SOUTH ISLAND GEAR LIST // Te Araroa Thru Hike Gear List – My 2020/21 Long Distance Hiking Gear
Here is the video you’ve all been waiting for… my 2020/21 Te Araroa Thru Hike Gear List for the South Island leg of the trail this summer. With the final base weight of my pack coming in at 6.6kg, it’s nearly 1kg lighter than the gear I finished the North Island with (not including camera gear, of course)!
It’s still not exactly ultralight, but given my early start date this year I’m confident it will at least keep me safe, warm and dry in some pretty cold and wet autumn weather!
Check out my full gear list for backpacking linked below, as well as my full post-Te Araroa North Island thru hike gear list for 2020, a great resource for hiking gear for beginners.
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Love your channel! It's so exciting to see content from our region of the world, and based around our local brands, you have a new subscriber!
A lot of this gear is similar to mine – Dirty Girl gaiters, Zpacks Duplex tent, Opinel knife, Toaks pot, (though mine is the 650 Light) same kiwi sunhat, Zpacks food bag, BRS 3000T stove, MSR Pocket Rocket, Enlightened Equipment quilt … You'll definitely need Deet in the South Island.
Have you found the crinkle sound of the neoair xlite to diminish over time? Also do you find the pump sack it comes with to be a bit faulty?
Great & conclusive review, you could be an air hostess with that voice 😉
Great gear loadout! Thanks for sharing!!! (New Subscriber) 🙂 Stay safe
Really good gear list, thanks for sharing it. Looks like you’re well set up to take on the South Island! Hope you’re having fun out there on the trail!
Looks great!!! Thanks for sharing this. Much appreciated 🙏. x
Woah great video !! Can tell a lot of work went into it !!! Love ur channel, u should be very proud 🙂
How are those jabra elite earbuds going? Had my eye on those for a while …
Nice video! Thanks for the gear list
Nice load out! Have a great trip!
Hi Michelle, great choices! A lot of your gear is very similar (if not exact) to what I use in British Columbia, Canada. Hope the South Island section is going great for you! Take care
Nice gear loadout! Do you need to hang your food in NZ to protect it from critters?
Hey you have great videos! This one – the music is too loud and repetitive. Made it hard to concentrate on your voice. Thanks for the info on the gear and hiking tips 🙂
Be careful not to get the knife wet, a friend of mine used one of those on a boat trip and it got stuck a lot because the wood swells up when wet.