If you’re the kind of person who comes to the internet to find out how much someone’s pants weigh, to the nearest gram, knock yourself out with my LighterPack profile: https://lighterpack.com/e/g8hlzb
If not, you can find out what I’m carrying below.
And if you’d rather scratch out your own eyes with a tent peg than think about kit research, I suggest you give this page a miss.
Big 4
- Tent: Big Agnes Fly Creek HV UL2 (although because I am a tent tart, I will be trying out the new Big Agnes Tiger Wall UL2 when I get to San Diego and then agonising for 4 hours in REI)
- Sleeping bag: Marmot Helium 15F regular*
- Pack: Granite Gear Crown2 60 Ki regular (and I thought I had it bad with two middle names)
- Sleeping pad: Sea to Summit Insulated Ultralight* XS
Big 4 accessories
- Waterproof stuff sack: Sea to Summit Air Stream Pump Dry Sack*
- Sleeping bag liner: Lifeventure Silk Mummy grey, kindly given to me by the good folk at Lifeventure
- Groundsheet: hand-styled by me from a piece of Tyvek Homewrap (because no, your fancy pants tent can’t look after its own butt)
Clothing (worn)
- Shorts: Mountain Hardwear Dynama* 4″ M
- T shirt: North Face Women’s Tanken*
- Sun hat: Outdoor Research Papyrus Brim* L
- Pants: Ex Officio Hipkini* M x2
- Bra: Under Armour Mid* L
- Socks: Darn Tough Women’s Micro Crew L x2
- Sunglasses: Vans
- Buff: Original in Karkund Multi*
- Shoes: Altra Lone Peak men’s US 10
- Headband: Blom* in Bali blue
- Gaiters: Dirty Girl M black
- Shirt: Western Women’s Rise Airlight Shirt in Washed Denim M
Clothing (carried)
- Waterproof jacket: Berghaus Paclite* 12
- Waterproof trousers: Berghaus Paclite* 12
- Down jacket: Mountain Hardwear Women’s Ghost Whisperer Hooded* L
- Sleep legs: Icebreaker Oasis 200 Leggings*
- Sleep top: Icebreaker Oasis Women’s Long Sleeve Crewe*
- Wind shell: Patagonia Women’s Houdini* in Big Sur Blue M
- Sleep socks: Berghaus Women’s Hillmaster Merino* 7-8
- Camp shoes: Xero Women’s Z-Trail US 10
- Legs: Montane Trail Series Women’s Long Tights 12
- Warm hat: Smartwool Cuffed Beanie
- Gloves: Rab Power Stretch Women’s L
Kitchen
- Pot: SnowPeak Trek 900*
- Water filter: Sawyer Squeeze*
- Backup water sterilisation: Aquamira Drops
- Knife: Opinel 8*
- Scissors
- Tweezers
- Lighter
- Spork: Snow Peak Titanium Spork*
- Stove: MSR Pocket Rocket 2*
- Water reservoirs: Platypus 2L* x2
- Wind shield: homemade from Mrs Byrde’s tin foil emporium (the stronger stuff we use for the turkey at Christmas)
- Food bag: Exped Fold Dry Bag* L
- Cup: GSI Cascadian Cup*
Bathroom and care
- Consumable toiletries: Dr Bronner’s biodegradable soap, suncream, lip cream, deodorant, hand sanitiser, toothpaste
- First aid kit: Lifesystems Light and Dry Micro, kindly given to me by the good folk at Lifesystems
- Lady stuff
- Toothbrush
- Trowel: Deuce of Spades
- Loo roll (pack it out pack it in, let me begin…)
- Towel: PackTowl Ultralite* XL
- Mirror: Coghlans Featherweight Acrylic*
- Bug Net: Lifesystems Mosquito Head Net, kindly given to me by the good folk at Lifesystems
- Ditty bag: Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil* 4L
- Passport
- Consumable medicines: multivitamins, rehydration salts, ibuprofen, metronidazole for giardia, general antibiotic for UTIs
- Wet wipes
Office
- Camera: Sony RX100iii*
- Camera case: OpTech Digital Series Soft Pouch micro
- Phone: iPhone 5S
- Headphones
- Phone case: Aquapac
- Headtorch: Petzl Tikka XP2 (because who can argue against a headtorch named after a curry?)
- Personal locator beacon: McMurdo FastFind Ranger, kindly loaned to me by the team at Global Telesat Communications, who lend this kind of kit to a selection of charitable expeditions every year
- Power bank: Anker PowerCore 13,000 mAh*
- Adaptor: Yuwiss 2 USB*
- Tape: Tenacious tape*
- Cables
- Compass: Silva something or other
- Maps: printed 2 per A4 side from pctmap.net
- Notebook: Moleskin Soft Plain L*
Walking kit
- Poles: Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork, kindly given to me by Black Diamond after I challenged them to convert me to the way of the trekking pole. We shall see. Thanks friends!
- Umbrella: Euroschirm Swing Liteflex in UV silver: kindly given to me by the nice people at Euroschirm after I guilted them about me being a ginger in the desert
Sierra only
- Bear canister: BV500
- Crampons: Kahtoola MicroSpikes
*Anything marked with a * is an affiliate link, meaning – at no cost to you – I get some commission from the selling site. Google, different prices and other shops are all available.
Philly Byrde 