...id like to see your complete gear list. everything.

thanks.

PM sent with list attached. Good luck.

Normal camp stuff but paring down food and clothing. I just take the clothes I wear and one insulating layer and hat. The food is down to oatmeal and power bars and freeze dried meals. No extra shoes, no fishing gear, no chair.

I also take an inflatable PFD.

I can only do this for short trips in good weather.

I'll show yez mine if ye show me yers.

quote IBFLY: "I'll show yez mine if ye show me yers. "

i dont have one...why ya think im askin?

Why wouldn't it be the same as your group solo pack list? Or do you double portage on those?
Email sent. I can post here if you prefer.

And mine is on an excel spread sheet which formats itself weirdly if copied.

got your emails, thanks.

Here's mine:


Gear:

Permit letter
RABC
Fishing license
Passport
Cash
Credit card

Canoe
Bungee dealy bops
Paddle.
Spare Paddle (Wife’s carbon fiber shaft)
Painter—para cord
Life Jacket
Dry bag for ballast

Tent—Kelty Gunnison 2
40 degree Sleeping bag
Big agnes air core pad
Headlight w/fresh batteries
Kindle
Wipes
Trowel
Bear rope—50’ para cord
Compass
Leatherman
Eyeglasses
Fishing Rod
Tackle box (very small with about 6 crank baits)
Duct tape (ten feet or so wrapped around pencil)
Maps


First aid kit:
Gauze
tape
Elastic bandage
Ibuprofen
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Small bar of soap
Antacids


Clothes:
Gloves
Fleece coat
Long johns –tops and bottoms
two pairs underwear
Zip offs
Bug shirt—light long sleeved cotton shirt doused in permethin
two t shirts
Baseball Cap
Stocking cap
Two pair Merino wool socks
one pair heavy wool socks just in case
Rubber boots or Keens
Flip flops for camp
Stuff sack to hold the above
Rain Gear—“DriDucks”

Kitchen:
Lighters
Water Jug—1 gallon plastic jug from grocery store
Frypan—backpackers 8”, doubles as plate/bowl
Coffee cup
Small aluminum pot and lid
Spoon, fork
Spatula
Pot grabber
Littlebug Wood stove
Sterno if fire ban
Filet knife
Aluminum foil
Scrubbie
Dish soap
two stuff sacks: one for sooty stuff, one for the rest


Food:
General notes: Dry food only, except for cheese, butter, salami. No bagged chicken, tuna, or salmon. Measure things like peanut butter to make sure you aren't taking more than you need.

Minimalist. June July August. No bushwhacking nor preference for campfire


Hammock. Hennessy
40 degree down bag in compression dry bag, with thermolite liner
CCS tarp 10x14 with ropes and ridgeline rope
Boat
2 paddles
bailer
Throw bag
Portage lines
Detachable yoke
PFD with PLB, flashlight, camera and whistle
Book
Map (in waterproof case with carabiner)
Water filter
Sea to Summit 10 liter dishpan
Trangia stove
Littlbug stove
Dromedary bottle
Dry case with smokes, passport wallet permit, lighters(3)..stuff I dont want to leave in the car
Hat
Raincoat
Tuque(yes even in summer)
Crocs for camp
Thinsulate jacket (like a down sweater)
Compass
Throw bag
2 pr wool sox
2 pr sock liners
bandana
extra pants
merino wool top
poly long underwear
Nylon shirt
SS t if I am not wearing it
First aid kit with Benadryl, Ibuprofen, Antibiotic, Nu Skin, band aids duct tape , gauze, scissors, tweezers hand cream, kling, firesteel
Toothbrush, camp soap, microfiber towel, toothpaste,bug repellent, tp.
Pot,
Spatula
Eating spoon
Stir spoon
Pot cozy
Pot lifter
Coffee cup
Collapsible bowl. I think its called an X bowl.
Headlamp. Reading glasses

Leatherman
4 inch fixed Mora knife

Food is minimalist
Oatmeal
Via Coffee
Power Bars
Cheese sticks
Dried Fruit
Landjaeger
Something from Hawk Vittles for dinner
Tea

for a solo paddle trip i pack as if i am backpacking. only essential gear is brought. after thirty two years of solo tripping i feel confident in the gear i bring.

of coarse i bring the obvious gear, but instead of a tent i use a bivy sack, a north face synthetic 50 degree bag and maybe a tiny tarp. my clothes are minimal, wool or polypro, they must be functional even when wet. very little backup here, that poly jacket has to function with my rain jacket for the unexpected poor weather.

i do bring a stove but expect to do most of my cooking using using the hot burning pine, spruce branches that are always available.

as a backpacker the idea of bringing chairs, chairs? is unthinkable, as are axes, saws and the like.

so all of my gear fits in my 1979 wilderness experience internal frame pack, or a number 2 duluth pack, this is including food for 10 days.

so i have that potential to single pack a portage, that does not mean that i will have do that. i pay close attention to my body. severe pain means stop. time to change strategies. depending on my mood, depending on gods mood, i adjust for the conditions. that single portage can very well end up as a double portage. the question is, you are on a solo trip, the only person you can impress is yourself.

so that was a rather vague list of what i bring. things i dont bring are sleeping pads, tents, misc cooking gear, extra paddle,

really haven't thought this out to much, i go by instinct for solo, no one to complain.

canoe
2-paddles
lifevest-wearing-wrap around seat while portaging
ccs map case and storage bag-holds water bottle and portage food

bvault 500-dried food from richmoor-1 meal per day
instant oatmeal 3 packs per day
a variety of bars, 2 per day
ground coffee, 3/4 lb-gotta have my java.

exped solo tent-innie and outie-small plastic pieces
exped mat
down bag-in stuffsack
cotton pillow case-down shirt goes in for pillow
1-hh tarp

patagonia down sweater
patagonia fleece pullover sweatshirt
2-zip up patagonia capilene shirts
md weight stretch pants-windproof and warm and liteweight
1-cotton muscle shirt
2-undies
2-socks
gloves-thin wool hat-cooler weather
baseball type hat
sunglasses
sandles-camp
asolo-portage boots
neo trekkers-over shoes-for bad, or very muddy in and outs.
clothes are put in stuff sack

i cook pan-which holds-msr pocket rocket-snow peak titanium backup,3 lighters, headlight, small flashlight, msr coffee basket, pepper. spoon.

2-msr fuel canisters
msr water pump
1-nalgene water bottle
bear spray-small first aid kit

this fits in a granite gear quetico pack.

the pack has a nice front full length pocket that holds my raingear.

jan, my last trip in may i had an olive barrel which held my food. with the addition of the bv 500, which is shorter, and the purchase of the new tent, i will now get it all in the gg quetico.

Hmmm... I don't have one. It's just that it changes some for each trip.

I'll try to rough it in...

Canoe-
You already know that there is only one.
Paddle(s)-
Two CF 10* bent
Pack (new now)-
CCS Pioneer for longer trips, CCS Ruck for less than five days.
Shelter-
Most often HH Backpacker Asym, otherwise it might be one of a few different ul solo's. Have settled on a 9x9 tarp.
Sleep system-
Overquilt PL, Underquilt down, if hammocking. If tenting, I mostly use a 15* NF Orion PL bag and Warmlite down filled mat. If dry weather, I'll use a Marmot Helium down bag.
Small 1st aid kit.
Clothing changes a lot-
Usually just one pair of Royal Robbins nylon, quick drying, non- convertable pants. Don't recall the model but are probably exactly like Piragis paddling pants which I believe are made by RR.
Have been using Starter brand long johns from Walmart. Just as good as the expensive ones imo, for much less money.
One or two cheap, quick drying T shirts.
One warm fleece shirt.
Two pair socks.
Footwear always varies but I always have something dry for camp.
Hats- Usually a ball cap, a Filson packer hat for rainy weather and a fleece hat for sleeping.
Rain jacket usually changes. No rain pants in warmer weather but will bring in colder weather.
PFD-
Just bought this Onyx inflatable for warm weather, but will use a regular pfd in colder weather for the added insulation.
Bear can-
Bear Vaults, one small or one large or both.
Cook kit-
I'm really stuck on my Jetboil Sol. Have tried everything else and this one wins out for my needs.
Otherwise, one mug, one insul. bowl and utensils.
Food-
Freeze dried dinners, oatmeal breakfasts, lunch is often tuna or chicken in tortilla's, gorp, cheese sticks, beef sticks etc.
Hiker filter and sometimes Aqua Mira if doing a lot of river travel.

Probably leaving out a few things. I usually just go in the gear room and pretty much go over every shelf and drawer 'til I've gotten it all.

Okay - here's mine:
This list changes a bit depending on season, expected weather or mood.

IBFLY solo Gear list

• Canoe (with painters) Tandem: either a SRQ17, 17’ Bell Northwind Royalex, or a 17’ cedar stripper
• 2 paddles – 1 strapped in with BDBs – they are still wood, straight shafts. Looking at getting a carbon paddle. Last year I rented a kayak paddle to try it out.
• Maps
• Backpack (see below)
On my body:
• PFD (fisherman’s kind with pockets) (In the pockets are: survival ditch kit; iodine, bug dope, sunscreen, 1st aid, food, small compass, firestarter, matches, signaling mirror, pico flashlight, lighter, chapstick, some food, a little bit of rope, bug headnet)
• Folding knife in my pocket
• Sheath knife on my belt (Helle Eggen)
• knife on PFD
• Leatherman on belt
• compass on belt
• Steripen on belt
• sunglasses
BackPack – Used to be my Sealine Hybrid Pack now usually my CCS Pioneer –though have been trying to work down to the Granite Gear Guide Pack – If I skip the chair and strap the bear vault to the pack it works.
In the pack:
• Hammock or Tent – more and more just the hammock. May try just a bivvy sack.
• sleeping bag and either a pad(if in a tent) or torso length thermax insulator for the hammock
• Tarp
• Ground Cloth
• Folding Saw
• In a stuff sack: Seam sealer, Duct tape, file, carabiners, xtra rope, xtra stakes, candle, extra batteries, headlamp, lighter, clothes pins, whetstone)
• Primus mini stove + canister (may start just bringing trangia alcohol stove instead) - spork, tinfoil for windscreen – fits inside the:
• Snowpeak 700 or 900 cup
• 1 small plate/bowl
• Camp suds, sponge cloth, Trash bag xtra plastic baggies
• Wet wipes/TP
• Toiletries(toothbrush, paste, first aid kit, lotion, floss, nail clipper, bug dope + iodine)
• small washcloth and small towel
• Clothing: 1 or two small stuff sacks: Dependent upon season: warm hat, bball cap paddling gloves, lightweight leather gloves, sometimes mittens. 4 pairs of wool socks, 1 or 2 pairs pants, long underwear, long sleeve top, short sleeve top, rain jacket/pants, dry shoes, wet shoes, bandana, wool sweater or fleece. Some of that is of course on my body. All clothes are wool or climafit type stuff
• 1 or 2 books, sometimes a journal, pen.
• Sometimes but not always a camera
• 2 Flasks or nalgene bottle , 1 box of red wine or more depending on length of trip
• Water bottles (1 nalgene, 1 collapsible), steripen or katadyn gravity filter
• Alite monarch chair but sometimes just a sitting pad or sit on the Bear vault. I find I don't really need a chair.
• Food goes in a Bear vault though sometimes just an OP sack. My food list is much like yours. Nuts, dried fruit, chocolate, oatmeal, soups, dried meat, salami, cheese, tortillas, bannock mix, sometimes some eggs – power bars.

I think that’s about it. Seems like a lot when listed out like this. I try to trim a bit more each trip.
Have been cutting back on food. On true solos I eat very little. On group trips I eat far more.
My solo last year I didn’t even fill my BV and still brought half of it home.
I no longer bring an axe or hatchet.

I love the lists, but I wish you guys had total pack weights to go along with them! What's the avg solo pack weight here? 25-35lbs?

quote Ragged: "I love the lists, but I wish you guys had total pack weights to go along with them! What's the avg solo pack weight here? 25-35lbs? "

I know it sounds silly, but I've never actually weighed mine. I'll do it on my next trip.
I've just gone with the thought that if I can lift and carry it, it's light enough. I single portage and have done most of the 1 mile or above portages in the dub including the baby grand.
I think that the pack probably weighs 40 -45# or so at the start of the trip due to wine and food. It's probably 30# or less at the end of a trip.

Along with pack weight also what your canoe weighs please. It would help if you could list gear weight and food weight and for how many days.

I took a 6 day solo this June. My pack weighed 32 pounds at the start of the trip (not sure how much was food). My canoe with paddles, life jacket, fishing rod, was around 50.

Here are my weights
Pack: 45# assumed (15 - 20# of which is food and alcohol)
Canoe: SR Q17 42# if I take my Bell NW royalex it's about 67, Cedar Strip 17: 62
paddles: 2@ 1.5#
PFD + belt o'tools 3#

Me: 175#

Total: 91.5 on day one, 71.5 on last day. So anywhere btwn 40 and 52% of my bodyweight.

None of which should really matter to you 'cuz you gots to do your thing bro'

Single Portage: I am not a big fan of single portages while going solo. Over the years I have noticed that I tend to dread portages while under a canoe fully loaded (even if it is with minimal gear) and I think I missed a lot of the beauty.

That being said, it is also hard to appreciate the wilderness when I am carrying to much gear while solo!

So, this is a list for my next solo trip in October (not complete yet..but about 90%). It does not include food weight yet (and possibly some very light fishing gear).

I will add and take away a few items as I get closer to the trip (or change gear type). I still need to weigh a few items (i.e. food pack, gear pack, etc) I have not included those yet because I choose bags LAST. I have noticed that if I choose a bag first, it highly influences my decisions on what gear to take. If I look at the gear, and only the gear, I am able to decide what gear is essential to my trips objective and what gear is not essential.

Here is my list (some items still need weighing):

Clothing
Underarmor Long John Pants 6.6oz
Underarmor Long John Shirt
1 Quick Dry T Shirt ( poly) 7.3oz
1 Quick Dry Convertible Pants (poly) 19.4
1 down vest 8.9oz
1 Underwear 5oz
1 Shirt 5.4oz
1 Quick Dry Towel (REI or Target) 4.6oz
1 Fleece top 8.1 oz
1 Hat (Winter type...not cotton) 0.9oz
1 Rain Coat 16oz
1 Rain Pants 14oz
1 pair Gloves for Canoe (water repellent Mark!) 3oz
1 Chota Boots 47oz
1 Chota Socks (I pair) 13oz
1 Wool Socks (2-3 pair) ???
1 Keen Sandals 28.4oz

Total Clothing: 11.73lbs

Shelter / Sleep
Tent (Copper Spur UL2) 62oz
Sleeping bag (20 Western Mountaineering 20 degee) 36.3 oz
Silk Liner 5.9oz
Sleeping pad 21.1 oz
Tarp (CCS) 31.2oz

Total Shelter/Sleep: 9.79lbs

Navigation
Flashlight (Headlamp) 4.3oz
Compass 2.6oz
Map(s) 3oz

Total Navigation: .62 lbs

Hygiene
Toothbrush (small) 0.4oz
Toothpaste (small)
Toilet Paper

Total hygiene: 0.025lbs

Transportation
Canoe (prism) 544oz
Life vest 8.9oz
Paddle 37oz
Chair 18.4 oz
Yoke 37oz

Total Transportation: 40.33lbs


Kitchen:
Soap 1.7oz
Sponge (with scrub pad)
Jet boil Stove 15.4oz
Fuel 5.5oz
Matches
Lighter 0.6oz
Camp saw 16oz
Platypus Bottles 2.4oz
Spork 0.7oz
Tin Foil
Paper Towels
Paper Plate(s) 1.4oz

Total Kitchen: 2.73 lbs

Other Misc
Extra Rope 0.9oz
Duct tape
Leatherman (optional) 8.9oz
Camera
Gear Pack
Food Pack
First Aid Kit 9oz
Candles / Lantern
Weather Radio 8.5oz
Extra Batteries 3.5oz

Total Other Misc: 4.66

Total Weight: 66.99lbs

** This is for a 5-7 day trip. Food will add 1.5 to 2.25 lbs per day, depending on how happy I want to be at meal time).