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  • #3422112
    Michael M
    BPL Member

    @krampusoutside

    Locale: PNW

    So if I could do-over my gear list here’s how it would look round 2, shake me down people! :) Thanks!

    #3422114
    Michael M
    BPL Member

    @krampusoutside

    Locale: PNW

    Sleeping Mat I forgot to Check is in the total weight but not listed is a Synmat UL7 no bag at 15.87oz

    #3422124
    Ralph Burgess
    BPL Member

    @ralphbge

    You have either way too much stuff, way too little stuff, or just the right amount of stuff.   It all depends what the NCT is.   Should I know that?

    #3422129
    Michael M
    BPL Member

    @krampusoutside

    Locale: PNW

    :) The North Coast and Cape Scott Trails. Think WCT but more rugged (at least for the first 3 days)

    #3422155
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Oh I thought it was the North Country Trail. All 4600 miles of it.

    I’ve never seen flares or a freaking shower cap on a list.

    #3422161
    Michael M
    BPL Member

    @krampusoutside

    Locale: PNW

    So you’re saying I have too much stuff…?

    Flare is a hold over from hiking very remote areas should I need to pull the PLB, the shower cap is the bottle cap of a smart water bottle that serves as a shower.

     

    #3422172
    Bob Moulder
    BPL Member

    @bobmny10562

    Locale: Westchester County, NY

    Rain gear, fleece or syn puffy? Sleep mat? Map and compass?

    edit: oops, just saw the synmat 7 comment

    #3422181
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Well that makes a bit more sense.

    #3422182
    jscott
    BPL Member

    @book

    Locale: Northern California

    Bear spray? What were your own conclusions here. Also: it’s pretty rainy up there. How did the tarp work?
    actually I’m curious about what you think did or didn’t work. How was the mud and did your boots work, for example. I’m sort of surprised you went with dirty girl gaiters in this environment–kinda minimal, but you tell me.

    #3422198
    Michael M
    BPL Member

    @krampusoutside

    Locale: PNW

    @bobmny10562 Good call on the map I didn’t account for that on weight while it would likely just live in my pant pocket it should be on there. Rain gear would just be just the Houdini. I found the Frogg Toggs I took on round 1 unecessary for the short duration rain and summer conditions. There is a fleece there the MEC T3 coupled with the Houdini thats warm enough fur summer (avg. temps up there were 12-18c) Also didn’t account for the compass I just used a Suunto button compass but it still weighs something! Thanks!


    @book
    Re Bear spray its mandatory here we have 7000 black bears on the island alone and in this part of the island decent wolf and cougar populations as well. I didn’t have to use either the bear spray or banger on this trip but a lady who was just a hair behind us in time did as she extolled when she caught up to us at one point. I didn’t have the Deschutes (I just ordered it) on round 1 (I used a Hornet 1p) but it would have been just fine, it rained 3 times at night but very calm and mostly straight down I was shocked how calm the conditions were given we camped every night on the beach save for one inland site. I wore xUltra II light trail shoes, the dg gaitors and nylon paints I got muddy, real muddy but I didn’t mind wet feet and the combo did an excellent job of keeping the mud out of my shoes (which would suck). At camp I would zip off the bottoms and rinse them off along with the shoes and gaitors and go barefoot, worked great. I was the only only person of the three of us with zero foot issues while my partners had blister and pain issues… They wore boots and big gaitors.

    #3422232
    Bob Moulder
    BPL Member

    @bobmny10562

    Locale: Westchester County, NY

    Looks as if you’ve got it dialed, basing the tweaks to your kit on prior experience.

    Have a good time.

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