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Rae Lakes Loop: 8th to 10th August 2005
Conclusion / Gear List
We completed the loop much more quickly than planned, in half the
time actually, but we never rushed, except for a little bit on the last
day, but that's to be expected (yep, I'm like a horse that smells home
at the end of a trip). I would like to go on a long trip
in the future and this experience has taught me that unless it has good
swimming holes I might as well plan high mileage days from the start.
One thing that surprised me was our food intake, specifically on the
second day, our only day where we only ate the food we brought. I
was worried that with our strenuous activity the ~ 2600 calories per day
would not be enough but on day 2 we only ate about 2/3 of our dinner and
didn't finish all of our snacks. It may have been the altitude but I'm
inclined to think that I just brought too much food. Next time
I'll bring less.
The items that we carried in our packs are listed in the table below,
excluding food, water, and clothes worn or items carried in our pockets.
| Casey's Gear |
Emily's Gear |
| Gossamer Gear Mariposa Backpack with
trash compactor bag liner for rain protection |
GVP G4 Backpack with trash compactor
bag liner for rain protection |
| Nunatak Arc Alpinist Down Quilt |
Jack R Better No Snivelers Down
Quilt |
| Big Agnes Insulated Air Core
Mattress, 2.5" thick, full length with mummy cut |
Big Agnes Insulated Air Core
Mattress, 2.5" thick, full length with mummy cut |
| 1 Liter Aqua Fina Water Bottle |
1 Liter Wide Mouth Nalgene Bottle
(non-boil) |
| Clothes in Mosquito Head Net (fleece
pullover, Rainshield jacket and pants, fleece headband, fleece
mittens, thin synthetic ankle socks, synthetic underwear, long
silk underwear, child's water-wing cut in half and used as inflatable
pillow in Thermarest pillow sack along with extra clothes) |
Clothes in Mosquito Head Net
(Campmor full zip fleece jacket, Rainshield jacket and pants,
fleece cap, fleece gloves, synthetic long sleeve top, synthetic
long sleeve bottom, cotton sarong, child's water-wing cut in
half and used as inflatable pillow in Thermarest pillow sack
along with extra clothes) |
| Bear Vault Bear Canister |
Coleman Peak 1 Tent with 6 Titanium
stakes and 1 mil plastic groundsheet |
| Cooking Kit (1.5 liter Teflon coated
aluminum pot, lid made from a pie tin, nesting Ziploc bowl,
wood matches in small Ziploc bag, one lexan spoon, one lexan
spork, Open Country pot gripper with holes drilled in it,
plastic 1 cup measuring scoop, Pepsi G soda can stove, 1 fluid
ounce measuring cup for denatured alcohol for stove, square of
aluminum foil placed below stove to reflect heat) and Fuel
Bottle/Windscreen/Pot stand (16.9 fluid ounce MetroMint water
bottle with aluminum flashing windscreen wrapped around it with
1/8" diameter steel rods to support the pot. |
Gallon Ziploc Bag (knife with
2" blade/scissors/ tweezers/etc,
whistle/compass/thermometer, key chain LED, film container with
vitamin I(buprofen), chap-stick, 1.3 ounce container of sunscreen,
toothbrush, floss, lighter, emergency waterproof matches,
Tylenol PM, safety mirror, sleeping pad patch kit,
band-aids/moleskin, ear plugs, 1.0 ounce container of Dr.
Bronner's liquid soap, tiny balm jar with Vaseline, Ziploc with
toilet paper, 3-LED headlamp, inhaler and nasal spray for Em's
allergies) |
| Camera in Ziploc bag |
Aqua Mira for water treatment |
| Map, Paper, and Pen |
Inside out Mylar potato chip bag to hold daily food |
| Casey's Base Weight = 10.0 pounds |
Em's Base Weight = 12.2 pounds |
In addition to Em's base weight she sometimes carried up to 1 liter
of water (2.2 pounds) and the food that we would consume that day (~ 3
pounds), stored in an inside out Mylar (to keep UV light or heat from
the sun out) potato chip bag on the outside of her pack for easy access. I carried the remaining food,
1 fluid ounce of denatured alcohol for each of our 4 breakfasts and 3
dinners, and also up to 1 liter of water. We almost never carried more than 1 liter of water
combined.
Both of us wore similar clothes while walking; running
shoes, thin synthetic ankle socks, synthetic shorts with built in
underwear, synthetic tee shirts, visors, cotton bandanas, prescription
glasses with transition lenses, and we each carried one 5-ounce homemade
trekking pole. Other than this I had a watch and
Em carried 2 ounces of 100% DEET in a pump spray bottle in her pocket
for easy access. She also sometime wore a bathing suit bottom,
top, and synthetic tank top.
With our recipe for success, keeping everything simple and light, you
can't go wrong!
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