To help alleviate any withdrawal symptoms I have decided to post my list for my very imminent walk starting tomorrow. It is for me to be rather different as I will be spending four or five days on the Wales Coastal Path rather than in the hills. There are, incidentally, sections of this that do venture up and inland as well as along cliffs and beaches. The weather forecast is fair, with it warming up for the end of the week. That has influenced my choices. As the nights are drawing in I am expecting to be in my shelter early so will take a Kindle and extra headtorch. I am also taking a few other unnecessary items partly to experiment eg I want to see how I get on with cooking over Esbit. And I have one or two shiny new items which I hope to comment on when I have some evidence on which to base my views. So this is what I am taking. As usual comments, barbs or complements will be read and then ignored or acted upon as I think fit. And I know there are certain items that I could ditch and reduce the weight still further!
Apologies for the poor formatting but you will get the general idea.
| Welsh Coast Path Sept 2014 | ||
| Kit List | Comments or | |
| Pack | Worn/Non-Pack | |
| Item | gr | gr |
| Pack | ||
| Arc Blast | 590 | |
| Packliner | 54 | |
| Shelter and Sleeping | ||
| Trailstar + Oooknest + Pegs | 1290 | |
| Tent J Cloth | 12 | |
| Tyvek small groundsheet | 90 | |
| Sleeping Bag Z Packs 20 Degree XL, Wide | 660 | In Z Packs cf stuff sac |
| Sleep Socks - Rohan liner | 40 | |
| Rab Meco Long Johns | 148 | |
| Rab T Shirt (TGOC 2013) | 99 | |
| Down hood from PHD Minimus Jacket | 50 | |
| Exped Pillow | 76 | |
| Neo Air X lite (large) | 445 | |
| Cooking | ||
| Sidewinder kit for meths + gramcracker | 90 | Testing using Esbit |
| Evernew 0.9 litre pot | 130 | In Z Packs cf stuff sack |
| Pot cosy | 28 | |
| Evernew 0.4 litre mug | 50 | |
| Lighter | 19 | |
| Matches | 12 | |
| Long spoon (Titanium) | 12 | |
| Water container Platypus 2 litre | 39 | |
| Sawyer water filter + medium pouch | 110 | Prob not needed |
| Plastic food bags | 10 | |
| Tiny sponge scourer | 5 | |
| J cloth | 12 | |
| Health and Hygiene | ||
| First Aid Kit:- | 275 | |
| First Aid Kit Dry Bag | ||
| Elasticated knee bandage | ||
| Tick remover | ||
| Safety Pins | ||
| Scissors | ||
| Sudacreme | ||
| Plasters and compeed | ||
| Wound Dressings | ||
| Bandage | ||
| Micropore tape | ||
| Paracetamol | ||
| Ibuprofen | ||
| Imodium | ||
| Hayfever tablets | ||
| Gehwol Foot Cream | Tiny pot | |
| Lanacane Anti-Chafing Gel | ||
| Wash Kit Total:- | 379 | |
| Dry bag | 16 | |
| Toothbrush and paste | 40 | |
| Comb | 7 | |
| Deodorant | 36 | |
| T Roll | 30 | |
| Ear plugs | 2 | |
| Daily disposable contact lenses | 18 | |
| Dr Bronners | 45 | |
| Hand sanitizer | 70 | |
| Tissues | 25 | |
| Towel | 90 | |
| Reading glasses in case | 107 | |
| Navigation | ||
| Silva compass | 40 | Prob not needed |
| Ortilieb A4 Case + map printouts | 104 | |
| Galaxy 3 Smartphone / GPS | 156 | |
| Two spare phone batteries | 78 | |
| Aquapack Case for phone | 60 | |
| Phone charger | 45 | |
| Accessories | ||
| Repair kit:- | 60 | |
| Dyneema | ||
| Duck Tape | ||
| Batteries *3 (watch and headtorch) | ||
| Thermarest puncture kit | ||
| Tenacious tape / cf tape | ||
| Foam sit mat | 18 | |
| Swiss army knife "Classic" | 22 | |
| Whistle | 26 | |
| Theadtorch - Petzl e lite | 26 | |
| Headtorch - Petzl green | 78 | |
| Midge head net | 50 | |
| Notebook and pen | 52 | |
| Kindle | 278 | In protective case |
| Watch - Suunto Core | 64 | |
| Dry Bags | 70 | |
| Camera - Lumix DMS F35 + case and spare battery | 270 | |
| Z Packs cf wallet, money, tickets, cards | 56 | |
| Pacer Poles - Alloy | 650 | |
| Clothes | ||
| La Sportiva Raptors | 850 | |
| Pants Rab Meco Boxers | 72 | |
| Pants Helly Hansen Boxers | 88 | |
| X Socks Exped (2 pairs) | 62 | 62 |
| Rohan Ether Trousers | 250 | |
| Colombia Shorts | 270 | |
| Berghaus short sleeved zip shirt | 200 | |
| Berghaus long sleeved zip shirt | 250 | Prob not needed |
| Hagloffs fleece | 325 | |
| Montane Prism Gillet | 284 | |
| Berghaus Fleece beenie | 42 | |
| Buff | 38 | |
| Lowe Alpine silk liner gloves | 29 | |
| Z Packs Challenger Rain 'Death' Jacket | 180 | Light or what? |
| Berghaus Paclite Overtrousers | 250 | |
| Hi Tec Zuuc Shoes | 368 | Not really needed |
| Tilley Hat Hemp | 150 | |
| Total Base Carried | 7586 | |
| Total Worn/Non Pack | 3219 | |
| Food, Drink, Fuel | ||
| Food | 2770 | |
| Dehydrated food (3 days) mains and deserts | One bar meal needed! | |
| Total other food (4 days):- | ||
| Soups 4 | ||
| Tea bags 16 | ||
| Drink choc 4 | ||
| Condensed milk - tube | My luxury | |
| Instant porridge six sachets for 4 days | ||
| Cereal bars 8 | ||
| Olives, herbs and spices | ||
| Chocolate 4 Snickers , 4 Milky Way | Buy more on walk | |
| Primula and wraps | ||
| Hip Flask | 0 | Billy No Mates |
| Water | 500 | |
| Meths | 500 | |
| Esbit | 20 | |
| Total Food and Water | 3270 | |
| Total Base Weight | 7586 | |
| Total Pack Weight inc food, water, fuel | 10856 | |
What about some Welsh Whisky!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.welsh-whisky.co.uk/
I have had Penderyn. I like it. But I will avoid the urge as I shall be all by myself. I will take the hip flask to the Dales at the end of the month when I shall be with others. I see a distillery is opening in Cumbria, too.
ReplyDeleteNew Trail shoes too, what's the story there David ? I expected to see the trusty Inov8's on the list.
ReplyDeleteHi John
ReplyDeleteNo not new trail shoes. The Raptors are great. I used them on the 2013 TGO Challenge. They didn't have much mileage left in them for the 2014 event and they are no longer made, hence the use of the Inov8s. I thought I would wear them out in Wales and then bin them which is what I did. Hope to do a blog post on the Wales trip soon.