Everything I brought...
Here's everything you need to be happy on the JMT. Starting at the top row, and going left to right, and top to bottom:
1. 1/8" CCF pad with bivy rolled up in it and Wild Ideas Expedition bear can with ~14,000 calories and toiletries (sunblock, toothbrush and hand sanitizer) inside
2. Hexamid tarp (with guylines and stakes in stuff sack), EE 30 degree quilt, Neoair short sleeping pad, homemade Reflectix cozy (for rehydrating food in ziplocs in)
3. Jetboil Ti (with 4 oz fuel canister inside), battery "brick", rain jacket and down jacket, fleece hat, fleece balaclava and fleece gloves
4. 2 ea. 32 oz Gatorade bottles and 1 ea. 20 oz Gatorade bottle, camera tripod, TP, Icebreaker merino wool shirt
5. First aid kit (with MANY odds and ends--headlamps, aqua mira drops, repair kit, etc), SPOT, cell phone, and trowel, JMT trail atlas, long underwear bottoms, clothing stuff sack
6. MLD Exodus pack, possum down sleep socks, and one spare pair of 1/4 height running socks (what I hike in)
I did a pretty good job of bringing what I needed, and leaving what I didn't. I think I could've left a bit out of the first aid kit, but that's about it, without doing something drastic. Ultimately, starting pack weight (including bear can, first four days of food, and full fuel canister) was about 21.5 lbs. Weight of gear alone (no food or fuel) was around 12.5 lbs, and without the bear can, around 10.3 lbs. Later in the trip, I also carried the Steripen and camera, which started in my dad's pack. Dad's weight was slightly less than mine.
Everything I brought...
Here's everything you need to be happy on the JMT. Starting at the top row, and going left to right, and top to bottom:
1. 1/8" CCF pad with bivy rolled up in it and Wild Ideas Expedition bear can with ~14,000 calories and toiletries (sunblock, toothbrush and hand sanitizer) inside
2. Hexamid tarp (with guylines and stakes in stuff sack), EE 30 degree quilt, Neoair short sleeping pad, homemade Reflectix cozy (for rehydrating food in ziplocs in)
3. Jetboil Ti (with 4 oz fuel canister inside), battery "brick", rain jacket and down jacket, fleece hat, fleece balaclava and fleece gloves
4. 2 ea. 32 oz Gatorade bottles and 1 ea. 20 oz Gatorade bottle, camera tripod, TP, Icebreaker merino wool shirt
5. First aid kit (with MANY odds and ends--headlamps, aqua mira drops, repair kit, etc), SPOT, cell phone, and trowel, JMT trail atlas, long underwear bottoms, clothing stuff sack
6. MLD Exodus pack, possum down sleep socks, and one spare pair of 1/4 height running socks (what I hike in)
I did a pretty good job of bringing what I needed, and leaving what I didn't. I think I could've left a bit out of the first aid kit, but that's about it, without doing something drastic. Ultimately, starting pack weight (including bear can, first four days of food, and full fuel canister) was about 21.5 lbs. Weight of gear alone (no food or fuel) was around 12.5 lbs, and without the bear can, around 10.3 lbs. Later in the trip, I also carried the Steripen and camera, which started in my dad's pack. Dad's weight was slightly less than mine.