In preparation for a February mountain goat hunt, below is a list of everything I’ll be taking. This is an 8 day hunt. 7 of us will be going. We’ll access a remote drainage by boat, hike in with snowshoes, tow sleds with additional gear, setup a basecamp with an 8 man Kifaru Tipi tent and wood stove. Then we’ll hunt out of there with one-man tents on our back incase we need to camp out on the mountain. Last year I was on a similar hunt and trying to burn wood to heat our tent was like trying to light a stick that had been submerged in a river for days then thrown into the freezer, it would not burn! So this year, we’ll bring up fire logs cut down to size so they’ll fit into our Kifaru stove which should allow us to heat the tent, dry gear, boil water and cook. The snow is deep and the temps are cold as. This will be a type-2-fun trip and I’m stoked!
Human emotion is most prevalent when the conditions suck, which is photo gold! Not to mention we all have to push far beyond our own comfort zones on trips like these. When you’ve survived and thrived on such endeavors, you learn a ton about yourself and how capable you really are, which is incredibly rewarding.
British Columbia Mountain Goat Hunt |
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Gear List |
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| Food | Calories/Day |
| Freeze dried (Humble Foods and Mtn House) | 600 |
| Trail mix | 400 |
| Beef Jerky | 160 |
| Protein Powder | 150 |
| Pro Bar | 390 |
| Clif Shot Gel | 100 |
| Clif Shot Blok | 180 |
| Builder Bar | 270 |
| Other Bars | 180 |
| Honey Stinger Waffles x 2 | 300 |
| Honey Stinger 10g Protein Bar | 180 |
| Tea/coffee/hot drinks | 100 |
| Total | 3010 |
| Camp Accessories | |
| Fairshare Mug for freeze dried meals | |
| Spork | |
| Jetboil w/fuel | |
| -Lighter for Jetboil | |
| Titanium cup w/lid. For boiling on wood stove. | |
| Yeti Mug | |
| Wet Wipes | |
| TP | |
| 6L Dromedary bag | |
| 1L Nalgene | |
| 1.5L Nalgene | |
| Shelter | |
| Kifaru 8-man Tipi tent | |
| Kifaru large box stove | |
| Kifaru snow stakes | |
| Kifaru tent liner | |
| Tyvex ground sheet | |
| Hilleberg Enan tent | |
| -sponge for combating condensation | |
| Valandre Bloody Mary Sleeping Bag | |
| Monte Bell Event bivy | |
| North Face tent booties | |
| Therma Rest Neo Air Pad | |
| Clothes | |
| Sitka Kelvin Down Hoody | |
| Sitka Kelvin Lite Pants | |
| Long underwear bottoms Merino | |
| Long underwear bottoms Synthetic | |
| Sitka Stormfront Jacket | |
| Sitka Stormfront Pant | |
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– Will wear stormfront pant with long underwear. No traditional pants.
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Outdoor Research Crocodile Gaiters (or new Sitka Stormfront Gaiters)
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| Fits/Farm to Feet socks | |
| Sitka Neck Gaiter | |
| Buff | |
| Sitka Merino baselayer top | |
| Kelvin Active Jacket | |
| Core Heavyweight Top | |
| Coldfront Gloves | |
| Sitka Blizzard Mitts | |
| Sitka Kamchatka Hat | |
| Sitka reversible beanie | |
| Sitka Merino boxers | |
| Footwear | |
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Kenetrek Mountain Extreme w/400gr thinsulate
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| Grivel G-12 crampons | |
| Northern Lights Men’s Elite Snowshoes | |
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Mystery Ranch Marshall (soon to be Stone Glacier)
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| Misc: | |
| Kifaru Sled | |
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Black Diamond Whippet wrapped with electrical and Duct tape
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| Headlamp w/spare batteries | |
| Handheld light w/spare batteries | |
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Emergency Kit w/charged battery brick and cable for inReach
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| Toiletry Kit | |
| Wiggy Waders | |
| 50 feet of rope w/climbing caribeaner | |
| Ibuprofen | |
| Camera Gear: | |
| Swarovski 95mm spotter | |
| Phone Skope | |
| Sirui Tripod | |
| Sony a7riii x 2 | |
| Shutter release | |
| Zeiss Batis 18mm lens | |
| Zeiss Batis 25mm lens | |
| Zeiss Batis 85mm lens | |
| Sony 70-200 lens | |
| 90mm macro lens | |
| polarizers and ND filters (67 and 77mm) | |
| 14 sony batteries | |
| lens clothes | |
| alcohol wipes | |
| Sensei air blower | |
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Cotton Carrier chest harness, shoulder strap attachment and holster
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| Clik Elite chest harness | |
| All memory cards 1TB worth | |
| Pelican memory card case | |
| lens coats x 2 | |
| multi tool | |
| USB Battery bricks x 3 | |
| – iphone and USB power cables | |
| Senheizer MKE400 lav mic | |
| Pelican 1510 case | |
| Computer Equipment | |
| Macbook Pro | |
| Power cord | |
| SSD externals x 2 (for LR and PP) | |
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4tb thunderbolt external for 2nd copy of images
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| Card reader | |
| USB-C to USB A adapters x 2 | |
| USB-C to Thunderbolt 2 adapter | |
| Sony battery charger | |
| Travel Gear | |
| Passport | |
| Wallet | |
| $100 emergency cash | |
| Image of passport and credit cards on phone | |
| Travel clothes | |
| Travel toilery kit | |
| Cold medicine | |
| iphone charger x 2 | |
| Joby gorilla pod (for vlogging) | |
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