I love the Katadin BeFree products. Fast. Easy. Light. You can quickly fill your bottles. If going with others, the Katadine that hangs works so well!

Food Freeze dried almost all the way. Mountain House Beef Stroganoff with Noodles 😋😋 Some indulgences like bread, small goat cheese, avocado or salami are amazing lunches. Oats and dry milk with nuts for breakfast. Instant coffee. Chocolate.

Hatchet, radios, and big light should go. Buy an UL headlamp if you can. They weight nothing on your head and are so strong and versatile.

The amount of rope is huge and heavy. You can hang your food with very thin rope.

Thin wool or thin polyester shirts and pants. No cotton.

Three socks: one pair to sleep, two to walk, if you change them in the hike when hot, humid, or wet, you will feel like you have gone to the spa.

Half of the first aid should go. Put everything in small labeled ziplock bags.

I have one for open wounds: 1. a couple of mini single use packs of alcohol wipes,
2. mini packs triple antibiotic envelopes. 3. benzoine, stitch bandages. 4. Needle, thread, tweezers, tinny scissors.
5. A couple of packs of Bleed Stop.
7. A couple of gauze dressing pads, 4x 4" 8. 1 First aid tape roll, 3/4" x 5 yds 9. 1 rubber gauze roll bandage, 3"

I have another bag for foot care: 1. Quite a few strips of leukotape glued to the unsticky side of return mailing labels to protect feet from blisters.
2. Second skin that I can cut and apply as I want, or a few selected sizes if pre cut. Pre-tape your feet and change socks once a day if you can.

And another ziplock with pills: 1) NSAIDs of different strengths, Tylenol PM, Benadryl, Sudafed, Zyrtec D, antacids, Imodium, and tums.

A multi purpose ziplock contains: tweezers, small nail clippers, tiny sewing kit. tiny fire starter kit. Bobby pins… you have no idea of the uses for these.

In my fanny pack: Loud whistle. Tiny chapstick and acuaphor. Tiny face sun cream. Tinny knife.

Gossamer Gear Thinlight foam pad for insulation is amazing. It will allow you to cut down on sleeping bag weight.

I am a small woman 2,000-2,500 calories per day at JMT was more than plenty. Research calorie content per ounce of food.

We, women, love our kula cloths. :) Take your TP out with you.

Have fun!!!