My Gear

I can be quite particular about the gear I use.  Between durability and weight, I'm usually biased towards the lightweight side of the spectrum since I'm not all that hard on my gear, and I really don't enjoy carrying a lot of extra mass.  I'm not a fan of things having a plethora of features since I find that quite often the doo-dad that looked so cool in the store is actually quite useless on the trail, and besides minimizing features often leads to less weight.  Regardless of the weight, features, price, etc., the thing just has to work, and if it's a wearable item, it has to fit.  If it doesn't do what it's supposed to do, then it doesn't belong in my pack.

Here's a list of some of the stuff I use; I'll post reviews when I get a round tuit.

Things for carrying other things 

• Arc'teryx Bora 35 daypack
• Gregory Baltoro 70
• Gregory Z55
• Camelback HAWG
• Camelback Classic
• S and S Machine butterfly hard bike case
• Lowe sling back camera bag

Electronics

• Sony DSC-H50 I outgrew the capabilities of this camera within a few months. Great zoom for the time though.
• Panasonic Lumix G1
• Panasonic Lumix GF2
• Olympus OM-D E-M5
• Olympus OM-D E-M1

Safety

• First Aid kit
• Suunto compass with mirror and settable magnetic declination
• sunscreen, bug dope, silicone hand cream
• lighter
• emergency blanket
• whistle

Comfort

• summer-weight down sleeping bag
• EMS 3-season down sleeping bag
• Big Agnes insulated sleeping pad Unfortunately I didn't pay close enough attention to the care instructions on this sleeping pad and mold caused the airtightness to deteriorate to the point that it wouldn't stay inflated for a full night's sleep. 
• MEC Reactor 3.8 sleeping pad. I got this to replace the departed Big Agnes pad. It's nowhere near as comfortable as that pad, but it's reasonably light and compact, and the price is right.
• Thermarest Classic. I've had this thing for about 15 years, and while it's not the lightest, most comfortable, or warmest sleeping pad, it's still going strong.
• Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2 tent. Great lightweight tent, easy to set up, and stands up well to all kinds of weather. My only beef with it is that the poles are very long, which limits its packability and exposes it to potential damage.

Clothing

• Mountain Hardwear Conduit rain jacket
• Cloudveil rain pants (the matching jacked de-laminated around the collar area after a few years of use)
  

Bike Stuff

• 2010 Santa Cruz Blur LT2 frame (with misc bits from my original Blur LT)
• 2007 Giant Anthem 2

Miscellaneous

• Black Diamond hiking poles
• Evolv Kaos II climbing shoes These were comfy, but sadly didn't quite fit me properly. My feet are flat, straight, wide in the forefoot and very narrow in the heel, and within a few months the heels on these shoes were bagged out and I was unable to do heel hooks without peeling the shoes off my feet.
• Evolv Defy VTR climbing shoes Wore out my first pair in just over a year of use. Misplaced my second pair somewhere between New Jersey and Ottawa.
• Scarpa Force climbing shoes. Very comfortable in the forefoot but the heel is slightly loose. I *can* heel hook with these, but unfortunately the rubber doesn't extend all the way around the heel, so unless I place my heel *just so* I can slip off the hold very easily.