I’m a bit late at getting this information out. Each year I plant myself on the PCT about 50 miles north of Cascades Lock and Trail Angel. This year was boring. I picked the same weekend Cascade Locks was hosting a gear event for Thru-Hikers. Instead of around 50 hikers I only got around 25.
Anyway…this year I asked what gear people were carrying. It’s pretty informational. Here’s my ugly list….
SLEEPING BAGS:
Western Mountaineering – Summer Lite
North Face Cats Meow
Sea to Summit – Spark SP3
Marmot Helium
Ray Jorden Quilt
TWO x Zpacks 20F
Western Mountaineering 15F
Feathered Friends Flicker 20F
Marmot Pinnacle 15F
BACKPACKs:
TWO x Osprey Exos 58
TWO x ULA Circuit
ULA Ohm 2.0
Osprey Volt 75
THREE x Osprey Atmos 65+1
TWO – Hyperlite
THREE – Zpack Arcblast
Osprey Atmos 65 AG
Gossamer Gear Mariposa
ULA Catalyst
MLD Exadus
HMG Hyperlite SW 4400
Mammut
MLD Burn Cuben (This one surprised me…he carried nothing)
SHOES:
FIVE x La Sportive Wildcats
Two x Keen Targhee
TWO x Solomans
THREE x Lone Peak
THREE x Altra Olympus
Oboz ankle high
FOUR x Altra Lone Peak 2.5
Vasque low cut
Addidas AX2 (1,500 miles first pair)
Brooks Revenna
TENT:
Big Agnes Cooper Spur 1
Tarp Tent
TWO x North Face Storm Break 1
Hyperlite tarp
THREE x Zpack Duplex
TWO x REI 1/4 dome
Big Agnes Copper Spur 3
TWO x Tarptent Notch
Tarptent Rainbow 2
MLD Mid syl
MLD Doumid cuben
Big Agnes Flycreek 2
MLD Grace Solo cuben with Sea to Summit screen
Big Agnes Seedhouse with cross bar
Six Moon Design Lunar Solo
Tarptent Protrail
PAD:
Mountain Design
TWO x Z-Light
THIRTEEN x Neoair Light
APPS:
FIVE x Guthook
FIVE x Halfmile
TWO x had both Gutthook and Halfmile
Garmin GPS
Paper maps
Spot
That’s it……The Neoair Lite was the most carried item.
