Yaonkie
Hey welcome and be happy, <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Well if ya don't have any gear why worry about weight? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />Take the rain gear. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> And a tent.

Concentrate on warm clothes that will be warm if wet, <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> and keep rain shells over them if its wet. Sleeping bags should not be down. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />Wear the most reasonable footgear you can. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Oh and sleeping pads, preferably atleast 1/2 or an inch thick. Gloves, hats etc.

You do not need a whole lot of the stuff that people pick up as they learn <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />. If you add a stove and a pan and a bic you can cook. A flashlight and toilet paper make the trip neater. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

As far as tricks I guess all anybody here can think of is pack baiting so atleast put a large beer can in his pack. Then you can use the Eiger Sanction line.
"how bout a warm one?"...
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