Buying Gear - and so it begins

I started seriously ordering gear today. There are some things I will wait to order later as I get closer to my start date, which is still undecided. Things like clothing which I hope will be several sizes smaller than what I currently wear. But things that I have been researching and have made final decisions on, I decided to go ahead and purchase. I will post links to the things I can in case you want to check them out.

Today I ordered my Steri-pen for treating water. There are many options for treating water in the field but for me, this seems the simplest and safest so I'm going with it. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003A1MURC/ref=pe_385040_30332200_pe_309540_26725410_item

I ordered my cooking system today as well. I plan to do what's called "freezer-bag cooking" which basically means boiling water and pouring it in a freezer bag full of dehydrated food to rehydrate and eat. Yeah, can't get much simpler than that. Plus, no pot to wash either. Just throw out the freezer bag when I get to a garbage can. I know I will be so exhausted at the end of long hiking days so I need the easiest way possible. I have read so many good things about the Caldera Cone system so I decided to purchase it. I bought it along with .9L titanium Evernew pot from traildesigns.com. Here's the link: http://www.traildesigns.com/stoves/caldera-cone-system

As part of the freezer bag cooking process, it helps to have something to keep the bag warm while it rehydrates so I bought a Cook-N-Coozy. Here's the link: http://www.ultralightdesigns.com/products/cooking/CookNCoozy-Solo.html

I needed a new headlamp and my research showed this one is very popular and probably the lightest weight one available. It is the Petzl E+lite with integrated whistle. Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001SARHV6/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The last thing I bought was some gaiters from Dirty Girl Gaiters.com. Of course I had to buy the ones with butterflies on them!!! http://www.dirtygirlgaiters.com/ironbutterfly.html