Gear Lockdown

This weekend we spent a bunch of time finalizing exactly what we’ll be carrying and what we’ll learn to live without. We took an extra close look at gear weight as we’ll likely be starting the trail with a 20 mile stretch with no water sources. We’ll be hauling 22 liters (~48lbs) of water across the four of us with Angela and I taking 8 liters each and the kids splitting the rest. This is near the top end of what we’ll ever need to carry. We shouldn’t typically need to carry more than about 3 liters of water each so we’ll just consider this some early strength training 😉.