How do you organize your gear?

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Altitude High
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Re: How do you organize your gear?

Post by Altitude High »

Lists help. I've been organizing Word lists for years, with different kinds of gear listed under separate categories. For example clothing is under one heading, shelter and sleeping gear under another, first aid under another, cooking/food in another, and so forth. I have different lists for different seasons.

As to the actual gear, I separate it into different areas where the gear is stored. For clothing I've separated most items into different stuff sacks (e.g., medium red stuffsack, small orange stuffsack, large green stuffsack, and so forth) and store it there. Each stuff sacks lists what's in it. The same could be done with peg boards.

Then for specific trips, I use one of master lists and start a new Word document listing what I need by category, and where those items are stored. Also what will go in which area of the backpack or outside the pack.

Angry I admire your peg board. I can tell you have an organized mind. 8)
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Re: How do you organize your gear?

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Just go to REI with a list, pick it all up, then return it at the end of the season.
No storage required, you get all the newest things, and free use of things you can't afford
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Re: How do you organize your gear?

Post by ltlFish99 »

I utilize 3 of those portable plastic shelves from home depot in a spare room.
They are great because you can break them down in minutes when you need to move like I am doing this weekend.
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