Vacation season is here! We thought we’d put a list of gear together for folks that want to try fat-packing this summer. We asked our Left Coast Correspondant, Cale to help put a list of gear together for your shopping pleasure and many items on this list have been field tested on his trip down in Mexico.
Contrail Tarptent - http://www.tarptent.com/contrail.html
Golight Shangrila 3 – Good for wintercamping as well as summer http://www.golite.com/Shangri-La-3-Flysheet-P883.aspx
Garmin etrex - http://www.garmin.com/us/
Spot Personal Tracker -http://findmespot.com/en/
Osprey Talon 22 - http://www.ospreypacks.com/en/product/multi-use/talon_22
Big Agnes Air core – http://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Pad/AirCore
Kooka Bay inflatable Pillow - http://kookabay.com/pillows.html
Revelate Designs Bags - http://www.revelatedesigns.com/index.cfm
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Add to your list the mountain feedbag (two will get the job done). then poggies for the winter time.
Another great resource
http://www.bikepacking.net/
I have more experience hiking than overnight riding, but in my experience on a bike, and hiking:
- get rid of the backpack
- use a fleece-lined stuff-sack for a pillow
- take a Z-rest (because inflatable pads fail eventually)
- take a tent biking that doesn’t need a HIKING pole
- you need screen to keep the bugs out
- ‘Tarptents’ are great, except when driving rain knocks the condensation onto you inside