Monday, April 2, 2012

I'll take it.

Today I spent an ungodly amount of time, arranging the gear I am bringing and I am excited to show you what items are lucky enough to be joining for me for 2663 miles.
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I have divided my gear into three photos. The first image is the gear that I plan to carry on my body (outside my pack). The second image are additional clothes and my sleeping bag, and are all the other important (and totally unnecessary items I will bring with me). Despite taking an embarrassing amount of time to figure put these packing tables and images together, I had fun doing it and am excited to show you.
Best,
The Honey Bear


Items worn on Body
(See Image 1)
Weight (grams)
Specifics



Bra
92
NikeFit Dry (Size 4-6)
Socks
27
Smartwool HP Cycling Ankle Sock
Skirt
128
Patagonia Lithia Skirt
Shirt
87
Li-Ning Drifit
Gaters
27
Dirty girl gaters: shagadellic blue
Shoes
480
New Balance Running 490GB1
Underwear
26
Patagonia Bearly Hispter
Sunhat
83
Sports Authority Blue with Tree Design
Trekking Poles
439
REI Titanal LightWeight Aluminum



Total Weight
1389
Weight in Pounds 3.061 lbs.

Packable Items
(Image 2)
Weight (grams)
Specifics



Sleeping bag
880
REI W’s Subkilo 750 Fill Down
Rain jacket
107
Homemade Tyvek Jacket
Warm Jacket
360
Montbell W’s Alpine Light 800 Fill Down
Pants
102
Cheap fleece pants purchased in Chile
Baselayer
118
Smartwool Microlight Long Sleeve Crewtop
Extra Hiking Socks
27
Smartwool HP Cycling Ankle Sock
Hat
29
Craft %100 Polyester
Warm Socks
41
Smartwool Jovian Striped Socks




Packable Items Continued
(Image 3)
Weight (grams
Specifics
Backpack
1237
The Northface Terra 40
Tent
763
Henry Shires Contrail Tarptent
Sleeping Pad
263
Thermarest Z-Rest
Water Filtration System
176
Steripen
Cooking Pot
99
Evernew Titanium .9L
GPS System
117
SPOT
Cell Phone and Charger
194
Sprint LG Smartphone
iPod
21
Apple iPod Nano Graphite 8G
Stove
86
MSR Pocket Rocket
Utensil
9
Guyot designs spork
Journal, Map, Pens
180
Data book, Decomposition Book, mechanical lead pencil and black pen
Holding containers
23
Sea to Summit Ultralight Mesh bags x 2 (Size XS, L)

This list still needs some revising. If you feel moved to provide some idea for how I could improve this list, I am always open to suggestions!
In Eugene it is Spring. So today I leave you with one of two poems titled Spring written by Mary Oliver. Thank-you Callie Thuma for sending this in my direction. Blessings.
Spring
By Mary Oliver

Faith 
is the instructor.
We need no other.

Guess what I am, 
he says in his 
incomparably lovely

young-man voice.
Because I love the world
I think of grass,

I think of leaves 
and the bold sun
I think of the rushes

in the black marshes
just coming back
from under the pure white

and now finally melting
stubs of snow.
Whatever we know or don't know

leads us to say:
Teacher, what do you mean?
But faith is still there, and silent.

Then he who owns
the incomparable voice
suddenly flows upward

and out of the room
and I follow,
obedient and happy.

Of course I am thinking
the Lord was once young
and will never in fact be old.

And who else could this be, who goes off
down the green path, 
carrying his sandals, and singing?

2 comments:

  1. You are such an inspiration! I will be following your blog and wishing you well on your journey! Hope it's an amazing, unforgettable experience! Here's a quote which seems fitting for your thru-hiking adventure:

    "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." ~Robert Louis Stevenson

    P.S. I saw your performance in the Vagina Monologues and you were fantastic!

    All the best,
    Abby Diskin

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  2. Are you Lena Sessions?
    Saw some article about a belgian girl who was beheaded while hiking around the himalayas in langtang national park. They mentioned there being a spate of assaults etc on female hikers around the area including a south korean girl and a lena sessions who managed to escape. I was wondering if you were this girl (and how could you continue hiking if so..) Was somewhat disturbing since it appears they never made any arrests or made any follow up actions etc and it sounds a little like a nutcase/serial killer in the area.

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