I just completed a wonderful thruhike of the Tahoe Rim Trail! My gear was light and held up well. Below is a list showing everything I used along the way.
Complete Gear List:
Backpack: Hyperlite Unbound 40
Quilt: Enlightened Equipment Revelation Sleeping Quilt (950 down / 20F / Regular / Slim / Draft Collar; Picture from previous trip)
Sleeping Pad: Nemo Switchback (Closed-Cell Foam / Short)
Hiking Poles: Black Diamond Distance Z Trekking Poles – Pair
Water:
- Water Filter: Platypus QuickDraw (days 1-4) Sawyer Squeeze (Days 5-7). Switched for no particular reason, both are good filters.
- Water Bottles: Smartwater or Lifewtr bottles (Three 1-Liter & One 0.7-Liter)
Kitchen:
- Pot: Olicamp XTS (1-Litre)
- Stove: Olicamp ION Micro Titanium
- Cold Soak Jar: Nalgene (16 oz, also used for rolling muscles)
- Spork: Titanium Spork (Long)
Food Storage:
- Ursack Major Bear-Resistant Bag (regulations just changed, and a hard-sided canister like the BV500 is now required for the TRT; picture from previous trip)
Electronics:
- Garmin InReach Mini 2
- Garmin Fenix 7X Pro Safire Solar GPS Watch
- Anker Power Bank (20,000 mAh)
- Nitecore NU25 400UL Headlamp
- Cell Phone for maps and photos/videos
- Cables
- Tiny Anker Wall Plug
Dry Sack with Extra Layers (also used as a pillow):
- Dry Sack: Zpacks Roll Top Dry Bag (10″ x 18″)
- Socks: Darn Tough Micro Crew Midweight Hiking Socks (1)
- Underwear: ExOfficio Give-N-Go 2.0 (1)
- Base Layer: Patagonia Lightweight Capilene Shirt & Pants (discontinued)
- Puffy: Mountain Hardware Ghost Whisperer UL
- Buff: Beanie
- Rain Coat: Outdoor Research Helium II
Restroom:
- Poop Shovel: The Deuce #2
- Hand Sanitizer
First Aid Kit (small amounts of necessary items)
Worn Clothing:
- Sun Hoodie: REI Sahara Shade Hoodie
- Shorts: REI Trailmade Shorts
- Socks: Darn Tough Micro Crew Midweight Hiking Socks
- Underwear: ExOfficio Give-N-Go 2.0
- Gators: Dirty Girl Gators
- Shoes: HOKA Mafate Speed 4
- Baseball Hat
- Sunglasses: Ombraz
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