JMT – Yosemite to John Muir Ranch

[Sam Sparks]

I will be hiking half of the JMT for 10 days starting Aug 11th. Two friends will be joining me and we will be resupplying twice.

After months of lurking BPL I've put together the below gear list:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YZscU6eQIs8XtkfXXXZUZQPu2QBTwH0N75cJzOJIsko/edit?usp=sharing

Any thoughts? Things I'm missing? Things I could cut down? Thanks in advance!

[Marko Botsaris]

Looks pretty good to me. The two main things that are a bit heavy are also the things I approve of. I used the Helium and a Tarptent shelter for many years in the Sierra. You will have a comfort buffer and will be ready for just about anything. Enjoy your trip.

I will be leaving on Aug 14 on my LKT attempt (longest known time). I'm trying to break 40 days. Its harder to take a really long time than you might think.

[Bob Gross]

I think maybe there is a McDonalds around the Charlotte Lake junction.

–B.G.–

[Scott Bentz]

Looks like a good list you have thought out.

My two areas are clothing:

2 long sleeve base layers. One in pack one while worn/carried. You could get away with just one long sleeve base layer and save 5.5. You do have a down jacket and it's August in the Sierra.

Wind shirt and rain jacket. To me, a wind shirt is redundant as the rain jacket can do the same thing saving 4.0. Personally, I leave my down jacket at the top of my pack at all times. When I get to a pass and it is howling wind or just cold I put the down jacket on and wear it down the other side until it's time to take it off. If

Enjoy your trip.

[Ben C]

I had a couple of things I would likely change. I would leave the mid layer at home. I would consider a quilt from EE and save about a pound – that's real.

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