Backpacking Gear for a Summer One-Nighter

Your backpacking gear is a deeply personal series of choices. Each piece of kit will play a role in your experience when you turn your feet to the woods. Your shelter will determine how you sleep and how you spend your rainy days…your backpack, a direct extension of your being. I’m a firm believer in trying lots of solutions to the same problem, and over time, you’ll find the items that work best for you. I wanted to provide a super basic overview of the items I take with me, so if you are knew, you have a place to start. If you are more experienced, maybe you’ll get one or two ideas you might want to tweak in your own system.

Shelter:

Hammock: Dutchware Gear 11ft Netless Hammock

Tarp: Warbonnet Superfly 12 Foot Tarp with Doors, Dutchware Gear Continuous Ridgeline

Quilts: Homemade down underquilt and topquilt

Ground Cloth: Custom Tyvek groundsheet, 4 feet by 3 feet with grommets in the corners for staking out.

Food:

MSR Titan Kettle, Homemade Alcohol stove and Minibull Designs Foster Pot Coffee Cup, HumanGear Spork Combo

Ursak food bag or BearVault depending on regulations

Water:

Katadyn BeFree Water Filter with 1 liter bag, hydrapak 1 liter dirty water bag, 1.5 liter nalgene bottle, 1 liter nalgene bottle

Comfort Items:

Petzl headlamp (USB rechargable)

Dutchware Gear Pack Cover

Duece of Spades Trowel, Biodegradable Toilet Paper and Wipes

Dutchware Gear Sit Pad

USB Power block and charging cables

Paperback book

Chapstick

Butane Torch Lighter

Extra Clothing:

Socks, Boxers, Swim Trunks, Nike T-Shirt, Rain Jacket, Rain Pants