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Waterproof bivy and a tarp is the way to go. I used to tent it but got to be to much hassle setting up and taking down. Save your money for a quality lightweight bag. Sleeping pads are ok but if you look you can find a nice grassy, mossy spot to sleep. Sawyer mini water filter, jet boil for food, big bag of brown rice with cut up beef jerky, your set. I try and go in at no more than 30 lbs cause I might have to come out with 150. My pack weight used to be 50 till I killed a big muley way back in the Alpine Lks. Came out with 160 on the back. 6 hr hike and couldn't even sit down to take a rest Keep it simple.
Quote from: fishngamereaper on September 21, 2015, 07:00:07 AMWaterproof bivy and a tarp is the way to go. I used to tent it but got to be to much hassle setting up and taking down. Save your money for a quality lightweight bag. Sleeping pads are ok but if you look you can find a nice grassy, mossy spot to sleep. Sawyer mini water filter, jet boil for food, big bag of brown rice with cut up beef jerky, your set. I try and go in at no more than 30 lbs cause I might have to come out with 150. My pack weight used to be 50 till I killed a big muley way back in the Alpine Lks. Came out with 160 on the back. 6 hr hike and couldn't even sit down to take a rest Keep it simple.30 pounds with gun, water, and food?!
I can do 30lbs all in but not with a rifle, even my 7lb ultralight. I feel pretty good going in with just 40lbs including all gear, food water and rifle with ammo though.
Rookie gear mistakes... RAIN GEAR! first year doing the high hunt, didn't bring any. Woke up to 2-3 inches of snow then turned to rain sucked, but still tons of fun. Tent, I use my 15yr old 3 season north face 2 person tent. Other then the poles elastic being broken still works and repels water, FYI they are willing to warranty the poles stillSleeping bag, I don't know I'm currently in the market as well. Most of my gear is old, and maybe heavy, but still works like a champ. Heck, my whisper light stove is pushing 25yrs old and still works like it did on day oneSent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
Quote from: Shank on September 21, 2015, 06:39:22 AMRookie gear mistakes... RAIN GEAR! first year doing the high hunt, didn't bring any. Woke up to 2-3 inches of snow then turned to rain sucked, but still tons of fun. Tent, I use my 15yr old 3 season north face 2 person tent. Other then the poles elastic being broken still works and repels water, FYI they are willing to warranty the poles stillSleeping bag, I don't know I'm currently in the market as well. Most of my gear is old, and maybe heavy, but still works like a champ. Heck, my whisper light stove is pushing 25yrs old and still works like it did on day oneSent from my XT1254 using TapatalkSo I've got good raingear for fishing and stuff (Grundens, Gage, etc.. but it's all really loud). Is there quieter stuff available nowadays?
Quote from: sirmissalot on September 21, 2015, 08:26:12 AMI can do 30lbs all in but not with a rifle, even my 7lb ultralight. I feel pretty good going in with just 40lbs including all gear, food water and rifle with ammo though.I've got improvements to make weight-wise. I can be under 40 without my rifle and with 1 liter of water, but that's all I got. A liter of water is all I would hike with anyway. I think a bigger gear improvement for me would be the size thing. I think I could upgrade to a more packable sleeping bag. I lose a lot of space there I think.Most of the stuff I have is of a decent enough weight for me. I'm not really an ounce counter type.
Never done the high hunt but..... Check out the BA Zirkel UL sleeping bags and the Q-Core SL Pad. I also have the a Klymit sleeping pad that is nice. Go to Promotive.com and join the U.S. Army team and you can get some killer deals on some backpacking stuff. I also like the Sawyer water filters.
