What do you carry peak bagging
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In the interest of not continuing the thread drift in the for sale / wanted forum, I seem to have sparked a debate about what people carry for winter day trips: |
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General rule of thumb is to bring everything you need and nothing you don't. Oops, did I just violate rule 1? |
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I don't think so, this thread is open for debate, since the RRG PermaDraw thread is nothing I am interested in. |
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Nathan Stokes wrote:I don't think so, this thread is open for debate, since the RRG PermaDraw thread is nothing I am interested in.+2 I started reading that crap and yup - no interest. They should close that thread or put some sort of intelligence requirement as a prereq to posting. |
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I like to do my peak-bagging in the Mojave, in Winter. I generally carry a windbreaker, lunch, and a camera. |
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But you have to hike back down from the summit in the Mojave. That is the nice thing about snow, gravity makes the descent much quicker from a seated position. |
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Nathatn, |
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dude is that really taking up all the space in a 55 liter pack, or do you have a bunch of extra space? i like your list though, so your wearing softshell pants and bringing a hardshell layer, do you think you could lighten up by just wearing the hardshell and using the side zips to vent? obviously not as stretchy or breathable but light is right, right... my softshell pants weigh like a pound and a half then throw in a bit of wetness they get heavy quick |
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I prefer nothing larger than a 30 liter pack with food, water, sunglasses, phone, small first aid kit with space blanket and a down jacket and perhaps one more shirt layer. I wear the camera on me so I take pictures. |
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Well, the Alpinista 55 is actually 48 in size M, so it carries a bit more trimly. I'd say my list depends on the precise activity and the conditions, since my winter peakbagging is either on skis or in the Mojave these days. Personally I don't carry that much water ever in the alpine - if you're gonna need more than 2L, bring a jetboil - but sometimes in NV I'll carry 3-4L for a day, depending on objective, due to lack of available water. Many times I'll go with less clothing in the interests of moving faster - if I'm cold, i'll hike/ski/crampon faster. To compensate for that, I do bring lots of high-fat foods. I've recently started carrying the GPS - whiteout nav is a lot easier with it. Mostly I just pick my conditions right - if i'm not getting paid, I stay in the bar on shitty weather days. Of course, from what I recall of NE winters, ya'll might not have that option... |
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I carry marmot minilmist pants and first ascent bc 200 at the bottom of my pack (I use a 40L black diamond speed 40 (for 2-4 day trips) |
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I am curious why you bring along a synthetic t shirt though..or long sleeve shirt. never gets that warm in new england winters, to justify a t shirt, and if hot just stip to base layers so why the long sleeve shirt? |
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For day trips we rarely stop long enough to boil, especially with 5 persons or more on a trip. its long enough to scarf a bar or sammie and keep moving. But then again to get 18 or 20 miles in a day you gotta keep moving to keep it to 14 hrs or so. Normally I carry 2L plus my .75L thermos of hot beverage vs warm water. A 15+ mile day I would consider the 3rd bottle. Munching on Icicles is not a bad way to keep the thirst down either. The only time I really break out the hard shells is above tree line when wind is howling, or we are doing an extended seated gliassade from the summit. Depending on the forecast and trip I will leave the hard shell jacket at home and just bring a wind shirt which performs the same function in winter. The hard shells are mainly for backup. I tend to perspire a fair amount so swamping it up in hard shell pants is not my thing at all. The long sleeve shirt over a base layer and t-shirt is more for days in the low teens. The most I've ever worn while moving is a base layer, a t-shirt, a long sleeve t shirt and a soft shell jacket. If we are really banging out the miles I often push up the sleeves of the base layer and go bare armed. |
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I just dont understand why you have a tshirt, a long sleeve tshirt, and a baselayer. doesnt make any sense. |
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Things I carry that are not on your list: ski goggles/sunglasses (for above treeline travel), extra batteries (for headlamp), cell phone (just in case), first aid kit. A GPS is a really useful piece of gear for Winter travel (especially if you're stuck in a white-out). Hiking poles are also nice to have (for stream crossings, or snow travel, or as a make-shift avy probe, or even to splint a broken leg). On long days with potential route-finding challenges, I carry a pocket stove. |
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Unless you have verizon wireless, cell phones are for the most part useless in the northeast. AT&T/T-mobile get practiclly no service in the dacks or the whites. |
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I carry a paper GPS (map) and a compass a GPS is excess weight and potential failure point. Extra batteries are always in the pack but didn't make the list, the necessities bag has a fair amount more than listed, but those are the salient points (and a first aid kit). |
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From my limited experience |
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Mike N wrote:pictureIs this from Saturday as in 2 days ago Mike? |
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@wehling ya, 10/29. Hike went from 6am-12noon on the western route |