Starting Kit

Base weight: 11.4 lb / 5.19 kg · Total weight: 16.9 lb / 7.67 kg · 33 items · Total price: $1605.70

Great options for beginner or new backpackers that balances weight, cost, comfort, and ease of use!

Big 3

• Naturehike Mongar 2 Person — 70.2 oz — $170.00
• Naturehike Mongar 2 Groundsheet — 7.9 oz
• Sea to Summit Ultralight Insulated Air Sleeping Mat (Regular) — 19.0 oz — $250.00
• G4-20 Ultralight 42 — 24.8 oz — $400.00
• Neve Gear Waratah Quilt — 24.7 oz

Cook System

• Aluminium 500ml Pot — 5.3 oz — $26.95
• Spoon — 0.9 oz
• MSR Pocket Rocket 2 — 3.7 oz
• Gasmate Power Fuel Iso-Butane Canister — 6.7 oz
• Spondonicles — 1.2 oz

Utilities

• Phone — 0.0 oz
• Nitecore UL25 Headlamp — 1.4 oz
• Nylofume Pack Liner — 0.7 oz — $1.87
• MC-2 Pro Compass — 1.1 oz — $70.00
• Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter System — 3.0 oz — $40.95
• PB Jar — 1.2 oz
• Bandana — 0.7 oz

Clothing

• Mont Lightspeed Jacket Men's — 5.8 oz — $350.00
• Mont Moondog Primaloft Jacket — 14.8 oz — $269.95
• Beanie — 1.8 oz
• Sunglasses — 1.2 oz
• Hat — 1.2 oz

Ditty Bag

• Toothbrush — 0.4 oz
• Unpaste Tooth Tabs — 1.5 oz — $8.99
• First Aid Kit — 5.3 oz
• Trowel — 1.7 oz

Food

• Backcountry Beef and Pasta Hotpot — 6.2 oz
• Backcountry Cottage Pie — 6.2 oz — $16.99
• 2× Quickstart Cereal — 4.2 oz
• 3× Tuna — 3.4 oz
• 3× Cous cous — 1.8 oz
• 3× Trail mix — 7.1 oz
• 3× Clif Bar — 2.4 oz

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