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Suggestions and opinions on light weight gear...

  • Robie
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14 years 11 months ago #198091 by Robie
pretty light right now, any lighter would mean leaving my false teeth home .

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  • trees4me
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14 years 11 months ago #198349 by trees4me

Light, Strong, Cheap.
Pick Two  ;D


I used to think this was true...

The light and strong category doesn't exist. Unless you go custom :'(

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14 years 11 months ago #198396 by climberdave
Crampons - CAMP xlc 390
Axe - CAMP Corsa
Pad - Big Agnes mummy pad (compress to virtually nothing)
Bag - Feathered Friends Osprey and sleep in your puffy coat/pants
Shovel - BD Deploy 3 - it mettle, small and the curved handle rocks for moving snow really fast
Probe - BD Quick Draw Tour - length is up to you but I like the 265 and it's mettle - this isn't a good place to save 
             weight IMO
Stove - Jetboil
Tent (if you're looking) BD First Light
Pack - what ever holds it all in place and looks good doing it  ;D
I have an Arcteryx Acrux 50 that is my go to pack for everything but inbounds and trips of more than 3-4 days (back packing, rock climbing, skiing you name it).  Striped down it fairly light and is tough as nails.   
Harness - Arcteryx Blackbird -  I even sport climb in this and unless you are working a route and hanging a lot - it rocks.

Good luck  ::)

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14 years 11 months ago #198402 by brownc9
Pack: Cilogear out of portland. I'm fairly certain that unless you have a trust fund, the fancy fabrics aren't necessary, but the standard fabrics are still light, reasonable, american assembled, and great for carrying.

Pad: the downlight is on my list once i get my dividend from REI.

Probe/Shovel: I get guide quality stuff here for tent platform digging in summer/ not getting a prob so short that I have to bend over to fully submerge it in the snow (3m G3).

Stove: white gas in winter, canister in summer

Tent: Hilleburg

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  • Jim Oker
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14 years 11 months ago - 14 years 11 months ago #198405 by Jim Oker
Lots of good ideas above, including the note on not skimping on shovel/probe, especially not going for the oddly short probes. If you haven't ever practiced with a probe, do so and you'll realize you don't want to be bending over to get your hands down to the snow surface in order to know your short probe is going deep enough.

Get a scale and weigh the stuff you put in your pack.

Water bottle - I put a 2 quart platypus in a pouch made of InsulBright (can get at fabric stores - reflective mylar with fuzzy stuff on it that is made for sewing projects like pot holders but you can just staple a fine pouch together using scissors and a stapler) that all slips in a light stuff sack. This gives me a well-insulated 2.5 quart carrying capacity for less than the weight of single uninsulated 1 liter Nalgene bottle. (I don't want one of those hose-drinky-thingies)

How about skis/boots/bindings? There are nice light options there, and they are what I think is called "reciprocating weight" - in other words you are constantly stopping it and then moving it, so extra weight there has more of a penalty on a climb than the same weight added to your pack. Dynafit/Dynafit/Dynafit.

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14 years 11 months ago #198407 by snowdawg
Scotsman nailed it, go see Jim at Pro Mountain Sports. With few purchases I shaved a ton of weight. I brought my overnight pack and gear and we started weighing things. Then Jim recommended areas where he thought I could save weight. For me it was a pack, tent, and some clothing. Also, Feathered Friends has some light weight bags (mine weighs 17 ounces) and they are warm enough for the PNW.

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