Zippers

Jo asked, and now I have the answer: my gear featured 8.12m (26' 7.7") of zippers.

   Item                      Length:  metric    imperial   decimal percent of total

Total                                 8.12m     26' 7.7"   1.00***  
   Fleece Vest                        1.00m     3' 4.2"    0.13*    
      Front                           68.00cm   2' 2.8"    0.08*    
      2x Pockets                      34.00cm   1' 1.4"    0.04*    
   Sleeping Bag Liner Pouch           17.00cm   6.7"       0.02     
   Sleeping Bag                       1.00m     5' 7.3"    0.21**   
   REI eVent Rain Shell               1.00m     3' 3.6"    0.12*    
      2x Side                         17.50cm   6.9"       0.02     
      Front                           67.00cm   2' 2.4"    0.08*    
      Sternum                         16.00cm   6.3"       0.02     
   Lens Pouch (Tamrac)                23.00cm   9.1"       0.03     
   Sierra Designs Light Year 1 Tent   2.00m     7' 9.7"    0.29**   
      Rain Fly                        94.00cm   3' 1.0"    0.12*    
      Door                            1.00m     4' 8.7"    0.18*    
   REI Sahara Pants                   36.50cm   1' 2.4"    0.04*    
      Fly                             15.00cm   5.9"       0.02     
      Hip Pocket, Interior            7.50cm    3.0"       0.01     
      Back                            14.00cm   5.5"       0.02     
   Pack                               1.24m     4' 0.8"    0.15*    
      Side Pocket                     23.50cm   9.3"       0.03     
      Floating Top Pocket             25.00cm   9.8"       0.03     
         Outside                      25.00cm   9.8"       0.03     
      J-Zip                           56.50cm   1' 10.2"   0.07*    
      Hip Mesh Pocket                 19.00cm   7.5"       0.02

(The above is the output of a modification of the mass-computation script I threw together before leaving — feel free to play with zippers.py. If there's interest — mine or others' — I may even make it into a web page.)

(P.S. From the Wikipedia article on Inch, consulted for the ever-necessary 2.54: "Effective July 1, 1959, the United States and countries of the British Commonwealth defined the length of the international yard to be exactly 0.9144 meters.[1] Consequently, the international inch is defined to be equal to exactly 25.4 millimeters. This creates a slight difference between the international units and surveyor's units which are described in the article on the foot." Just in case it was too simple.)