SHOW NOTES Backcountry Gear Challenge: fit 10 days worth of gear into 55 pounds Top-of-the-list item: Tag/Hunting license! • Sleep systems: Sleeping bag, pad, & tent • Backpacks: Types and recommendations • Raingear: Jackets & pants, pack covers, drybags for camera & electronics • Clothing & footwear: From skin to shell. Underwear, base layer, pants, shirts, the annoyance of layering, puffy coats & pants, neck gaiters and warm hats, appropriate boots, Crocs and manliness, crampons, and more.  • Cooking systems: backpacking stoves, fire starters, water filters, water containers, and the critical Life Straw • Optics: Rangefinding binoculars, Badlands bino harnesses, spotting scopes,  • Communication: inReach Mini, Midland handheld radios, lithium batteries, solar chargers, battery reservoirs, smartphone headphones, headlamps, and compasses.  • Camera: Smart phone vs. compact lightweight DSLR, plus Phone Skope • Tripod favorites: Outdoorsman Medium and Spartan Precision Sentinel • Rifle, Ammo, & Accessories: sling, Galco ammo carrier, Spartan bipod, Otis cleaning cable, electrical tape (yellow!), ballistic chart, wind checker, and handgun if applicable • Knives & Accessories: Leatherman Tool, fixed-blade hunting knife by Browning, Arno Bernard, or Siembida Custom Knives; Outdoor Edge or Havalon, compact EZE-Lapp diamond stone, Outdoor Edge folding saw, Gransfors Bruks Hunter's Axe, Kuiu or Caribou Gear game bags, contractor-grade garbage bags • Health & Hygiene: compact deodorant, hand soap, toothbrush & paste, floss, Airborne tablets, Zip Fizz, MTN OPS, Ibuprophen, Mucinex D, NyQuil, Blister kit, sunscreen, chapstick, vaseline, sunglasses, wipes, bug spray, bug net, knee braces, TETRA ear pro, notebook • Food: Mountain House and other freeze-dried brands, snacks, gum, hard candy, energy supplements, Montreal Stake Seasoning, coffee or tea RESOURCES: Mountain Hardwear sleeping bags Stone Glacier sleeping bags Kuiu sleeping bags Wiebad Mini Tac Pad (pillow) Thermarest sleeping pads Klymit sleeping pads Big Agnes sleeping pads ExPed sleeping mats Big Agnes tents Mountain Hardwear tents Spartan Precision Carbonlite Tent Kifaru tents Barney's Sports Chalet "freighter pack" Sitka Mountain Hauler 6200 pack Mystery Ranch packs Sitka Gear Stormfront raingear Kuiu rain gear https://kryptek.com/catalog/category/rain-gear/ Grundens rain gear Helly Hanson rain gear JetBoil backpacking stoves Katadyn water filters LifeStraw portable water filters Swarovski EL Range Leica Geovid rangefinding binos Zeiss Victory RF rangefinding binos Badlands bino cases Swarovski ATS 65 spotting scope Leupold 12-40 x 60mm Gold Ring spotting scope Garmin inReach Mini Midland handheld radios Leica V-Lux camera Phone Skope Outdoorsman's Medium Tripod Outdoorsman's Tripod Pan Head Spartan Precision Sentinel Tripod Spartan Precision Javelin Bipod Galco Gunleather "Stalker" ammo carrier Otis cleaning kits with flexible cable Leatherman tools Arno Bernard Dagga Boy drop point knife Siembida Custom Knives Instagram page Outdoor Edge Razorlite exchangeable blade knife Havalon exchangeable blade knife Outdoor Edge folding saw Gransfors Bruks Hunter's Axe  Kuiu game bags Caribou Gear game bags Mountain OPS energy suppliments TETRA hearing enhancement/protection Rite in the Rain notebooks Mountain House freeze-dried meals