
Pants, Hiking (e.g., Railriders) / 1 / Clothing
Shirt (e.g., IbexWear Qu T Men’s Short Sleeve 17.5 Micron Merino Wool T-Shirt) / 1 / Clothing
Apple Iphone / 1 / Electronics
Apple Ipod Nano / 1 / Electronics
Brunton ADC Pro Weather Forecaster/Altimeter/Watch / 1 / Electronics
Delorme Inreach Explorer / 1 / Electronics
Ear Buds (for Iphone/Nano) / 1 / Electronics
The Fenix LD01 / 1 / Electronics
Boots (e.g, Keen Targhee II Mid Hiking Boots – Men's.) / 1 / Feet
Gaiters (e.g., Rab eVent Shortie Gaiters Ultra-light gaiters) / 1 / Feet
Insoles (e.g, Orange Superfeet Insoles for Maximum Hiking foot protection ) / 1 / Feet
Liner Socks (e.g, Smartwool Crew Merino Wool Liner Sock) / 1 / Feet
Socks (e.g., Injinji Crew Toesock ) / 1 / Feet
Hiking Poles (e.g, Black Diamond Alpine CF Trekking Poles (Pair)) / 1 / Misc Item
Iphone Tripod Case and Tripod / 1 / Misc Item
Map Book (e.g., Erik the Black’s JMT Guide or E. Wenk’s JMT Data Book) / 1 / Misc Item
Pocket Tool Chest (Pocket Knife), Wenger / 1 / Misc Item
Reading Glasses, Primary / 1 / Misc Item
Sunglasses and Sunglass Case / 1 / Misc Item
Three 2 feet long glo-pink or glo-yellow or glo-orange (AKA fluorescent) flagging / 1 / Misc Item
Two Fisher Space Pen Stowaway / 1 / Misc Item
Whistle, (e.g,ACR WW-3 Emergency Whistle ) / 1 / Misc Item
Chapstick (e.g,, LypSyl LypMoisturizer) / 1 / Toiletry
Hydration System (e.g,, CamelBak Pakteen) / 1 / Water