Got an overnight trip planned for this coming weekend....
I've posted other trips and I have been out and about but I haven't written trip reports on here, I just enjoyed the solitude. But.... Since it was my birthday at the start of this month, I was able to purchase some cheap lightweight items to put together a new lightweight packing list!
My planned overnight will include trail walking for about 25km on day one, followed by nearly the same distance on day two, so I don't want to lugging around my usual heavy rucksack. This kit list will become my LW option for trips. Everything here, less the pack and the puffy jacket I already owned. I dont have free money to buy loads of kit and even then, I need everything to be as budget as possible. Hopefully, this kit list will prove that a budget option is as useful as high end gear....
The Rucksack:
The Mountain Warehouse 45 litre LW pack. Found on a budget site for £30.
The Gear List:
1 - food bag, actually a Next clothes bag that has a zip lock closure.
2 - Buff warm hat.
3 - Army surplus thermals for sleeping.
4 - Craghoppers synthetic puffy jacket.
5 - Marmot UL waterproof jacket.
6 - Decathlon foam sit mat.
7 - Decathlon walking pole.
8 - Army surplus 3/4 inflatable mat.
9 - DD 3x3 Tarp & MSR tent footprint.
10 - Cookset, Pathfinder 700ml cup with BS9000? Budget gas stove.
11 - Sawyer mini water filter with flexible 1ltr bottle.
12 - 1 ltr Nalgene bottle.
13 - Eurohike 500 down sleeping bag.
Also, this little admin kit:
This contains:
A toothbrush and toothpaste.
A mini charging bank and lead.
Lighter.
Small cuts kit with purification tablets and pain killers.
A head torch.
All in my kit (excluding food and water) is 4.3kg.
I will add the trip report on sunday evening, with a run down on how everything performed.....
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I've posted other trips and I have been out and about but I haven't written trip reports on here, I just enjoyed the solitude. But.... Since it was my birthday at the start of this month, I was able to purchase some cheap lightweight items to put together a new lightweight packing list!
My planned overnight will include trail walking for about 25km on day one, followed by nearly the same distance on day two, so I don't want to lugging around my usual heavy rucksack. This kit list will become my LW option for trips. Everything here, less the pack and the puffy jacket I already owned. I dont have free money to buy loads of kit and even then, I need everything to be as budget as possible. Hopefully, this kit list will prove that a budget option is as useful as high end gear....
The Rucksack:
The Mountain Warehouse 45 litre LW pack. Found on a budget site for £30.
The Gear List:
1 - food bag, actually a Next clothes bag that has a zip lock closure.
2 - Buff warm hat.
3 - Army surplus thermals for sleeping.
4 - Craghoppers synthetic puffy jacket.
5 - Marmot UL waterproof jacket.
6 - Decathlon foam sit mat.
7 - Decathlon walking pole.
8 - Army surplus 3/4 inflatable mat.
9 - DD 3x3 Tarp & MSR tent footprint.
10 - Cookset, Pathfinder 700ml cup with BS9000? Budget gas stove.
11 - Sawyer mini water filter with flexible 1ltr bottle.
12 - 1 ltr Nalgene bottle.
13 - Eurohike 500 down sleeping bag.
Also, this little admin kit:
This contains:
A toothbrush and toothpaste.
A mini charging bank and lead.
Lighter.
Small cuts kit with purification tablets and pain killers.
A head torch.
All in my kit (excluding food and water) is 4.3kg.
I will add the trip report on sunday evening, with a run down on how everything performed.....
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