As always this is a work in progress. For the most part I will be using my standard tramping gear for the TaT, at least for most of the South Island sections. I am gradually lessening the weight of my gear, replacing old items with lighter, fit for purpose equipment.
Eventually it is my intention to tramp some sustained section's in the North Island, probably from Cape Reinga to Hamilton (30-45 days) and a section from Palmerston North to Wellington (20+ days). When I get to this stage I will need to do a serious weight cutting exercise on my gear. I'm currently running at 10-12kg's without food and water, I would like to loose at least another 3 kg's from this total.
Gear list for TaT Section Tramps
Clothing 
- Items being worn/ carried on body
- Boots, La Sportiva Valojet,Leather , size 13 1140g
- Gloves. polypropylene 162g
- Over mittens, Gore Tex, OR brand 145g
- Hat lightweight, fleece 132g
- Jacket, wet wear, Macpac, Copland 750g
- Pants, wet wear, Rainbird 416g
- Pants- thermal , merino 220g
- Shirt, L/S, thermal, merino 215g
- Shirt short sleeve, technical, generic 176g
- Shirt, L/S, Badger brand, polyester 165g
- Shorts, nylon 150g
- Socks, tramping,2 pair 350g
- Sun hat, Baseball style 114g
- Top, warm, Fleece - 200, H&F 410g
Total: 4545gm's
Cooking system
- Mug, metel (BBT= Big Bastard Tea cup) 98g
- Knife & spoon, Ti, Sea to Summitt 103g
- Pot 1 ltr, stainless steel 200g
- Gas canister (MSR), butane 350g
- Stove, butane, Kovea 124g
- Waterbottle, plastic, empty 1.5 ltr 45g
- Waterbottle, plastic, roll up type 1 ltr 36g
Total: 954gm's
Shelter/Sleeping system
- Ground sheet - PVC tablecloth-6'4" by 4' 85g
- Sleeping bag, down, MacPac Brand XL 1250g
- Tent, Luxe Lightwave, pegs+ties 1137g
- Pacific Outdoor Adventurer mat, inflatable 480g
Total: 2952 gm's
(If I went ultra light I could potentially save about 1.5kg in this area)
Toiletries
- Hygene kit-toothbrush, paste, medicines 92g
- Insect repealent, Aerosol, 154g
- Camp towel, Sea to Summit 134g
Total: 380 gm's
Tools
- Compass, Silva Ranger 64g
- First Aid kit 280g
- Knife, Victorix folding 34g
- Pack liner, plastic, MSC yellow 174g
- Pack, Vaude Accept 65ltr + 10ltr pack 2200g
- Trek pole, Leki, one only 210g
- Survival kit: misc. items in metal container 120g
Total: 3082 gm's
(Some lightweight packs come in at 400-600gms)
Technology
- Headlamp, LED, Ever-ready, 74g
- Batteries,AAA (4) spare 48g
- ACR, ResQLink Locator beacon 153g
- Nikon, Cool Pix camera 116g
- Sony MP3 player, plus ear bud headphone 97g
Total: 488 gm's
Total overall weight carried(worn and in pack) 12 568gm's or 12.56kg's
Total pack weight (no food/water) 10 589 gm's or 10.58 kg's
There are weight savings to be made over all of my gear but especially my pack, sleeping bag and wet weather gear. I am investigating options with all of these, and hope to save at least 1-2.5 kg from this area. Apart from that I am fairly happy with the other gear I am carrying.
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