| Item | Weight |
| SAR patch, Starkweather-Moore patch, Kanik patch | 12g |
| film canister with matches | 16g |
| shoelaces | 18g |
| bag | 26g |
| ziplock with toilet paper | 40g |
| waterproof notebook with waterproof pen | 80g |
| AMK ultralight 0.5 first aid kit | 90g |
| LED converted mini-maglight | 96g |
| Victorinox | 98g |
| pouch containing trash bag and space blanket | 134g |
| U-Dig It shovel | 154g |
| pouch with compass, mirror, medical alert tags, whistle | 162g |
TOTAL: 910g
I'm sure I could pare that down to half that weight. The shovel, for instance, is a luxury; I can dig a hole with a stick. The internet tells me that weight-conscious hikers carry a razor blade instead of a knife. There are much smaller LED flashlights out there I could acquire. The patches are only 12g, but I don't really need any of them. I don't do SAR, so the SAR patch and the Kanik patch could be left out. The Starkweather-Moore expedition to Antarctica is fictional, so it never served a purpose at all, other than I'm a big fan of H.P. Lovecraft.
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