PCT 2025 Shakedown ⛺️

Hello!

I’ll be hiking the PCT this year and am trying to see what I can do to get my pack weight down (not ultralight but I thought I’d come to the pros!):

https://lighterpack.com/r/z246nw

I am 5’3” and ~130 lbs so probably on the smaller end of the hiker size spectrum.

Chunky items I’m on the fence on:

• Camp shoes (I weighed these sandals at ~4 oz but they come up about twice the weight online)

• Olympus camera: 8 oz but the pictures are a lot more special to me than those from my phone’s camera

• Kindle: a lot of people say to read on your phone but a lot of other people say it’s their favorite piece of gear

TENT: - I found a used Zpacks Plex Solo for $400 on Craigslist. I’m thinking of taking the leap since it’s half the weight of my Durston. Not sure if it’s worth the extra money and hassle of selling my other tent, though… I might return my poles and use my $30 Costco poles to recoup some of the cost (and the women’s BD poles I think are too short?)

(Accuracy: I won’t be at home with most of my gear until April so I had to do my best researching all of the weights online.)