Have at my friends, have at.

How do you protect your legs from wind and rain? Have you lived in CO for awhile?

Is your Gerber fixed or folding? A Mora #1 fixed blade in plastic sheath is around 3 oz, and a fixed blade is more durable and functional.

I didn't see any emergency items like a mini Bic, compass, whistle, or backup water purification tablets listed.

If you're just heating water or cooking small portions, you might be able to take only the smaller pot (probably around 4 oz) of the GSI kit and use a foil lid. I have an older GSI kit I use parts of sometimes, and the lid alone weighs 2 oz. I'm planning to make and experiment with a Heineken 24 oz beer can pot (around 1.2 oz). Hot meals are a luxury, and I prefer to reserve my luxuries for sleeping because that has more impact on my enjoyment.

Alcohol stoves are lighter and fun to build and play with.

I use a tiny container of baking soda as toothpaste. It's lighter and doesn't have a potentially animal-attracting odor.

Rich,

I am at a loss to accuratley review your list. Where are you going? Are you gunna be alone? Is this your complete list?

I started a thread titled:
Suggested GEAR LIST ETIQUETTE

– LINK –

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=31018&skip_to_post=262364#262364

And – I would take some soap, the cause of campers diareah is fecal hand contamination, easily solved with hand washing.

You can strip off several oz. from your pinnacle. There is a thread in the archives on doing this to a Jam, same concept.

No light source? Weight on the tent. Does that include stakes?

Ok…I've lived in Colorado for 5 years. I used to live in Telluride, CO and lost 3000 feet of elevation when I moved to Denver.

Tent…yes, that's the weight of the tent with stakes.

For light source, I used a BD Ion. Whistle is on the pack already. Compass…I spent 9 years in the Army as an infantryman/Ranger. I have a good sense of direction and can figure out north many different ways. Thank you advanced land navigation courses.

As for soap, I use alcohol to wipe my hands if needed. I use toilet paper.

As for where I'm going, that's just my basic everyday list. As in spending 3 days in Rocky Mountain National Park. And yes, that's me going by myself.

As stated in another post, I've invited people who live in Colorado to go along, even saying I would ride my bike up to 75 miles to meet them, but had no takers. Which makes me wonder sometimes.

Mike C. I will check out that thread of yours and then edit my list in accordance. But I don't own a scale and will not buy one.

Andy…I've been thinking about an alcohol stove for awhile. And I've been looking at getting a different pot from GSI. The thing is…as my username the one in parenthesis (which I wonder why it's there), I'm a dirtbag. I try to live a simple life by not buying stuff I don't need. Since the cookset I have now works fine, it'll be awhile before I buy a new one.

Gret…as for stripping off parts of the pinnacle, yeah I'll eventually shorten the straps and cut out the bladder holder, but that's pretty much it.

Rich,
Kudos on not succumbing to gear-nerd consumerism :) I like to use my gear til it wears out, not just til I find an upgrade that I can't resist (unless I can upgrade for cheap). It can be tough, though, when there's cool new stuff emerging year after year…

The only question I can think of here is food storage. Are you hanging or using a canister? (I guess that depends where you're going.) Do you have an OPsack? Also, I agree that backup water purification is a good idea–take some tabs or drops in case the steripen bombs on you.

Random thoughts:

Food storage: If you're going to RMNP, a bear canister is required. Otherwise, you need a bag and some cord for hanging or (if, like me, you can't throw) an Ursack.

If you're going to be at high altitudes, you want something warm and dry on your legs. A lot of nights will be below freezing and it can snow any time. (I grew up in Wyoming and Colorado and have seen plenty of summer snowstorms on trips I've taken back there since then!) Do you really spend a day traversing a 12,000 foot ridge in a snowstorm in only shorts? That NeoAir is going to be pretty darn cold when it's below freezing; consider a piece of CCF pad to go with it.

I never trust manufacturer weights because I've found that they're usually understated, often seriously so. I've returned stuff where the weight was grossly understated! For clothing, the weight listed is probably not for the size you wear. It takes more time to look up weights on manufacturer websites than to weigh the stuff yourself, lol!

As for a scale, it has lots of other uses: postage, cooking from European recipes, measuring food (even if you're not dieting, don't you want to know the approximate calories in what you're taking so you know if you have enough to sustain you?). My spreadsheet of all my gear items is even more useful as a checklist than as a "pack weight control" device. But if you really don't want to go there, at least weigh your pack on the bathroom scale (yours or borrowed) rather than a random guess. I have a strong suspicion that it will be a lot more than your estimate!

Light source–not on your list? Something with which to light your stove? (Don't count on built-in piezo lighters; they tend to malfunction in a year or two.) If you're only boiling water, why such a heavy. kettle? A KMart grease pot, with a piece of wire substituted for the knob on the lid, is 3.6 oz. and $5. Do you at least take a map? A compass can be good to have in a whiteout. How do you use the Steripen with a Platy bottle? Having had a Steripen that was almost useless, I strongly recommend backup chlorine dioxide tablets.