Cant wait for new gear!

I'm changing out loads of old and new gear to dial into modular and trip specific gear. I've got a custom pack from KS Ultralight coming in from Japan in a couple weeks. Super excited to put my paws on it.

Now if someone would like to buy my tent over on Gear Swap then I'll put my order in for a custom cuben shelter. http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=104206

Ordered a 40* revelation long wide a few days ago, can't wait for it to come in! Also found a downmat ul7 yesterday that's on the way. Really excited about both one for three season use the other for cold trips!

got 20deg EE Revelation on order… still 4 weeks out.. anxiously awaiting

Ordered HMG Ultamid 4, for two of us and two dogs. Can't wait till it arrives! Still need to buy a centre pole, and then material to make bug netting and floor for the sleeping area.

Last month a new Caldera ti-tri inferno with 1.3l Evernew pot arrived, our first ultralight piece of equipment. So light, so simple yet effective, and titanium is beautiful and you can see that it will last forever. Haven't taken it out properly yet, just tried in the garden with inferno, amazing design.

Also bought two Thermarest Solites, and dozen 7.6" titanium shepherd stakes.

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Just picked up a Hilleberg Nammatj 2, much more tent than expected! Can't wait to take it out, still debating if its too much for sierra summer, or should I wait for shoulder season.

Also just ordered an Arcteryx Alpha FL for 60% off sierra trading post. Coming soon…

Locus Gear Khafra in CTF3 ordered today. This might be the longest 10 weeks of my life.

I love the smell of new gear in the morning! Especially if that morning is in camp.

We "Gear Queers" understand why you're all-a-twitter, as Dirty Harry used to say.

Of course my even greater "twitter time" comes when I modify my new gear. Modified new gear, it doesn't get any better than that unless you made the entire thing a DIY project.

I have a new Prolite mattress, Moment DW tent and Osprey EXPS 58 pack and for car camping, an MSR Whisperlite Universal in the past year. The tent and pack have been modded, the Whisperlite and Prolite stay as-is.

It's Soooo nice to use gear you've saved up for (or cajoled relatives into giving you gift certificates for purchases).

As of now I don't lust after anything but a good -20 F. DWR treated down winter bag. I had one but sent it back to Eddie Bauer due to a poorly designed neck collar.

New 10X10 tarp is on order and I can't wait!
More pitching options with the larger size will be nice. 30+ inches of rain in the last 120 days and the old 8X6X5 tarp just can't cover the downpours, spray and wind-shifts.

Still 7 weeks away (10 weeks to start) from a Locus Gear Sil Khafra and mesh with extended bathtub floor of Taffeta to stand up to my 6 and 8 year olds.

Wife, boys and I looking forward to a bit more room….last two years we've squeezed into a Golite SL3.

Hmmm. Got some new vegan cookbooks. And a couple of pair of bugs away socks. And a pizza from Ledos. And a really cool bike pump from Portland Design Works.

Oh yeah, and a 10-week wait on some killer bags from Porcelain Rocket in dyneema x black.

WTB posting last week > TarpTent Stratospire 2 on my doorstep today!

Took it out and looked at it, but haven't pitched it yet.

Wanted one for awhile. Now that a good friend wants to be a backpacking partner, I have a justification!

I've got a bunch coming.

New base layers from Patagonia, Nikon 20mm 1.8 , some neoprene pooches for my lenses, a SS2 from Henry, and a sirui tripod from bhphoto.

We leave on Sunday.

Come on USPS don't fail me now!