>>1577316If you hiked with all that shit and "did fine" then far be it from me to criticize, but milsurp tends to be heavier and often inferior altogether. Use what you have, period, always, but I would suggest beginning to look into replacing some of those items over time with lighter, more functional alternatives. Sleeping bags is a biggie. For milsurp, getting into the more lower temps tends to require heavy, bulky multi piece "systems", whereas a single, very lightweight, high quality down bag can be laid over you as a light blanket in warmer temps, and mummied up down into 0 F and below, for example (I use the REI Magma year round, and have been down to 7 F twice, sweating). As for taking shits, I just leave them...dig holes, cover. Spend some time looking at each of your items, and compare them with modern civi gear on sites like REI taking a look at weights, measurements, and functionality (in terms of temps and such, for example).
I'd get rid of jeans. In all but Winter, in my locale (keep in mind, all of my /out/ clothing is my only clothing altogether, so this is daily use) I am in extremely lightweight and packable hiking pants with removable legs into shorts, and have never used the legs on them. They squash down into about fist size. I have two. Then I have two Propper BDU cotton poly pants for once it gets cool. Under them when truly cold are modern /out/ base layer underwear, and when needed, fleece pants. Two of each of these, then three REI hiking t shirts which weight nothing, pack down small, dry quickly, and wick moisture. Anyway, the combination of weight, pack size, and function is where to be looking, but as I said, if you are using what you have now then definitely continue to do so and research/replace over time as able.
