What's In My Pack: 2022 

Thanks for the tip, I live in the area too (Mimbres), pushing 80! I have a friend who's done the CDT twice on a bike, north to south. (Tour Divide)

Thank you! My current space isn't optimal for indoor recording - once I move in November it will hopefully be easier to make more videos like this in addition to the trips.

Thanks for checking it out!

I like them a lot! The only downside is you have to buy the full pack of cup, bowl, plate. I only ever take the bowl. Search for fozzils.com - it's the Solo Pack you want. Glad it was helpful and thanks for watching!

Absolutely! I'll be making more of these types of videos soon in addition to the trips.

@@WildlandExplorer Sounds great!

I've had zero blisters even on river hikes after switching to them. Good to see other people know about this one weird hiking trick, lol.

Same. They are awesome. I prefer the liners with a thin pair of Darn Toughs or Smartwools over them in a pair of Lone Peaks.

@@WildlandExplorer I'll have to try them. I've given up trying to keep my feet dry in the Gila!

That's funny I have had the exact opposite experience. I find my Exos to be not all that comfortable and only take it when I need to carry a load above 30 lbs. Y'know, long water carries, bear canister territory. The Levity in comparison I find to be comfy way above what Osprey recommends. I guess it goes to show how personal pack fitting is! I didn't make it obvious but I posted a link to a Lighterpack that is basically this loadout in the video description: lighterpack.com/r/45dsi1

@@WildlandExplorer gear definitely is a personal issue. Glad the levity is working for you. I think Osprey makes great gear. For heavier loads like you describe I love the EXOS 58. In the Grand Canyon we carried in a resupply and extra water and my pack was around 55lbs and the EXOS handled it beautifully. We are getting ready to do the Kings Canyon High Basin Route in 3 weeks and I needed to go lighter so I purchased the ZPacks Arc Haul Ultra 100 60L. It says good for weights up to 40lbs. My experience is the sweet spot is 25-30lbs and even though it’s a 60L it can’t hold near as much gear as the EXOS 58, nor carry a bear can as comfortably. But it is light!

Oh nice! I'm gonna be in the Sierra in a couple weeks myself over in the Desolation / Bear Lakes / Seven Gables area. 1 solo spot for Pine creek TH was literally the only permit available that allows connecting to the JMT so I just kinda made my usual "explore and figure it out" type of loop route. Hope you have a great trip out there, I've seen triplogs of the KCHBR and looks epic! The main thing I like about the Exos is being able to fit a BV500 horizontally. I'd say I agree with Osprey it's really not for much higher than 40lbs. It's starts to hurt bad at 50lbs, lol. When I was last on the JMT I marveled at the number of hikers with a bear can strapped to the top of their small 40L packs. I'm sure those packs were light AF but I prefer to have everything enclosed in the pack if possible. I think it's a side effect of hiking a lot in the upper sonoran desert srcub where everything wants to snag you. All my videos prior to Nov 2019 were filmed on an iPhone, you can do quite a lot with them, especially with a little UL tripod - that makes all the difference. Btw, I just checked out your channel and I noticed a familiar face in one or two of the thumbnails. Seems like you know some of the people I've watched in the past. Were you in that group that did the epic float/hike Grand Canyon trip with John A. & Joey C. a couple years back?

@@WildlandExplorer RU-vid is awesome for finding like minded individuals. Johnnny, Can’t Hike 55, has become a good friend and backpacking partner. Never hiked with Joey. He stood us up on last years Grand Canyon trip. RU-vid and editing malfunctions have pissed John off but I’m trying to get him to simplify and continue putting out videos. He’s got a talent for it. He just posted our JMT trip from last year. Check it out.