This is the gear list for the 5 day backpacking trip in Hoover Wilderness (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest) in July 2019. I normally over-pack, so I have made notes (in bold parentheses). I could have easily cut out 7 pounds by eliminating the “unnecessary” items. Often when backpacking, less is more.
Clothes
- 3 short sleeve shirt (only needed 1 or 2)
- 2 pairs of shorts – one hiking, 1 “basketball” shorts (only needed 1 pair)
- Long hiking pants
- Smart wool medium base layer (for sleeping)
- Socks: 4 pairs (probably could have carried one less)
- Underwear: 3 pairs (probably could have carried one less)
- Sun hat
- Handkerchief
- Polyester puffy jacket
- Hiking boots
Cooking and water
- MSR pocket rocket
- 8 ounce isobutane canister
- Plastic forks/spoon
- MSR foldable spatula (for pancakes)
- Mini griddle
- Lighter/matches
- Seattle Sports collapsible bucket
- MSR 1L cookpot and bowl
- Platypus 1L collapsible water bottle (2) (only needed 1 water bottle as there is plenty of water, but the collapsible bottles weigh almost nothing and don’t take up much space)
- Platypus 2L collapsible water bottle (see comments above)
- Sawyer squeeze water filter system
Food
- Pancake mix (just add water type)
- Oatmeal
- Ramen
- Bear Creek Darn good chili mix
- Idahoan dry potatoes
- Knorr rice sides
- Starkist chicken packets
- Nutella
- Snack bars (Belvita, trail mix, Clif)
- Tea/coffee
Shelter
- Kelty Salida 2 – 4 1/2 lbs
- MSR thru hiker 100 wing – 1 lb (not necessary)
- Kelty Cosmic Down 20F – 2 lbs
- Sleeping pad: Therm-a-Rest accordian foam -1 lb
Backpack
Osprey Atmos 65L – 4 lbs
Everything Else
- Camp chair: Helinox chair zero (not necessary, but comfortable)
- Headlamp
- Knife
- First aid kit
- Anker battery charger – 26800mAh (heavy, bulky, and not necessary)
- GoPro Hero 7 (not necessary, but helped take good pictures)
- Bug spray
- Sun screen
- Flushable wipes
- Daypack
- Campsuds concentrated soap
- Sven folding saw
- paracord
