Wow.

There's obviously a whole ton of room to disagree with their choices, and I'm not going to start that two-vovlume work here.

However, I did notice that the list included a $200 watch and a $150 satellite GPS messenger (whatever that is.) So, personally, that's a cool $350 I wouldn't spend.

Of course, I'd just blow the savings on a Western Mountaineering sleeping bag and a good tent (instead of the bivy they chose.)

I also noticed the wardrobe was a lot more extensive than I'd select personally, so there may be some savings there, too.

I thought about my own gear list, which is simpler than theirs, and I was still in the $1,500 - $2,000 neighborhood, if I had to re-create my load. I could probably trim that to $1,000 if I used house brands (REI, Campmor, or EMS) instead of the pricier stuff I've treated myself to over the last few years.