Saturday, August 20, 2016

Getting Ready for the Tahoe Rim Trail

After the exciting births of two new grandchildren, Caleb Joshua, (son to Joshua and Toni) and Alistair John, (son to Joyelle and Alex), I find I have some free time on my hands.  I've been planning to tackle the Tahoe Rim Trail, (TRT) for a while so I think now is a good time.  For those that do not realize, the TRT is a high mountain trail that circumnavigates Lake Tahoe.  The trail is 165 miles in length and encompasses part of the Pacific Crest Trail.

My plan is to start this little trek next week, so I'll update the blog when I start

Here is a link to the TRT website.


Overview of the TRT
Link to TRT Website map


An elevation profile I borrowed from Lithic Goods.



I've included a copy of my selected gear for this hike.  Keep in mind this does not include food, (1.25 lbs per day) or water, (2.2 lbs per liter). I'll carry approximately 2 liters on the west side and up to 6 liters on the east, (dry side).  

 
Gear Group
Description
Amt
Wt
WT
PACK
Pack - Osprey EXOS 58 size small


37.0

Sea to Summit Rain Cover


3.8

Values in oz                 Sub Total


40.8





SLEEPING
Bag - Big Agnes Pomer Holt - 0ยบ


40.0

Thern-a-Rest NeoAir Xlite sleeping pad


12.0

Sea to Summit Ultra Sil Dry compression sack


3.2

Sub Total


55.2





SHELTER
Tent - Big Agnes Copper Spur U1 and WP stuff sacks


39.5

Footprint - BA Copper Spur U3 modified for vestibule + WP sack


8.2

Sub Total


47.7





CLOTHES WORN
Shirt - Mountain Hardwear Chiller size medium w/permethin


8.7

Pants - Propper Summer Wt Tactical 


12.1

Underwear - Jockey Polyester


1.3

Socks - Ininji Toe Outdoor mid weight crew size xlarge


3.3

Boots - Salewa MS ALP Flow Mid GTX size 10 


32.8

Nike wrist sweat band


0.5

Hat - REI desert cap


1.5

Trek Poles - BlackDiamond Contour Elliptic


21.0

Watch/Compass/Altimiter Casio Pathfinder


2.5

iPhone 6+ and case


7.7

Knife - Benchmade 530


1.9

ID, Credit Cards , Cash


0.5

Sub Total


93.7





CLOTHES PACKED





Buff - treated for insects


1.4

Jacket - Mountain Hardware 850 fill Ghost Whisperer


7.0

Rain Jacket - Mountain Hardwear  Super Plasmic WP breathable


7.4

Arcteryx Alpha SL Pants shell


9.0

Base Layer Shirt -Patagonia Capilene 1 LS size medium


6.0

Base Layer Pants- Patagonia Capilene 1 size small


4.7

Socks - Dry Max size large
1
2.6
2.6

Socks - CoolMax size large
1
1.0
1.0

Socks - Ininji Toe Outdoor mid weight crew size xlarge
1
3.3
3.3

Ergodyne Gloves Thinsulate 40g


3.3

Sub Total


45.7





KITCHEN
Water treatment - Aquamira tablets, as backup


1.0

Water treatment - Sawyer Squeeze System


3.0

Lighter - Zip Mini


0.4

Spoon - Sea to Summit long handle folding


0.3

Water - Platypus bag 1L 
2
1.3
2.6

Water - Platypus water bottle .5L w/screen for initial filtration


1.8

Food Storage - Turkey Bag as liner 
2
0.5
1.0

Food Storage - Sea to Summit Ultra Sill Dry Sack 8L


1.1

Food Storage - Sea to Summit Ultra Sil Dry Sack 13L


1.4

Light line to hang food bag


2.0

Sub Total


14.6





FIRST AID
Zyrtec pills 


0.3

Mole Skin, bandages


0.8

Silver Hydrofoil - antibiotic


0.3

Mercurochrome - antibiotic 


0.3

Metronidazole 250 mg - Giardia


0.2

Tramadol  50mg - moderate pain relief


0.3

Oxycodone w/APAP - severe pain relief


0.3

Gold Bond Foot Powder - reduce stickiness of Leukotape


0.8

Bug repellent


0.8

Imodium (Loperamide HCL) 2mg - diarrhea


0.3

Super Glue


0.1

KT Tape


1.8

Leukotape


4.3

Sub Total


10.3





PERSONAL CARE
Soap - Dr. Bonners unscented


1.4

Toothbrush - travel type


0.5

Comb


0.3

Ear Plugs


0.1

Nail Clippers


0.5

Pack Towel


0.8

Sewing kit, safety pins, needles


0.2

Chapstick unscented doubles as zipper lube


0.1

Sun Block - stick applied


1.1

Wet Ones unscented antibacterial for sensitive skin


3.5

Antibacterial hand cleanser 1 oz


0.8

ZipLoc Bags, trash and gear storage


1.5

Toilet Paper


3.0

Sub Total


13.7





MISCELLANEOUS 
Black Diamond Spot Head Lamp


3.3

Tenacious Tape


0.5

Bug Head Net - treated w/Permethin


0.8

Sun Glasses and keepers


0.5

Reading Glasses


1.2

Spare Contacts


0.1

Knife/Multi Plier tool Leatherman CS


1.4

Paper & pencil


0.2

Ear buds


0.7

IPhone Charger 1.0 amp


0.7

IPhone Charger 2.4 amp


2.4

IPhone Backup Battery


11.0

iPhone cables


2.3

Plug adaptor


1.0

Therm-A-Rest Zlite seat


2.0

Ultra Sil Stuff sacks size S 
2
0.6
1.2

Ultra Sil Stuff sack size XS 
1
0.5
0.5

Ultra Sil Stuff sack size XXS 

0.4
0.0

Ultra Sil Mesh Stuff sack size XXS 
5
0.3
1.5

Spare Lithium Batteries AAA 
3
0.2
0.7

Sub Total


32.0





TOTALS 
 Total weight in LBS of the Essential Three


9.0






 Total base weight in LBS (does not include clothes worn)


16.2






Total weight for all gear in LBS  (includes clothes worn)


22.10


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