Sunday, June 24, 2012

Pre-Camp Camping

I feel a little "spacey" looking at this picture. It seems like Loda and I should be on some kind of ship, orbiting the planet. Or quarantined somewhere. It's the blue tones and the silver (in actuality, white) tent flap.

Anyhow, we survived our overnight at the Chena River Recreation area! We made it though setting up a total of three tents, weighing gear, a Midnight Sun Run, and a Jet Boil tutorial.

But does that mean we're ready? Considering we have less than two weeks, I sure hope so!

Here's the weight of the community gear and the gear configurations:
Jet Boil #1: 15 oz
Jet Boil #2: 15 oz
Fuel (4 cans): 12 oz each x 4 = 48 oz total
Bear Spray: 8 oz
First Aid Kit and Breathing Barrier: 8 oz
Red tent (tent only): 5 lbs. 3 oz (83 oz)
Red tent (poles): 1 lb. 1 oz. (17 oz)
Blue tent (tent only): 4 lbs. 3 oz (67 oz)
Blue tent (poles): 1 lb. (16 oz)
Total weight of community gear: 277 oz / 4 = 69.25 oz (approximately 4.5 lbs.)

Person #1:
Red tent only
Total weight: 83 oz

Person #2:
Blue tent only
Total weight: 67 oz

Person #3:
Jet Boil #1
2 Fuel cans
Bear Spray
Red tent poles
Total weight: 64 oz

Person #4:
Jet Boil #2
2 Fuel cans
First Aid Kit and Breathing Barrier
Blue tent poles
Total weight: 63 oz

Obviously Person #1 will be carrying a good amount of extra weight, but if we swap out everyday our weight distribution will be pretty even by the end of the trip. Each of us would have carried different items and would have had a light day (63 oz) and a heavy day (83 oz).

This would be the weight if we took Amanda's blue tent and red tent. If we took different tents, then the weight configurations would be slightly different.

I tried to double-check my math, but if there are any mistakes, I'll correct them and re-post.

1 comment:

  1. Now I see why you were trying to sacrifice food weight and space ... arg. The stoves and tents on the list are incredibly heavy and bulky for even a man's weight backpacking gear, which leads me to believe the bags and pots, other basics are too. I hope everyone involved stayed below ideal pack weight for base body weight and don't get hurt! In any case, every new trip will be a new learning experience. I can't wait to hear about this adventure and about the trip on the Resurrection next year!

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