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    JM Addleman
    Spectator

    @jaddleman

    Locale: Eastern Sierra

    I was making an excel sheet for my gear, then I made a hypothetical XUL one, then I started making a heavier one to be very comfortable and around 15lb. But I couldn't do it! Can you help? The idea is justifiable comfort/weight tradeoffs, so no silly Gregory packs or Kelty tents, but maybe some 'just because items'. Even when I try, I can't come in over 10lb :(((

    Luxurious Lightweight List:
    Ray-Way Quilt 25
    Pocket Rocket 4
    pot 6
    Gorilla 23
    Neo Air 9
    Platys+AM+FP 10
    Lunar Solo 26
    Tikka XP 5
    Frog Togg pants 6
    eVent Jacket 10
    Lofty pullover 7
    wool l/s 8
    pack liner 1
    hat/gloves 2
    wool longjohn 5
    extra socks 3
    FAK 2
    Bear bagging 2
    10 essentials 5

    159oz=9.94lb

    #1590602
    Jack H.
    Member

    @found

    Locale: Sacramento, CA

    pffft. I weighed my luxury baseweight last week at 48lbs.

    #1590603
    JM Addleman
    Spectator

    @jaddleman

    Locale: Eastern Sierra

    one day…

    #1590636
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    What, no pillow

    #1590640
    Angela Zukowski
    Member

    @angelaz

    Locale: New England

    Add some down booties to your decadent list! And a pot scraper and collapsible sink.

    Funny you mentioned this. I've actually been giving myself a serious guilt trip over my luxury items!

    I don't even want to tell people on here what I'm contemplating bringing!

    #1590644
    Rog Tallbloke
    BPL Member

    @tallbloke

    Locale: DON'T LOOK DOWN!!

    "pffft. I weighed my luxury baseweight last week at 48lbs."

    Jack, You've already eaten 8lbs of chips out of that sack of spuds?

    #1590660
    j lan
    Member

    @justaddfuel

    Locale: MN

    UCO Candle Lantern

    #1590661
    Zack h
    BPL Member

    @want2belite

    Beer?

    #1590664
    David Chenault
    BPL Member

    @davec

    Locale: Queen City, MT

    Book(s)
    Camp chair
    Sandals
    Beer
    Fresh fruit
    Bacon
    Bagels

    #1590730
    JM Addleman
    Spectator

    @jaddleman

    Locale: Eastern Sierra

    Yall bring up a goood point… if I can keep my luxury baseweight low, it means more space for 'luxury consumables'. Maybe a hammock for lounging, an ipod… I'm finding it funny how bad at this I am.

    Looked through Campmor to get some ideas… it's been so long! Look at this stove! Burns jet fuel! 56 oz! Ahhh the nights as a child I spent with a flashlight blackening my thumbs on their newsprint…

    #1590754
    Brian Camprini
    BPL Member

    @bcamprini

    Locale: Southern Appalachians

    +1 on David's list and add:
    Fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers
    Hammock
    Fishing gear
    Good cheese
    Good bread
    Folding bowsaw=big fires (yes, deadwood only in auth areas)
    Kite
    Slingshot

    "You might be a redneck" category:
    Fireworks
    Large gun outside of hunting season
    Portable DVD player
    Loud speakers for your MP3 (I'm seeing more of these, ugh)
    Drunken friends for fighting (seen some of these too)

    #1590759
    Sanad Toukhly
    BPL Member

    @red_fox

    – Down filled mat (e.g. Exped or Big Agnes).

    – Down filled pillow.

    – eVent pants.

    – Hard plastic bottles on top of your platys.

    – Extra clothes for sleeping in.

    – Wet Wipes.

    – Beer.

    Sid

    #1590770
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    A few items I actually backpack with that are definitely luxury items:

    –Cushy XP pillow from Arrowhead Equipment
    –Japanese pull saw, weighs about 5 oz. (not on all trips, but on any trip I think a nighttime fire might be nice)
    –A knife for batoning
    –2 titanium mugs – one for hot chocolate and a small one for scotch/coffee
    –Scotch (in a titanium flask)
    –A 2-cup ziploc container with lid and cozy for rehydrating/eating
    –A cozy for my MLD 850 pot
    –Down booties in colder temps

    I also prefer backpacking with a hammock, so a bit extra weight there. I don't pretend to be UL, just a lighter weight backpacker (my base is still around 15 pounds in colder temps)

    #1590780
    Brian Camprini
    BPL Member

    @bcamprini

    Locale: Southern Appalachians

    Douglas–do you have any more info on that Japanese saw? That's pretty light if it works well and carries OK.

    #1590799
    . .
    BPL Member

    @biointegra

    Locale: Puget Sound

    A watermelon

    #1590872
    Rog Tallbloke
    BPL Member

    @tallbloke

    Locale: DON'T LOOK DOWN!!

    "A watermelon"

    Lol. I did this once. It weighed about the same as the rest of my kit. I carried it across a causeway onto the tiny island of Ciovo off the coast of Croatia and along a cliff ledge for 2 miles to our destination, a tiny fishermens chapel with a well overlooking the Adriatic.

    I must return.

    #1590878
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    I just weighed it, it's 172 grams (just over 6 ounces, with the plastic 'cover' on the blade). I bought it at Harbor Freight Tools, I think it was called. Pic below next to tent stake for comparison. Of course, a concerted ULer could lighten it up by putting a different handle on it. They make a smaller one as well.

    It works great, I've used it to cut through 4"-5" pieces of tree (already down, of course) for fires. Goes through it pretty quickly.

    .saw

    #1590888
    Brian Camprini
    BPL Member

    @bcamprini

    Locale: Southern Appalachians

    Douglas–I like that saw. Maybe not an every trip item, but for more leisurely trips it's perfect. This along with a knife for splitting wood and you can really go pyro even when it's wet. Thanks for the photo.

    #1590924
    >> Bender <<
    BPL Member

    @bender

    Locale: NEO

    Here is a lighter Harbor Freight pull saw. I don't have this but if I remember correctly it was just over 2oz.

    Luxury Saw!

    #1590932
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    Yup, 2 oz. (on my cheapo scale). I bought that one too. But I haven't used it, I like the larger one so much I haven't bothered to bring the smaller one yet.

    #1590935
    George Matthews
    BPL Member

    @gmatthews

    a bazooka is very handy on the trail…

    bazzoka

    #1590954
    Kimberly Wersal
    BPL Member

    @kwersal

    Locale: Western Colorado

    I have NO problem coming up with a Luxury List– the problem is to NOT carry everything on the list:

    Monarch butterfly chair
    wine
    chocolate
    paperback
    ipod
    pillow
    bucket

    #1590976
    Jim York
    Member

    @jimbawb

    Locale: PNW

    Ok, so I'm a noob….

    a bucket?

    #1590991
    Countryman _
    Member

    @noshroud

    Only eat fresh delicious food. Make a dry ice cooler and bring steak.

    Bring a pyramid tent and one of those titanium wood burning stoves from titanium goat to heat it, this would (unfortunately in this case) weigh less then 5 lbs. You can also combine this with one of those "hammock tents" that fully surround a hammock.

    A water pump.

    You don't have any games.

    You'll want a full frame pack…

    Gear for a second person. Ask someone to accompany you for the day on a "training hike". Accidently get lost and then save the day with extra clothes and a sleeping bag that somehow fit.

    #1590995
    Rog Tallbloke
    BPL Member

    @tallbloke

    Locale: DON'T LOOK DOWN!!

    I have an "Imperial Ireland" folding lock-knife with a stout 3" blade and a 3" pull saw. It's my favourite gardening and backpacking tool.

    There's one on the bay at the mo olnly shipping stateside if anyone wants it. item# 310209083710

    .Imperial knife

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