Hiking gear and other equipment

There are ultra-lightweight backpackers who try to safe every gram of weight, then there are lightweight backpackers who try to safe some weight and then there are hikers like me who don't care that much about how much they carry.

I don't think that thru-hiking the PCT depends on how lightweight your backpack is, but how strong someones will is.

The following list shows what I carried with me on the PCT including some more information on replacement parts.

Backpack

Cerro Torre 65:85
Manufacturer: Lowe Alpine, 2017

Shoes

1x pair of hiking shoes
Manufacturer: Meindl
1x pair of ssandals
Manufacturer: Ecco
1x pair of replacement hiking shoes
Manufacturer: Oboz

Sleeping

1x tent (Power Lizard UL)
Manufacturer: Vaude
Comment: It's for sure a great tent, but for the PCT I'd recommend a self-standing tent and also one where you can take of the fly
1x Sleeping bag
Comment: Safe up to -20 degree Celsius
1x smart pillow
Manufacturer: Handmade
Comments: Bag of sleeping bag and longsleeve

Clothing

3x merinowhool T-Shirts
Manufacturer: Smartwhool
Comment: I think that 2 would have been enough from the beginning on. I sent one back home after more than half the hiking trip
1x short zipper trousers
Manufacturer: Maul
Comment: One of the cheapest trousers. I planned to buy a new one but got access to sewing machines on the way.
1x lightweight long trouser for evening and night
Comment: I swapped my hiking trousers with this one in the evening to keep my sleeping bag a little big cleaner and to have one trouser to go out in towns in the evening
2x underwear
Comment: One is enough for other hikers, but I prefer to wash the one or the other one sometimes ;-)
1x rain jacket
Comment: It hardly rains on the PCT, so a cheap one is good enough
1x longsleeve hoodie
Comment: For the cold days and nights. In combination with the rain jacket, this is the replacement for a thick jacket.

Navigation

1x compass
Set of Halfmile's hiking maps
Comment: I split up all hiking maps into 5 blocks and sent them to me via USPS

Technical equipment

1x headlamp + replacement battieries

1x GPS emergency beacon (DeLorme)

cannot recommend this device

1x phone, loading station
1x solar panels
Manufacturer: Blitzwolf
1x Battery
Manufacturer: Anker
Comment: Sufficient for about 3 loads of my phone, during the day connected to the solar panels
Box with useful stuff
Comments: Sewing kit, documents, etc.

Eating and drinking

1x drinking blister (3 liters)
Comment: Replaced later on by 2.5 liter one because of small leakage (my old one was over 10 years old)
2x plastic bottles (1 liter each)
Comment: In the dry area sometimes it's necessary to carry more water with you
1x ultralight pot
1x Gas stove
1x water filter
Comment: I used "MSR Trailshot" (140g) at the beginning which turned out to be a nightmare. Later on I replaced it with Katadyn's befree 3 liter gravity water filter. Don't forget to buy new filter cartridges every few weeks!
1x Bearcanister Bearvault BV500 (1162g)

Health and hygiene

1x first aid kit with small pharmacy in it
1x Toothbrush and -paste
1x soap
1x trowel
Comment: to create toilets everywhere in the nature