Most of these weights were measured on a cheap little kitchen scale. I don't know its precision or accuracy. Water resistant/Breathable -------------------------- Montane Aero pullover, large 2.3 Outdoor Research Ion pullover + hood, large 3.5 favorite Patagonia Pneumatic Anorak + Hood, Large 9 Patagonia Pneumatic Pants, Medium 6.5 Patagonia Helium Windshirt Pullover, Medium 5.5 Nylon Windshirt Pullover 4.5 $1 from Salvation Army Pearl Izumi Zephyr Jacket, Large 7.5 TNF Activent Pants with 2oz butt patch, Medium 9 Waterproof/Breathable --------------------- Marmot Precip Anorak + Hood, Medium 8.5 favorite Marmot Precip Full Zip Pants, Medium 10 REI Elements Jacket + Hood, Large 28.5 REI Elements Pants, Medium 12.5 Waterproof/Non-breathable ------------------------- Cayuga Medical Center Pullover + hood, Medium 7 $2 from Salvation Army EMS Rain Jacket + Hood, Large 10 Gaiters ------- Black Diamond Frontpoint, Medium 8 OR Rocky Mountain Low 4 Shoes ----- Asolo 520 GTX -- 11.5 67 LaSportiva Boulder -- 45.5 37 Montrail Hurricane Ridge, GTX -- 11.5 33 LaSportiva Fireblade -- 45.5 29 Asics Trail Runners -- 11.5 29 Teva Alp Pro -- 11 26 LL Bean Down Booties -- Medium 14 Hut Slippers 1.5 Insulating Layers ----------------- Montbell Down UL Inner Jacket, XL 8 Pearl Izumi Cloud 9 Pullover, Medium 10.5 MEC Northern Lite Pullover, Medium 11.5 favorite Marmot Driclime, L 11.5 Outdoor Research Revo Sweater, L 16 Patagonia DAS Parka, XL 32 Colorado Fleece Vest 13 COE Fleece Vest 9 EMS Fleece Pullover, Large 24 Eddie Bauer Ridge Line Parka + Hood, Large 59 REI 200 Polartec Pants, Medium 12 EMS full side zip fleece pants 20 REI 300 Polartec Pants, Large 21 Hats ---- Marmot windproof skullcap, one size 1 favorite OR windproof skullcap, medium 1.5 REI midweight polypro balaclava 1.5 Neoprene masque 1.5 Columbia Omnitech W/B hat with brim 2 Gloves/Mittens -------------- Kombi Waterproof Gloves, Large 7 Mammut Comet Gloves, size 9, Schoeller Dryskin 5.5 EMS Heavy Fleece Mittens, Large 5 Sierra Designs Down Mittens, Large 4 OR Gortex Shells, XL 3.5 Kombi windblock fleece gloves, Medium 4.5 Pearl Izumi Lobster Mitts, Large 5.5 Pearl Izumi Lobster Shells, Large 1.5 Polypro liner gloves, Large 1.5 Base Layers - Tops ------------------ Patagonia Silk Weight Capilene Short Sleeve, Large 4 Patagonia Midweight (lightweight?) Capilene, Large 8 favorite REI MTS Midweight Turtleneck, Large 10.5 Polar Skins 100 weight fleece, Large 9 Duofold Thermax, Large 8 fits poorly Base Layers - Bottoms --------------------- Silk boxers 1.5 Mesh briefs 1.5 Patagonia Lightweight Capilene Briefs, Medium 1.5 Polypro briefs 2 Eddie Bauer Polypro, Medium 8 favorite Polar Skins 100 weight fleece, Large 7.5 REI MTS heavyweight, Medium 10 Eddie Bauer Silk, Medium 4 Socks ----- Polypro Crew 1 Smartwool Crew 1.5 Fox River Wool Crew 2 Polypro liners 1.5 Acorn Fleece 2 LL Bean Fleece 4 Smartwool Hiking Socks 3 favorite Smartwool Expedition 5.5 Smartwool Midweight Ski Socks 4 Clothing -------- Heavy Swim Trunks 8.5 Light Swim Trunks 4 Gramicci Nylon Pants, Large 8.5 favorite Gramicci Nylon Shorts, Large 12 Light Nylon Shorts 4.5 Gramicci Cotton Shorts, Medium 10.5 TNF Nylon Pants, Medium 14 REI convertable pants, Medium (shorts only = 8oz) 12 New Levis 501, 33 waist, 34 inseam 27.5 TNF Polypro t-shirt, Medium 8 Cotton tank top, Large 5.5 EMS Cotton Flannel Shirt, Medium 16.5 Packs ----- Arcteryx Bora 95 Large (medium hip belt) 6039 ~122 Dana Bomb, Large 3650 78 favorite Golite Day, Medium 2000 9.5 Mountainsmith Mountainlight 2000 20 TNF Gym Rat 1600 26.5 Quest Mirage Lumbar Pack 500 15.5 Quest Sahara Lumbar Water bottle holder 50 5.5 Lowe Alpine bellows pocket 1.5 Stuff Sacks ----------- TNF black mesh 0.25 Golite Pouch, XS 0.5 Black and green mesh 0.5 Black mesh 0.5 Small Red 0.5 Small Blue 1 Mesh pot stuff sack 1 TNF sack 2 Marmot sack 2 OR Advanced Waterproof Sack, size #4, 9"x17", 1100ci 4.5 Blue Compression Sack 6.5 Green Compression Sack 8 Sleeping -------- Western Mountaineering Highlite, 32F, Long + ziploc 17 favorite Marmot Kestrel Dryloft 775 fill power down, 0F, Long 57 TNF Climber 3D, 32F, Long + ziploc bag stuff sack 30 Big Agnes Insulated Air Core Mummy Long + sack & repair 30 favorite Exped Airmat 7.5 + sack and repair kit 19 Mummy ground cloth - mattress cover 4.5 Mummy ground cloth - tyvek 4 Mummy ground cloth - 2mil plastic 1.5 Pool Float 18 MEC bivy pad 5mmx59"x20" 6.5 MEC bivy pad torso length 5mmx36"x20" 4 Thermarest Ultralite 25mmx72"x20" 24 Chair kit 18 Crazy Creek Canoe II Chair 21 Non-woven nylon mummy sleep sheet 4 Pocket Pillow 1.5 Non-woven nylon pillow case from airline pillow 0.25 Shelter ------- Eureka Mountain Pass XT Body+Fly+Stuff Sack 71 Eureka Mountain Pass XT Poles 18 12 Stakes+stake bag+guy lines+pole repair sleeve 11 2mil plastic ground cloth 4 mattress cover ground cloth 9 heavy plastic ground cloth 10 OR Double Bug Bivy 24 OR Basic Bivy (hydroseal bottom, goretex top) 21 SilNylon Tarp 6'x8' 8.5 SilNylon Tarp 10'x12' 18.5 Kelty Liteline guy lines, 35' 1 Amazonas Traveller Hammock 10 Cooking ------- MSR Dragonfly stove + pump 14 Stove stand 3 Wind screens 1.5 pot lifter 1.5 Repair kit+stuff sack 1.5 33oz fuel bottle 7 22oz fuel bottle 5.5 11oz fuel bottle 3 MSR blacklight 2L pot 6.5 MSR blacklight 1.5L pot 5 MSR blacklight top 3.5 WalMart 0.9L pot (handle removed) 4 Alcohol stove + lighter + windscreen + pot stand 1.75 Evernew 0.9L pot + foil lid 5 Small lexan bowl 2 Orikaso 18oz folding bowl 1.2 Large lexan bowl 4.5 Lexan spoon, knife, fork, etc. 0.3 each Campmor Insulated Mug + top 4.5 Water ----- Aqua Mirra 3 favorite 1L lexan nalgene bottle 6 1L polyethelyne nalgene bottle 4 0.5L polyethelyne nalgene bottle 2 2L platypus 1 Platypus drinking tube 2 50oz. CamelBak SnoBowl (min) 10.5 50oz. CamelBak SnoBowl (full weight) 12 24oz thermos 24 OR water bottle holder 1 Camp Trails insulated water bottle holder 3 OR insulated water bottle holder 4 Dogs ---- Ruffwear dog bowl 3 Granite gear dog bowl, large 3 Bison Dog Bowl, 1L 1.25 Fleece sleeping bag 34 Leash - 7' webbing, mini biner, choke collar 6 Personal Care ------------- glasses 1 glasses case 2 headnet 0.5 Pack towel 1.5 toilet paper ~2 sand stake (in lieu of trowel) 0.75 trowel 2 nalgene pee bottle 5 ethyl alcohol hand cleaner 0.75 Dr. Bronners Soap 0.75 Toothbrush & toothpaste 1.5 sunscreen 1.5 Light ----- Homemade LED headlamp with 3V lithium battery 1.1 Homemade LED wristlamp with two coin cells 0.3 Black Diamond Ion 0.9 Mad Rock Sequoia 0.75 Black Diamond Zenix IQ 5.7 Petzl Zoom with 4.5V battery 11 maglite solitaire with AAA battery and duct tape 1 Essentials ---------- 1st Aid/Emergency Kit "A Pound of Cure" 16 favorite swisstool 1.5 large swiss army knife 3.5 leatherman micra 1.5 small brunton compass 1 large brunton compass 2.5 Kelty Liteline, 50' 1.5 Map ~1 Photo ----- Canon EOS 300 with batteries, neck strap, film 14 Canon 28mm-80mm AF lens 8 Canon 75mm-300mm AF lens 17.5 Sigma 28mm-200mm AF lens 19 Lowepro Lumina Topload (modified straps and rain cover) 7 Sundog case 5 Sundog strap 1 Sundog waterproof cover 5 Sundog harness 3.5 Ortlieb Bag 15 Two extra CR2 lithium batteries 1 Ultrapod 1.5 Aluminum 54" Tripod 28 Modified tripod (6"-48") with Giotto MH-1004 ball head 19 Slik Able 300DX Tripod 90 Each extra roll of film 1 Canon PowerShot S2 IS with 4 NiMH AA batteries 19.5 Tamrac 5693 case for PowerShot 8.5 Cannon snappy+film+case+2 extra AA batteries 12 Vivitar fully manual camera + film 5 Samsung Zoom 115 9 Other ----- monocular 2 Thermometer/mini-compass on zipper pull 0.5 backpacking games 4 Sneff 1 MEC travel wallet 4 Tree Books ---------- Tree Finder, Watts 1.5 Winter Tree Finder, Watts 1.5 Rocky Mountain Tree Finder, Watts 1.5 Desert Tree Finder, Watts 1.5 Trees of the Eastern and Central US and Canada, Harlow 7 Trees of North America, Brockman 10 Pocket Stuff ------------ small knife, house & car keys, yellow photon II 1.8 house and car keys 1 handkerchief 0.5 wallet 2 watch 0.5 Lip balm + 4' duct tape 0.5 Bic mini lighter + 6' duct tape 1 Winter ------ Black Diamond Lynx Shovel 26.5 Ripper Snow Saw (in the shovel) 3.5 goggles 3.5 Reusable heat pack 4 k-lock 4 Skis ---- Salomon X-Free 8 $170 185 103/68/90 123 Diamir Bindings 60 Scarpa Denalis size 11.5 143 Life Link Skins + Ziploc Bag 11.5 Karhu skis 205 62-54-59 and bindings 108 Alpina BC Boots 73 Touring skis 210 51-49-50 and bindings 68 SNS boots 32 Leki Makalu 3-section anti-shock poles + 30' duct tape 27.5 Excel 153cm Poles 17 Climbing Gear ------------- PMI Cirque Bicolor 60m 10.6mm Rope 150 Edelweiss Onsight Bicolor 60m 9.9mm Rope 137 Edelweiss Speleo Static 60m 9mm Rope 122 BD Camalot C4 #.5, .75, 1, 2, 3 25 5 omegalite 4.0 wiregate carabiners 8.5 Green, yellow, yed aliens 8 3 mammut wiregate carabiners 3.5 Wild country rocks #1-10 and 2 wiregates 16 Pink, red, brown tri-cam on smiley biner 5.5 10 2' edelweiss 7mm slings 4 1 2' mammut 8mm dyneema sling 0.6 3 4' edelweiss 7mm slings (two for a quad) 2.5 24 omegalite 4.0 wiregate carabiner 40.8 Locking biner with 2 prussiks (5' of 5mm perlon) + knife 4 Spectra daisy and BD mini-pear locking biner 5 Tied webolette and REI locking biner 6 BD nut tool and EMS biner with bungee keeper cord 4 Autoblock (4' of 6mm perlon) and smiley biner 2.5 2 Omega locking D biners (the 34KN ones) 4.67 BD ATC Guide and BD HMS locking biner 5 BD harness 14 Petzl Meteor III 8 Boreal Aces - red and blue 25.5 Canon S2 IS Camera and case 28 Total weight (not including clothes, rope and rope drag) carried on a typical climb in the Gunks: 14lbs, 3oz Winter Climbing Gear -------------------- Charlet Moser Snowalker Ice Axe 75cm 16 Stubai Ultralight Crampons 22 Grivel Light Machine ice axe with Grivel Leash 27 Grivel Light Machine ice axe with BD Android Leash 28.5 Mad Rock Alpinist Boots 11.5 78 Additional Climbing Gear That Usually Stays On The Ground --------------------------------------------------------- Gunks Select guidebook 6 2 4' wild things nylong slings 5.5 6 2' blue water 12mm spectra slings 7.5 8 2' clog 11mm spectra slings 7 Trango four-cams #5, 6, 7, 8 22 Smiley's nuts #10, 11, 12, 13 7 1 omegalite 4.0 wiregate carabiner 1.7 Smiley's nuts #3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 6 1 omegalite 4.0 wiregate carabiner 1.7 Slung hexes #9, 10, 11 and smiley biner 16.5 Slung hexes #4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8 and smiley biner 16 Purple, blue and black tri-cams and EMS biner 10 Climb high nut tool and REI biner 4 BD mini-pear locking biner 2 2 Omega locking D biners (the 34KN ones) 4.67 2 8mm perlon cordalettes 20.5 7mm perlon cordalette 7.5 Nylon daisy 3 Boreal Quetzls 21.5 Boreal Aces - black 24 Two static ropes 50m dynamic rope REI harness 14 Blue Water Voyager fudge harness 16 Chalk bags Assorted slings and webbing Industrial screamer Yates shorty screamers 1.5 Petzl Meteor helmet Cassin Mercury helmet with homemade LED headlamp 12.5 Ushba Ascender 4.5 ABC Handled Ascender 7 Mad Rock Rope Bucket 14 Ultralight Climbing Setup ------------------------- I've been thinking about what an ultralight climbing setup would look like. Mammut Revelation 60m 9.1mm rope 118 BD C4 Camalots #.75, 1, 2 14.6 3 ultralight biners 3 Green, yellow, yed aliens 8 3 ultralight biners 3 Superlight WC rocks #1,2,3,4,5,6 WC rocks #7,8,9,10 10 1 ultralight keylock biner 1.2 Pink, red, brown tri-cam 4 1 ultralight biner 1 10 2' 7mm slings 4 2 4' 7mm slings 1.6 18 ultralight biners 18 biner with 2 prussiks (5' of 5mm cord), knife 4 Spectra daisy and BD mini-pear locking biner 5 Sewn spectra webolette and light locking biner 4 BD nut tool keychain biner and thin keeper cord 2.5 Trango jaws and BD HMS locking biner 5 Light harness (mammut mana, camp gecko, edelweiss alpha, BD phoenix) 10 Cassin Mercury helmet with homemade LED headlamp 12.5 Boreal Aces - black 24