Lightweight Thru-Hiking Gear: Backpacking Tarp Set-Up with ZPacks Arc Blast

Back from my Sheltowee Trace thru-hike, I break down my gear, especially the "big three" -- my backpack, shelter, and sleep system. Backpack: ZPacks Arc Blast 60L Shelter: Hyperlite Mountain Gear 8 1/2 foot square tarp (cuben fiber) Sleep system: Marmot summer down sleeping bag Therm-A-Rest NeoAir XLite (small) Mountain Laurel Designs Superlight Bivy Non-slip rug pad (two small pieces) Tyvek 1443 R Reflectix This was the gear I used on my recent Sheltowee thru-hike. The Sheltowee Trace is a 324-mile trail that runs (in the direction I hiked) from the Southern Terminus at the Burnt Mill Bridge Trail Head in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, through Cumberland Falls and the Red River Gorge, then eventually to the Northern Terminus beyond Morehead, Kentucky. For the videos of my thru-hike, see this playlist: http://bit.ly/2rvAZA0 The videos referenced in THIS video are as follows -- Five Set-Ups for a Square Tarp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hx0joElOqc Smoky Mountains Winter Backpacking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu4e6U7w1QY&t=10s Lightweight Backpacking Gear List for Summer Hiking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtG9I2FUwKM **** ***** ***** ***** ***** **** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ***** http://bit.ly/1IINheY --follow the link and hit "subscribe"! ****CAMERA EQUIPMENT AND EDITING SOFTWARE***** Filmed with an Canon G7 X; edited with Cyberlink Powerdirector 14. The video was shot at 30 fps. **** MY INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT: MY DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS (SOME FROM THE TRAIL) **** https://www.instagram.com/evan.schaeffer ****ABOUT THE MUSIC I MAKE FOR YOUTUBE VIDEOS**** I make the music I compose and produce available to others to use for free, and my music has appeared in more than 1,000 other videos with a combined millions of views. Some examples are in a playlist on my channel titled "Videos Featuring My Original Music." Please take a look here: http://bit.ly/2kzPIpv I also have a (new) YouTube channel for my music -- please subscribe! http://bit.ly/2nOnyZD More about my music: the songs I write and share on SoundCloud (http://bit.ly/2lUMpge) are published under a Creative Commons license. These songs are free to download and available to use in YouTube videos. You can both use them for free AND monetize your videos for your own profit. If you want to use one of my songs in a video, please see the information on my SoundCloud page. I publish new songs at SoundCloud from time to time (though not when I'm thru-hiking!), so check back at my Soundcloud page or my YouTube channel. **** SEND ME EMAIL **** email: [email protected]