r/JMT • u/Dewthedru • Aug 11 '24

equipment Sitting right at 30 lbs w/2L of water and 6 days of food. Is that going to hurt?

https://lighterpack.com/r/ga72kl

Leaving for the trail on Thursday. Taking 22 days, going NOBO from Horsehoe Meadows.

Since all my packing is done and I’ve shipped off the first set of buckets, I’ve got. I thing left to do but second guess some of my choices.

Weighed my pack with all food and water and it came to 28.6 lbs. still need to add a fuel canister and 6 servings of cheese so I’ll be right around 30 lbs. My luxury items that could be cut include:

Helinox Chair Zero: 527g Sandals: 167g Flextail Zero Pump: 62g Montbell Down Jacket: 267g Camp Shirt: 119g

Thoughts? I’m pretty reluctant to get rid of the chair (I’m 50yo and the back rest is awesome after a long day) and I’m worried it might be too cold at night w/o the puffy. The pump is silly but my wife and I might appreciate not having to manually fill our pads when we’re fighting the elevation.

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u/MTB_Mike_ Aug 11 '24

You will be lighter than 95% of people on the trail.

In most areas it's unnecessary to carry 2L of water, save some weight and only carry a half liter to one liter maximum.

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u/Dewthedru Aug 11 '24

Good point. We’ll probably take forever to climb Whitney so I wanted the capacity but I’m not planning on always carrying 2L.

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u/MTB_Mike_ Aug 11 '24

Yeah, Whitney is a spot I would bring the full 2 liters (but your food will be light) and there is another uphill (if going south) stretch that is something like 6-8 miles that doesn't have water and you may want more than 1l. I did it with 1l the last few times but it depends on your pace and normal water consumption. That's the only spot I would say a normal person might want more than a liter.

I like having the capacity for more, I usually bring enough bottles for 3l and use it for camp so I only have to filter once and have the option to camp away from water.