I installed the expedition pockets to my Aarn Featherlite Freedom, and had all of my rain gear( Montane jacket, Montane Featherlight pants and mittens) /emergency/medical and personal hygiene gear on one pocket and food including my trail munchies as well as my camera,insulated mug (S2S) in the other. On the front of the pockets I had my drink bottles, 2 x 600ml.
I was testing (courtesy of Doug Johnson from BPL) a pair of camo GG Lightrek poles. Two sections with strap and small basket, about 230g for the pair (!!!)
http://www.gossamergear.com/cgi-bin/gos ... _Camo.html
Less than half of the weight of my BD poles but more than strong enough for the trail ( we did some river crossing and several bits on scree) as well as strong enough for my Contrail.
(the previous one piece GG poles were lighter but felt a bit fragile to me and did not have a strap, a "must" for me)
A couple of last minute weight/volume reduction were the Neo Air and the Western Mountaineering Hooded Flash Jacket.
The Neo saved me 2/3ds of the bulk of the Prolite 4 and almost 400g (360g versus 750g). Below zero I would have had to shove my day clothing under it but did not do that on the two trips.
The WM took the place of my Montane puffy jacket (synthetic) and my angora jumper. To saving 460g (WM inc stuff sack 290g, vs 760g)
I used the TiTri Caldera cone/550 pot, boiled about 2 liters per day , spilled some but still had enough for another day from my initial 460-480ml supply of metho.
I know have a snuffer, so I just pour some alcohol in the stove, when it boils I extinguish the flame and pour back the remains into the bottle.
Some pics from the walk and the gear.
Franco
BTW, met a guy that does 20-30 miles in that area with a 30L pack . He eats 4 bars a day.
Most other walkers had bigger packs than me except for the through hikers and some section hikers.. One was 7-8 days away from the Canadian border having started in Mexico in mid April.
( ULA Circuit pack, Contrail, foam mat, WM bag)
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