Expedition kit is finally ready! more or less....

[trekkingnut]

Not including any clothing and still missing a few teeny bits and pieces.

mountain hardware lamina 0 (-18 limit) sleeping bag
120ltr flight bag
8 man group shelter
issue reversible bivi jacket
vaude taurus 1
25 ltr forces day pack
msr quick system 1
therma rest prolite regular
issue camelbak
winter jacket
msr whisperlite international
winter trousers
gloves/hat/microlite fleece
first aid kit
petzl myo xp
hennessy hammock explorer dulux asym with 30d hex tarp and garda hitch modification
soft shell
fuel bottle
120ltr berghaus vulcan (modified)
mora frost knife
msr exped maintainence kit/wind shield
snugpack jungle sleeping bag
gloves goretex
mosquito net
googles
mummy liner
snugpack response pack with survival kit
lowa mountain boots
drinksafe explorer bottles
wildcountry climbing harness
40mtr beal rope
lowa jungle boots
asortment of dmm carabiners with sling
5 dmm prowire quick draws
side pouches of my bergen/day pack
walking poles

For belt kit: What i take to work every day.....

first aid kit
iodine
pace counter and gear karabiner
gps with waterproof case
emergency strobe
every day firesteel
id tags with blood group
cotton wool tinder
100ft para cord
signalling mirror
spare fire steel
inner tube
fishing kit x 2
spare clip and whistle
water proof matches
knife
waterproof note paper and first aid memoire
knife sharpener
chinagraph pencil
compass
candles
camel bak mouthpeice
spare torch
pencil
button compass
parachord (lil bit extra as a bracelet)
windproof/uv blocking buff
1600ltr filter
waterproof box
mess tin
lighter
dry sack
spare batteries
waterproof storage tin
Lancashire hot pot rat pak

Now its currently a little depleted as im back off to borneo again for six months in three weeks so it needs a top up. i.e more spare batteries etc.... snare wire blah blah blah.... this was just a quick show and tell.

Hope at least someone found that vaguely interesting.....

 

[Large Sack]

always interested in seeing kit lists...especially with photos
always need to know what I might be missing out on!
Have a good trip

Cheers
Sack

 

[trekkingnut]

always interested in seeing kit lists...especially with photos
always need to know what I might be missing out on!
Have a good trip

Cheers
Sack

thanks, if you want any info or reasoning for anything then dont hesitate to ask!

 

[Andy2112]

Trek,

Good bag you got there mate, i've got the Lamina 32 at home.

Is your kit for every enventuality? just saw winter jacket and trousers, and your'e off to Borneo?

 

[nolightweight]

What modifications have you done to the Vulcan?

 

[trekkingnut]

Trek,

Good bag you got there mate, i've got the Lamina 32 at home.

Is your kit for every enventuality? just saw winter jacket and trousers, and your'e off to Borneo?

i am indeed off to borneo however i am an obsessive mountaineer and will be hitting some 3-4000mtr peaks whilst im running around the rest of indonesia and whilst it may or may not be snowing they are waterproof/windproof/damn warm! they really dont weigh very much.... so id rather take those than warm trousers AND waterproof trousers etc. they wont get used in the rainforest thats for sure...

 

[trekkingnut]

What modifications have you done to the Vulcan?

o minor things. ive just replaced all of the zip ties with paracord instead of the rubbish that comes with it. ive also cut off all major buckles and replaced them with the ones off my issue bergen (which was a nuisance as berghaus somehow felt the need to attach the end of all straps to another strap instead of having them free hanging so ive def ruined the warrenty) and ive replaced the zip locks on the draw cords with the issue ones as well. i really need things to last. i will be in the jungle for six months with zero opportunity for a new bag, if something breaks then i will have to ducttape/zip tie/paracord my way out of it for the rest of the trip, you can definitely tell that these are now made in china. I was actually very disappointed with the fact that they have chunky bad bottom plce zips on the sides for the issue rocket pouches but the lid pocket and the bottom pocket has tiny little civi zips which are bound to break... makes no sense... sigh....

 

[trekkingnut]

some add ons have been made to the bergen as well, though not permanent, i think they are extremely useful!

Lowe Pro pouch, on the rear strap of the waist harness and also vertically clipped onto the shoulder strap adjustment strap. Waterproof note paper, pencil, china graph pencil and first aid memoir.

Really quite chuffed with this, i worked out you cold unthread the tactikka (tikka with a red flip filter and switch instead of button) and then i threaded it onto the chest strap. really nice and handy emergency light, doesnt weigh anything!

gerber suspension, threaded in the same place as the lowe pro but on the right hand side instead.

HH pouch, threaded vertically on my right shoulder strap, containing my compass and pacing beads. not the best fit in the world but better than just having the thing swinging around anyway!

 

[PDA1]

Good idea of threading a head lamp onto the chest strap. Thank you for that.