Everything I need!

From years of camping  for fun, while hunting, and on kayak trips, I accumulated a pretty good selection of gear.  By first appearances - I thought cool, I have everything that I need.  But weight  was never an issue before...Mmhmm.

My trusty old Wilderness Experience 20° synthetic bag, about the size of a big watermelon and probably just as heavy...not good.  And in this corner, weighing it at an impressive -  7.4lbs...Euuuuu-rrrrreeee-ka, three person tent.  Wow!  Stove w/hose - heavy.  Stainless steel pot - heavy.  Sleeping pad, heavy and not very comfortable.

Heavy, heavy, heavy!  The bag, tent and sleeping pad alone are nearly 15lbs.  Okay, I'm on a major budget and now have a crisis.  Now what, but I became best friends with google and Amazon.

"Buy once, cry once".   all you Zpack folks, please don't  correct me.  I would love to have it - but can't afford it.   Period!  But that would be some nice gear to be homeless with. So my situation may or may not apply to everyone - and anyone it wouldn't apply to anyone else for that matter.

However, in my price range - what I can afford and should reasonably spend - every pound saved appears to cost me approximately one-hundred American Dollars.

I have to balance my cost to weight savings and not have everything I want but hopefully get everything that I need.  I probably won't be able to spend upper 200's for that sweet 2lb tent, just to shave 1 1/2lbs off.

I'll spare you all the boring research details, but let's just say that I may or may not have a tendency of getting a little crazy with informational overload.

Guilty!

Lets just say I found a tent, a backpack and a sleeping bag - all at 2017 clearance prices.  Still more than I really want to spend, but better than what I would have spent for the latest, greatest, current models.

Give me a lower case "yippy!".





I'm still buying items based on importance and need first - and when I win the lottery, I'll work down my list and check them off.  But here is how I'm looking now - hopefully my wife isn't reading, eck.

Marmot Tungsten 1P
Outdoor Vitals Summit 20
REI Flash Reg
Osprey Packs Exos 58
frogg toggs poncho
BRS-3000T Mini
TOAKS Titanium 750ml
Jetboil Jetpower Fuel 100gr
Fozzils Bowlz
Light my fire spork (2)
Sawyer squeeze

I'm actually in pretty good shape I think!  Equipment, not physical that is ha!  Don't get me started!

In all honesty, I have all the necessary clothing - but would be really nice to lighten up my footwear by replacing boots for shoes... -24oz. +$70.00.  We'll see!

See ya down the trail...





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