Ohm2. It’s been with me for four out of five long-assed AT sections, and is like an old friend now.
I lusted after the ArcBlast since they day they were released. I think I’m gonna stick with the Ohm2 for long hikes. An MLD Burn might be my weekend bagYou have to ask yourself if you're comfortable going from 62L to 38L, and from framed to frameless. Can you get both and give 'em a whirl? There's also a bit of a learning curve when it comes to packing a frameless. Also, my own happy zone for TPW with the Zero is about 15-16 lbs... end of day water carry with 19-20 lbs TPW is definitely out of that zone. Perhaps also consider framed and reasonably light (21oz) such as Zpacks Arc Blast.
OH GOD NO! I have no idea how my Burrow 40 UQ fell off that list. Some midnight geeking no doubt. I fixed that. And yes, carrying a pad as well seems so wrong - Till I’m sleeping comfortably in a shelter during a crazy thunderstorm!The only thing on your gear list that really gets my attention, esp from the hammock perspective, is the Exped synmat and no UQ. I understand the go-to-ground necessity (reg requirement) in some cases — and I've done it — but not at the expense of the UQ. It gnawed away at my gram-weenie soul but I carried both for a 5 day hike in Baxter State Park... an extra 10.4 oz that was used only one night — horrors!
And I had put the prophet on there to see what it would do to the numbers ... the Ohm2 is back on there.
So with a Dutch half zip in hexon 1.0, HG Burrow 40 quilts, DIY UCR/Dyneema hugger suspension, my base weight for a summer Long Trail E2E is currently 11.6 lb
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