Gear
Here’s what we’re starting out with. We’re sure to make substitutions along the way, especially if we get sick of cooking with the Bushbuddy….
| April | Dan | |
|---|---|---|
| Bag | REI Women’s Halo +10 Down | Mountain Hardwear Phantom 15 Down |
| Pack | Granite Gear Vapor Ki | Granite Gear Vapor Trail |
| Sleeping Pad | Thermarest Pro Lite | Thermarest Z-rest |
| Footwear | Columbia Pagora Trail Runners | Columbia Trail Runners Adidas Adizero Running Shoes Salomon Trail Runners |
| Pack Cover | REI Duck’s back | EMS |
| Clothing | North Face Nuptse Down Jacket Paragon Micro Loki hat Patagonia Capilene Long sleeve base layer GoLite Phantasm rain jacket Kombi gloves REI rainpants REI oxt t shirt REI synthetic wool socks (x2) Patagonia merino wool long underwear tops and bottoms |
EMS TechWick T-Shirt GoLite Phantom Smartwool Socks (x2) Patagonia Capilene Base Layer Mountain Hardwear Dome Perignon Hat Basebll cap Manzella Fleece gloves OR Snowline overmitts Terramar Body Sensors long underwear tops and bottoms LLBean Fleece jacket (arms removed) |
| Miscellaneous | Petzel E Lite BearVault BV 450/500 Platypus 2+ liter collapsable water bottle Light My Fire spork girlie stuff (can you guess who typed up this list?) |
Panasonic DMC-GF1 camera w/pancake lens and 8GB memory card small notebooks (x2) Petzel E Lite BearVault BV350/400 Platypus 2+ liter collapsable water bottle Plastic spork sunglasses Body Glide stick medication |
| Shared Gear |
|---|
| Peek Email and Text Device SPOT satellite messenger Suunoto M3 compass maps Bushbuddy Ultra stove Aluminum Pot Crocodile herbal insect repellant cash, credit cards, passports H2O amigo gravity filter/SteriPen Opti with solar charger (will alternate both devices) extra ziplocs and trash bags Desitin ointment antifungal cream roll of gauze and ACE wrap (x1) tweezers TP Gerber Clutch Knife band aids safety pins lighter athletic tape |
Hey there,
Spent part of Saturday trying to make my own variation on a bushbuddy. Thought of you both.
Are you finding a much smaller number of Trail Angels? I wondered if it being so much younger than the other trails made that part of it dramatically harder.
Safe travels.
Aaron
Trail angels…you mean compared to the AT? I’d say there are just as many if not more in Montana, they just don’t know that they’re trail angels! What I mean to say is that there are tons of friendly people here willing to help out hikers, but they’re not setting out to purposely help hikers (coolers, fruit, snacks at road crossings, etc). Some don’t even know about the CDT. April and I are using an old Mountain Hardwear Approach Tent. It’s a bit heavy…but I couldn’t justify buying a new one when I had a perfectly functional tent like the Approach. The CDT is definitely beating me us up pretty good. not sure if it would have been any easier 8 years ago. Cross country travel can be rough. Best of luck with the bush buddy! Hard to beat the current model in terms of simplicity of design and quality of construction I’ll bet. Can’t wait to see what you make? Will it come out as good as the home brew?
Dan
Also what tent are you guys using?
you’ve an amazing blog here! would you wish to make some invite posts on my blog?