For the record like Jim Shaw and MNS and others I have a similar philosophy of going big on clothing insulation and food. It's for a different application, paddling and Eastern woodlands, but similar in principle. I also tend towards layers that can be worn all at once when needed. No spares as such. Less need of shelter and mountaineering type equipment where I hike. My general observations is that most outfitters seem to produce equipment that gives the appearance of one destined for Everest or car camping, often both at once.

My point was that I prefer the sort of detailed expert advice that Jim Shaw and MNS provide, rather than the over generalized stuff that tries to get applied to a wider audience and wider application, for whatever reason. I listen to folks like Jim Shaw and MNS, and draw on my own experience from small boat sailing and stuff, and then do my own hands on experience in my own little neck of the woods. Doing alot of hiking in familiar stomping grounds helps alot.