HAYDUKE ROUTE HIKE

Gear List

APRIL-may 2023

BIG 3

PACK: Mountain Hardwear Kanza 55 (I borrowed this 12 year old pack from my dad who only used it a few times. I wanted something with bigger capacity and something that I wouldn’t worry about damaging as I read that the packs get scraped up while bushwhacking and on canyon walls.)

SLEEPING BAG: Enlightened Equipment Revelation 20degree long/wide 850 quilt

TENT: 2016 Big Agnes Fly Creek 2

SLEEPING PAD: Thermarest NeoAir

HIKING POLES: Black Diamond Ultra Mountain FL Z-pole

WATER BLADDER: 3- 1L Sawyer Bags, 1- 1L Platypus Bag, 2 gatorade water bottles (1 to scoop up water and 1 to use for drink mixes) total of 5L capacity

WATER FILTER: Sawyer Squeeze, backflush plunger, aqua mira drops for backup

HEADLAMP: Black Diamond Storm 375

SHOES: Altra Lone Peak 6  (2 pairs. 1st pair lasted just 4 weeks of walking through sand, mud, water, and slickrock)                  

DRY BAGS: Loksak Opsak inside a 9L Sea to Summit Drybag (for food) & 8L Sea to Summit bag for clothes

CLOTHES - White Sierra nylon long sleeve button down (thrifted & worn last year on AZT. hand tie-dyed for this hike), ExOfficio damselfly pants (old, repaired, & hand dyed blue. Got holes and started falling apart. Replaced in Tropic), Prana recycled nylon pants (Parents sent to Tropic to replace ExOfficio pants), Nike Spandex shorts, Patagonia merino wool sleep top (thrifted), Felina sleep leggings (thrifted), Frogg Toggs rainjacket (rarely used), LLBean Goretex rain paints (thrifted. rarely used), Mountain Hardwear puffy jacket, Buff, Darn Tough & Icebreaker merino wool socks, nylon zip up sports bra (thrifted), underwear, beanie, Black Diamond fleece gloves, CopperFit gloves for sungloves, & REI brimmed hat (thrifted)

MISC. - Ryno Tuff 21W Solar panel (17.5oz), Inui 20000mAh battery bank (12.7oz), REI fanny pack, Dirty Girl gaiters, hand sanitizer, clip on sunglasses, iphone & charger, id, debit card, some cash, lighter, toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste tablets, nail file, comb, Dr Bronners, earplugs, chapstick, Trader Joe’s face & body wipes, iron pills, hair tie, sunscreen), first aid (bandaids, mole skin, acetaminophen, diphenhydramine, ibuprofen, antiseptic wipe, ointment) toilet paper, swiss army knife, duct tape, spork, REI pack towel, bandana as pee rag, flip flops, journal & pen, whistle, snow stake (for catholes), empty Talenti jar for cold soaking.
Plus + FOOD & WATER

FOOD: Since I was cold soaking for this hike I took the time to experiment with meals beforehand and prepackaged meals for food caches. Breakfast: oatmeal (with carnation instant breakfast chocolate powder, dry milk powder, peanut butter powder); muesli (with peanut butter powder, dry milk powder). Dinner: Soy Ramen; Rice & Beans (with dehydrated refried beans, instant rice, taco seasoning, nutritional yeast); Lentils & Couscous (with lentils, couscous, coconut milk powder, curry powder, nutritional yeast); Couscous Alfredo (with couscous, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, alfredo seasoning). Peanut butter crackers, protein bars, mango, mixed nuts, peanut butter pretzels, oreos, Lenny&Larry protein cookies, Caramel Apple suckers, Liquid IV, Athletic Greens