I will have a longer post on taking the GORUCK Challenge as part of Class 110 in Baltimore soon, but in the mean time I wanted to itemize out the gear I wore and carried with me in my GORUCK GR1.
Head
- GORUCK TAC Hat
- Patagonia merino wool beanie
- Petzl head lamp
Upper Body
- Patagonia Merino 3 midweight baselayer
- Outdoor Research Radiant Hybrid pullover fleece midlayer
- Brooks Infiniti II running jacket
Lower Body
- Under Armour compression shorts
- Under Armour EVO ColdGear legging
- REI zip-off hiking pants
Feet
- Injini CoolMax Toe Socks
- Brooks Adrenaline ASR 7 shoes
Hands
- Arc’teryx Gothic merino wool gloves
- Firm Grip construction gloves
In the ruck
- Under Armour Base 2.0 crew top
- Injini CoolMax Toe Socks
- Windstopper gloves
- Patagonia Houdini jacket
- Patagonia fleece beanie
- 100 oz Camelback
- Food: 2 Clif Bars, 3 packs of Peanut M&Ms, 4 Clif Gel Shots, 2 5 Hour Energies
- GORUCK Brick Bag (containing food & dry clothes in separate ziplock bags)
- 6 bricks wrapped with duct tape, saran wrap & bubble wrap and suspended to the top of the ruck with velcro tape
Of the food I brought, I only ate 2 of the Gel Shots and one pack of Peanut M&Ms. I never had a chance to change into any of my dry clothes. I also realized early on that packing my food in the Brick Bag, at the bottom of my ruck, was a big mistake. It should have been much more accessible. I refilled my Camelback once along the way.
In hindsight, I probably would have packed less clothing – maybe only extra socks – and taken less food. Less is more and in the end I probably carried 2+ pounds of stuff for 12 hours that I had no need for at all. Alternatively, I could have swapped these extra things out for beer, as Advanced Cellular Repair Technology was a welcome addition to as the Challenge went on…
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