A Pretty Luxury Gear List for 500 miles on the HRP
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- Gear loadout before I start the Haute Route Pyrenees. The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/chasemountains08211
I've cut down about 4kg/8 pounds from my gear last year, yet this selection of gear is still pretty comfortable. Let me know what you think in the discord or in the comments!
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5.5kg Lightweight gear list - LIGHTER PACK
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0:00 - 0:32 - Intro
0:32 - 2:49 - Clothing (worn)
2:50 - 3:28 - Hip Belt & Filming Gear
4:27 - 6:00 - Trekking Poles & Water Storage
6:01 - 7:05 - Sleeping Pad & Outer Pack
7:06 - 8:11 - Wind/Rainwear
8:12 - 9:14 - Skillshare
9:15 - 10:10 - Pack Liner
10:00 - 11:40 - Cold Soak & Kitchen Kit
11:41 - 13:16 - Bathroom & First Aid
13:17 - 14:30 - Electronics
14:31 - 15:12 - Shelter
15:13 - 17:40 - Night/Cold weather clothes
17:41 -19:28 - Sleeping Quilt/Poncho
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The reason I love your gear list videos is because you have a good combination of hi-performance ultralight gear with the low budget (but incredibly good) gear such as the stuff we all love from Dechathlon. And as someone based in Europe it actually informs my own hiking practise rather than just looking at US gear that I'll never touch unless I sell my kidney for both price and postage. BIG UP CHASE!
That’s exactly what I’m going for. I just make the content I wish I could watch. Thanks!!
I was so surprised to hear that Decathlon actually offers quality options! 👏
I'm hyped, can't wait for a new series of crossing the pyrinees :D good luck!!
I know this is too late for your HRP trek, but you might want to check out the Nemo Switchback foam pad. I used it for a season of trekking and found it incredibly comfy (significantly better than the Z-mat, which I've also owned). I needed something that would double as a lounge mat on all surfaces and survive my dog! The extra weight includes valuable insulation. It doubles up as a base mat under my Ether Light Sea to Summit inflatable mat when snow camping.
Good luck! Just finished the middle 300 miles of the HRP on Aug. 11. It was without a doubt the hardest hike I’ve ever done.
Warning: Don’t cross any of the high passes if there’s precipitation. I didn’t take it seriously at first. And then I did.
I'll watch this many more times. I love the explanations as to multi usage of the items that you bring. I feel like that's really key to understanding why hikers choose to pack what they do. Cheers!
Good luck on your hike and hope you enjoy the fantastic scenery,thanks for all the info and tips from previous experiences,take care,look forward to your next/first video on the trail
Fantastic!
Love these videos.
Good luck on your hike👍
Good luck out there on the hike brother. Can't wait for the footage.
Awesome. Enjoy your thru Chase!
Super useful, thanks!
Great clothes! Thank you for the video!
Best of luck and enjoy the heck out of your trip!
I literally can't imagine through hiking 500 miles. Best of luck and enjoy! I am not a through hiker, but I enjoy running in the mountains, I am happy you went over trekking poles, I need to get some!
Looking forward to your journey. Be well and enjoy!
Good luck on your trek!
Cool material review. Thanks
Have a great walk Chase!
Take care on those Technical Sections!
Just learning about that poncho quilt was worth watching the video!
Great kit!
Strong swift soulful trekking Chase! Have fun!
My Jetboil is probably considered a “luxury” item, but nothing boils quite as fast. The fuel efficiency over a long hike (and at elevation) is a variable worth considering. Finding an eco-responsible way to discard of used fuel canisters while on trail can be quite difficult, forcing many hikers to just chuck it into the first trash bin they find.
The problem with the canisters is recycling companies dont want anything that can explode or cause a fire. Some will take them if you can visibly puncture the can. In terms of material its just scrap steel which is highly reclaimable. If your local recycling programs dont take them ask at the larger outdoor stores before sending them off to the land fill.
@@natea1042 Why not use Meths then...Speedster stove for example...
Those chemical tabs can stink something awful so personally I'm not a fan. Alcohol stoves are an okay alternative. The only problem with tabs or alcohol is you really can't do much more than boil a half a liter per meal. More than that and your fuel weight to burn time shifts heavily in favor of gas canisters.
I really like the Jetboil its the first and only cookware Ive bought. Its not that much more to carry either considering other types have multiple parts to them. The Jetboil packs everything into one canister.
Good Speed Chase !
Looking to get into more thru hiking, as I've never done an overnight hike before. The bag and battery are two things I've really been wondering about, so this was very helpful.
My Opinel #12 is my favorite possession. It’s always with me on and off trail. 🙂
love to seea review on this quilt ;)
A brilliant gear review. Can’t wait to see the hike footage. Altras are 100% barefoot community too! Just sounds like a smart decision to me over that distance than risking some Vivobarefoot or Xero! I want to try some Altra’s myself for longer hikes.
Very elegant kit! Although as an Aussie I can't get my head around a shelter with no bug mesh!😀 Thx for sharing Chase, can't wait to see how it all goes
Another Aussie here. I can intellectually understand why you would go without a bug mesh in the right climate, but just thinking about the absence of a bug mesh fills me with visceral horror and dread. We've got several sorts of ants and spiders that will completely ruin your week if they bite you, some spiders that can potentially murder you in your sleep, and well as 20 or 21 of the 25 most venomous snakes on the planet. As rare as it is for someone to actually die from a snake or spider bite in Australia, it does happen, and I'm not about to take any chances.
Hey Thanks Loving it big guy
I don’t think you can ever go wrong with an insulated puffy that weights less than 10oz. Even if you have to hike in one on a very cold rainy day, they will always keep warm and dry out pretty quickly. Be well brother. Enjoy your hiking permagrin.
Would really recommend the Cnoc Vecto 2L soft flask bladder/ bit more durable than the hydrapaks. Really easy to fill as well! Also the MSR blizzard stake is cheap and a great deuce of spades alternative - much easier to get ahold of! Enjoy the hike!
Hope that pack liner comes out soon! A proper DCF alternative to nyloflume but without the roll top and buckles of other companies designs. Quite like it!
Best of luck fella :)
The hat is good, the neck will not burn from the sun. On a hike in the GR-11, this was enough for me ..
That sucks about the Uberlite. Literal years of hit/miss reports on that pad. I also feel the industry needs to move to 25" (635mm) pad width as a standard and 20" should be specialty. For the Uberlite short it would literally add around 30 grams. With the narrow lengths, as you said, you shift a little and you're on the ground. On the plus side Thermarest does have an excellent warranty. Hopefully you can exploit that in Europe unless you were able to straight up return it. The X-lite has a far better track record for reliability if you want to try again but has the same dimension limitations (short only available in 20" widths). Some people make that size work by sticking their pack under their legs so they sleep with legs elevated a bit which makes you less inclined to squirm.
With the Aussie accent Can Serrat sounds like something else. Good video mate hi from Tassie
Oh I also have the Merino stuff from Decathlon! It’s amazing. Just be careful with oil, I never got the spots out!
Hi, great video - up to what temperature do you use the zlite?
Hey did you complete the HRP? I’m looking for the videos of the hike. I’m really looking forward to see it. Hoping to hike it this year. Never done a thru hike before so jumping straight in at the deep end 🤙
I would recommend another stove.I had the same one in the huayhuash in Peru and was super annoying to use cause of the wind.
Btw in Europe decathlon sell some pretty nice dry food without ton of chemical in it. You have to dry to mash potatoes + beef !
Any chance of doing a review of that quilt? Very little info about it online but looks like a solid option for the price
A nice and more environmentally friendly alternative for plastic bottles are the CNOC Vesica bottles
Are you going to be posting videos of the HRP walk?
This summer what do I walk? Gr10 or HRP?
I’ve never done a long hike before, I want wild nature but have little navigation experience. Any thoughts?
liteway💪🏼
how do you manage the data recorded, during the treks?
Had to watch it again 😂
can you please show the quilt packed down
I found you also have the Cortazu Jacket...what size do you have for your length? Thanks
Sleeping mat: Exped UL + Aluminium-Foam mat (used for car front window)
Hi bro 🤘 greetings from Cusco, Perú 🇵🇪
I recommend you get the Vargo Dig Dig trowel. I have the Vargo Dig Dig and the Duece trowel and much, much prefer the Vargo Dig Dig.
Great video! I love how you also have decathlon items in there. They really have some decent stuff, it can be hit or miss but that's usually worth it for me. How is the tarp tent? I used my lanshan 1 pro last year on the HRP and I had possibly the worst night of my life near Refuge de Baysellance. The thunder, wind, rain, hail, everything was just soo scary and intense and the stakes kept flying out. I was really happy that I made it through the night without the inside of the tent getting wet, but I'm not sure I'd use a trekking pole tent for this again... don't you get a lot of water inside your tent during thunderstorms?
The exposure to ground soak and splash up would be a concern for me with just a ground sheet as well. Hopefully he doesn't have any nights with heavy rain. The inner mesh he had at least has a bathtub floor for some protection from splash. As far as trekking pole tents most are really quite reliable. The problem with adverse weather is wind loading severely stresses the ground stakes. Add water to the ground and its like trying to get a stake to hold in butter. If you only had the thin nail or shepherd hook style it's no wonder you were miserable. Look into some MSR groundhogs. The minis work good for most weather situations but I feel it's always worth packing at least a couple of the standard size incase you need to stake out a side facing particularly high winds. After that start looking for rocks to brace the line/stakes.
@@natea1042 yes thanks for the tips! I do have MSR groundhogs. The thing is that the ground is really hard in the high Pyrenees, and I was camping in an especially rocky area with only a few patches of grass. I should have used the "2 rock" technique where you wrap your guy lines around a small rock and wedge a large rock before it. But I didn't know that technique yet back then so I just put rocks in front of my stakes, which did not help much when the stakes came out. I read you can get a great pitch with just rocks, so I'll have to try that next time! But the experience definitely scarred me a little bit from camping so high above the tree line in a trekking pole tent..
@@LisetteLowe Yea if you have enough rocks you can do the two rock method. Alternately you can just lay the stake flat and put as large a rock as you can in front of it. Same idea just with a stake instead of a small rock.
If you’re in the UK, Nitecore is a fair bit cheaper on Ali Express compared to Amazon. Might be similar in the EU!
I’m headed to London this Christmas so might do some online shopping!!
@@ChaseMountains you’d better order it now if you want it before Christmas!
Your entire 500mile kit weighs less than my day hike pack 😂
If you don't need wind pants, you can use the polycro as a rain skirt and ditch the pants. Otherwise, congratulations for dialing down your weight
Nice gear run down. The gorilla pod should be fine if it is new. Mine wore out after about 2 yrs of moderate use. The joints get too flexible and it just flops around and doesn't really support the camera weight after a while.
Hahaha that kick! 🤣
Thank you for sharing this gearvideo! Enjoy your hike 😊
To late for a quest? My gear is very similar to your and the cooking is exately the same. So gas resuply is ok? were you using small 100g gas canister or bigger for longer autonomy? oops I'm doing the GR11 and not the HRP.
You sure that's not an opinel 8?
The 12 is like a 6" boning knife lol.
Anyway I love both the swiss army knives and Opinels.
They both come in all sorts of sizes.
There's also 130mm long swiss army knives and 6cm long opinels.
I kinda prefer the swiss army knives for camping/hiking.
Because they always have multiple uses.
Though I could see that for thru hiking the ridiculously low weight of the opinels is a great plus.
As for carbon vs inox?
The inox is hard enough and holds and edge like 99.8% as good as the carbon steel.
I'd only advise knife nuts who like oiling their knives daily to get carbon.
What did you use to close up the hole on the side of your shoe??? Just happened to my lasportiva after 3 days and 40km🤦 of hiking.. super glue??
What month did you do this hike? Preparing for the HRP starting second half of august, hoping to complete it by the end of September. Struggling to get my base weight under 7kg. Preparing for cold nights...any experience with the Pyrenees that time of year?
Are campsites always so exposed on your hikes? It seems like you’re set up well above tree line
Always wondered what ounce is used. The bakers ounce is a couple grams less. Cheers for that!
Loving this Decathlon gear because it proves you can hike light, cheap, and with quality items! Their merinos stuff has the best quality/price ratio.
Question about the Pillow, you wrote "90g outter only" , and visually it seems you kept the inflatable pouch inside? Have you found a trick I'm not aware of?
Asking because I have it and my scale : 75g outter(foam) + 90g inner(inflatable)
PS: got the Elementum Pack after seeing how much you liked it, loving it so far (coming from 3F UL 40+10L it's 102% more comfy), only complaint is the small outter/back pocket, planning on sewing a bigger one above the original (double pockets yo, my patent)
My bad that was supposed to say inner only, that’s the one I have on trail
@@ChaseMountains for anyone interested in a 8cm high pillow: I confirm the inner is enough, has a soft surface
it's good to live where it basically never rains for any significant amount.
Hey I think the sleeping pad is wrong in the lighterpack link ;)
I am using tyvek bivy bag as a pack liner, ground cloth and by its original purpose(to sleep outside). It is very durable, even if feels like paper :))
Nice! Did you make it yourself? That’s a really great idea
@@ChaseMountains I got 3F ul gear(they are decent, best on ali) bivy from aliexpress, it is 200gr and easily can be used for a single person tent smth like 210cmx90cm. But nowadays(in Caucasus) I am using it as a liner to keep my down sleeping bag and other stuff dry. It rains here a lot..
@@WildEdgar even in a supposedly "breathable" bivy bag, i end up with a somewhat wet sleeping bag - no rain or dew, just condensation from my body heat. I imagine it would be even worse with Tyvek? Could you share your experience with that?
@@DominiqueB Yeah..Kinda wet. Its a bit breathing but my sleeping bag isnt much, so need to upgrade it for less condensation everywhere
Check out the vargo dig dig tool, I think it's a better trowel than the deuce, stronger and more functional 😊👍
Which version of the PyraOmm shelter do you have, is it the duo?
Oh nice! Thanks! I have the duo yeah!
@@ChaseMountains you didn't get the A-frame connector then? 😄
I didn’t like the Uber lite either but the x lite is real nice.
The lite way poncho/quilt looks interesting. How did you get on with it??
its epic, i love it! Bit light for winter trips tho 😅
@@ChaseMountains would you recommend it over the as tucas poncho quilt? I cannot find out how much the as tucas poncho weights and am unsure if it's worth spending the money on it since I have a sleeping bag that's aroung 800g. Put having a pocho and a quilt in one sounds so useful...
What size food bag would you recommend for mountaineering (overnight) trips? Aka lots of snacks ;-)
I’d probably still get the 15L
@@ChaseMountains thanks! awesome video as usual
Have you considered the fuel burn of the BRS stove? I've heard it loses its weight edge when you consider how much fuel it uses vs. some more efficient stoves, but I haven't seen a proper comparison.
I’ve heard that too. I got a 6oz Soto wind master. I used it and a small file canister to cook dinners only on the Colorado trail 20 nights.
@@barondavis5692 Nice! I bit the bullet and bought Jetboil's new way lighter cook system and have been really pleased with the weight savings from carrying so little fuel
Surely someone has done a comparison, I’ll take a look. But half the time I won’t be carrying gas at all.
It only uses a tiny bit more gas in a closed environment. All open flame stoves will use substantially more in wind as your boil times will soar as the flame is thrown around but the weight savings isnt lost unless you have to carry all your gas at once. If you can replace the cannisters as they run out at resupply points you're always going to be carrying the same weight. That said we're only talking ~55g to go from the BRS to a Windmaster 4 Flex.
Hope it goes well. I can't help thinking that no bug protection is a mistake. I've seen lots of biting insects on the HRP near Lescun. At least a head net would help on the odd days it's a problem.
I am also interested why you don't use mesh anymore
@@Gedas3 no bug problems so far and I’m half way!
14:12 then opt out of apple
one correction, your opinel looks like a no 7 not a 12. Great video, love your content.
Haha yes it could be! Someone reacted saying how it was the biggest one they make. I have no idea why I thought it was 12.
I've had bad luck with the 20k Anker in the rain. A rain drop five miles away is enough to make it stop charging my phone 😬
I had no issues with mine in rainy weather...
Stick with the shovel mate. I have a Deuce #2 and it's shite. Too small and it cuts into your hand when the grounds hard. Hate it!
Noted. It does look a bit slicey
I'm fortunate to always have rugged gloves(cold hands syndrome) so it helps with the Deuce in hard grounds.
it also serves as an additional/backup stake
I wrapped the handle in some duct tape. Good.
@@barondavis5692 ooh, I will give that a go, cheers.
@@skuzzycol If the ground is hard than try to soften it up with a terkking pole. The carbide tip of the pole won't wear out so don't worry. After that just shovel out the soil, than repeat.
Dude, maybe you meant polarising filter not ND filter for the M50! 🇦🇺
Pee jar and earplugs with 1m cord made giggle.
I'd be a bit careful with those shorts. In my experience they are not so durable as the inside 'underwear' stretched significantly making it not so useful anymore if you know what I mean.
“Really cheap department store.. Corte Ingles” pff 😅 what!?
Department store not cheap, pants cheap hahahha
I see you unfortunately shared my experience with smelly polycryo