Are you curious what our Backpacking Gear List looks like? It’s been a while since my last blog post, due to our backpacking in Greyson Highlands and Mount Mitchell for the Guilford County Schools’ allotted spring break week.

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And to be honest, we had such an amazing, connected-to-nature, absent-of-stress vacation that the week back to work has been depressing. I spent all of Monday sobbing and haven’t had the energy to organize any of my content or fulfill my content calendar.

But here I am, and I’m just going to post these pictures raw, partly because I don’t have the time to edit them but mostly because it was so beautiful out there.

A Backpacking Gear List

It is “A” backpacking gear list rather than “The” backpacking gear list because we actually have many. In fact, we make a fresh list for specific things every trip. The following lists were made by Peterson, so give him all the credit! Obviously, the list may vary person-to-person. I, for example, need to bring bras, which he does not need to account for!

Gear List

• Osprey backpack 85L
• Backpack pack cover
• REI Tent
• Down Feather Sleeping Bag
• Cabelas Sleeping Pad
• Blow Up Pillow
• 1 Headlamp
• 3 Extra Batteries
• Med kit bag
• Toiletries bag (Toothbrush/toothpaste/floss/suntan lotion)
• Soap
• Microfiber towel
• Toilet paper
• Wet Wipes
• Bear Vault
• Bear Hag Bag
• Rope
• 5 Orange clips
• Portable battery pack
• 2 Lighters
• 6 Fire starters
• 2 Gas canisters
• Pocket Rocket
• Aluminum Foil shield
• Seasoning bottle
• Spork
• Douby pad
• Titanium Pot and coffee cup
• Egg case
• 2 knifes
• 3 Liter Camel Pack
• 2 48 Ounce Water Bottles
• Water pills
• Mini sawyer water filtration
• Steri Pen water filtration
• 3 Trash bags
• 5 gallon size plastic bags
• 5 sandwich bags
• 6 Grocery Bags

Clothes

• 1 Pair Hiking Boots
• 1 Pair Sandal or slip-ons or crocks
• 5 Pairs Darn Tough Merino Wool socks
• 5 Boxer briefs
• 1 Shorts
• 1 Hiking Pants
• 1 Sweat Pants
• 3 Long Sleeve Shirts
• 1 Cabelas Fleece Jacket or any other quick dry jacket
• 1 Marmot Rain Jacket
• 1 Winter Hat
• 1 Meachanic Gloves
• 5 Face/neck gators
• 1 Sunglasses

Greyson Highlands, VA and Mount Mitchell, NC

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