A couple friends and I decided to do a harder hike and camping trip over this past weekend. We ultimately decided on Gothic Basin, a 9 mile and 3000 foot elevation gain trail.
I met up with Charlie and we went to REI before our trek in order to pick up some gear and we began our trek. Unfortunately, we didn't make it for sunset because the hike up took a toll on us and sunrise the following morning was quite cloudy and foggy.
I later learned that my bag is pretty heavy in comparison to normal backpacking stashes (mine was around 50 lbs). Here's what my bag consisted of:
- Kelty Coyote 80 Backpacking Bag - 5.2 lbs
- Marmot Limelight 3P Tent (old version) - 6.7 lbs
- TNH Outdoors Sleeping Pad - 2 lbs
- REI Sub Kilo Sleeping Bag - 1.8 lbs
- Wise Owl Hammock - 1.4 lbs
- 3L Camel Bak Reservoir - 6.6 lbs (2.2 lbs per Liter)
- REI Flash Carbon Trekking Poles - .9 lbs
- MalloMe Camping Cookware Set - 1 lb
- Sony A7RII - 1.78 lbs
- Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 lens - 1.8 lbs
- Sony 35mm f/2.8 lens - .26 lbs
- Sony 85mm f/1.8 lens - 1.19 lbs
- K&F Concept Tripod - 4.47 lbs
- Anker PowerCore 20,000 mAh charger - .8 lbs
- Blanket - 1 lb
- Food - 2 lbs
- Another Bottle of Water - 1.5 lbs
- Flashlights and other miscellaneous - 1 lb
- Change of Clothes - ??
- Where did the other 7 lbs come from ???
Check out the vlog of our adventure!