As Flatbrokeoutside recovers from surgery caused by a car crash, he gets jittery thinking about the Appalachian Trail's huge hills. The result - a backpacking gear list base weight of about 7 pounds.

• The AT Conservancy's numbers on the trail's total mileage and elevation - http://www.appalachiantrail.org/home/...
• Elevations by state on the Appalachian Trail - http://tnlandforms.us/at/atelev.html
• Flatbroke's summer gear list on lighterpack.com - https://lighterpack.com/r/1jtllg
• Another site that helps track gear weight - https://www.geargrams.com/
• Flatbrokeoutside on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Flatbrokeout...