Sep 20, 2019
SHOW NOTES
Backcountry Gear Challenge: fit 10 days worth of gear into 55 pounds
Top-of-the-list item: Tag/Hunting license!
• Sleep systems: Sleeping bag, pad, & tent
• Backpacks: Types and recommendations
• Raingear: Jackets & pants, pack covers, drybags for camera & electronics
• Clothing & footwear: From skin to shell. Underwear, base layer, pants, shirts, the annoyance of layering, puffy coats & pants, neck gaiters and warm hats, appropriate boots, Crocs and manliness, crampons, and more.
• Cooking systems: backpacking stoves, fire starters, water filters, water containers, and the critical Life Straw
• Optics: Rangefinding binoculars, Badlands bino harnesses, spotting scopes,
• Communication: inReach Mini, Midland handheld radios, lithium batteries, solar chargers, battery reservoirs, smartphone headphones, headlamps, and compasses.
• Camera: Smart phone vs. compact lightweight DSLR, plus Phone Skope
• Tripod favorites: Outdoorsman Medium and Spartan Precision Sentinel
• Rifle, Ammo, & Accessories: sling, Galco ammo carrier, Spartan bipod, Otis cleaning cable, electrical tape (yellow!), ballistic chart, wind checker, and handgun if applicable
• Knives & Accessories: Leatherman Tool, fixed-blade hunting knife by Browning, Arno Bernard, or Siembida Custom Knives; Outdoor Edge or Havalon, compact EZE-Lapp diamond stone, Outdoor Edge folding saw, Gransfors Bruks Hunter's Axe, Kuiu or Caribou Gear game bags, contractor-grade garbage bags
• Health & Hygiene: compact deodorant, hand soap, toothbrush & paste, floss, Airborne tablets, Zip Fizz, MTN OPS, Ibuprophen, Mucinex D, NyQuil, Blister kit, sunscreen, chapstick, vaseline, sunglasses, wipes, bug spray, bug net, knee braces, TETRA ear pro, notebook
• Food: Mountain House and other freeze-dried brands, snacks, gum, hard candy, energy supplements, Montreal Stake Seasoning, coffee or tea
RESOURCES:
Mountain Hardwear sleeping bags
Spartan Precision Carbonlite Tent
Barney's Sports Chalet "freighter pack"
Sitka Mountain Hauler 6200 pack
Sitka Gear Stormfront raingear
https://kryptek.com/catalog/category/rain-gear/
LifeStraw portable water filters
Leica Geovid rangefinding binos
Zeiss Victory RF rangefinding binos
Swarovski ATS 65 spotting scope
Leupold 12-40 x 60mm Gold Ring spotting scope
Spartan Precision Sentinel Tripod
Spartan Precision Javelin Bipod
Galco Gunleather "Stalker" ammo carrier
Otis cleaning kits with flexible cable
Arno Bernard Dagga Boy drop point knife
Siembida Custom Knives Instagram page
Outdoor Edge Razorlite exchangeable blade knife
Havalon exchangeable blade knife
Mountain OPS energy suppliments
TETRA hearing enhancement/protection
Mountain House freeze-dried meals