BMT Equipment

Pack Weight (Base Weight)

Base weight is everything you carry excluding food, water and fuel. Weight is VERY important. The difference between carrying a 25 lb pack versus a 45 lb pack up a 2,000 foot climb is huge and has gotten even more important as I have aged. And, since I have to fly to the start, I have a travel bag that holds my pack and poles and converts to a pack liner when I arrive.

My base weight is 15.0 lbs so with 10 lbs of food and 2L of water I will still be under 30 lbs when I start a section.

The “Big Three”

This is the pack, tent and sleeping bag and pad. My backpack is on it’s last legs – the material is starting to delaminate but I’m counting on the liner to give me one more big hike before I retire it.

Item	Type	Weight (Lbs)
Backpack	Arc Blast	1.8
Travel Bag/Liner	Zpaks	0.2
Sleep Pad	Therm-a-Rest NeoAir	0.8
Sleep Quilt	EE Enigma (10F)	1.5
Tent	BA Copper Spur UL 1	2.3
		6.5

Cooking/Hydration/Toiletries/First Aid

My cook “kit” consists of a titanium mug, a canister stove and a spork. For water I use a Platypus filter, a couple of 2L collapsable bladders and a 4L “dirty” water bag (plus some hoses). Toiletries consists of a toothbrush, a poop kit (trowel, wet-wipes), reading glasses and sunscreen and… that’s about it.

Item	Type	Weight (Lbs)
Cook kit (minus fuel)		0.4
Hydration	Platypus	1.2
Toiletries		1.0
First aid kit	Including Epi-Pen	0.8
		3.4

Clothing (not worn)

The weather looks to be mild so I can leave my long johns at home. I always bring emergency clothing (micropuff, rain gear) .

Item	Type	Weight (Lbs)
Hat/gloves	Zpacks beanie	0.4
Rain Gear	Zpacks Rain Robe/wind pants	1.2
Micropuff	EE Torrid Apex Jacket	1.0
Sleep wear	Shorts, t-shirt	0.7
Socks, buffs, etc	Toe socks	0.3
		3.6

Electronics/Misc

I am taking two external 10,000 mAHr batteries. Each one should recharge my Iphone 15 twice and keep my headphones and keyboard charged.

Item	Type	Weight (Lbs)
Headlamp		0.1
Wireless Keyboard		0.3
Batterie (10AHr, 2)	Nitecore NB10000	0.7
SPOT Satellite Tracker	Gen 3	0.3
Headphones/cables		0.1
		1.5