What weight do you carry when you go hiking?

[Edcraft]

Whenever I go hiking, my rucksack is always about 20kg and after a while I don't really notice it. The farthest I've walked with this weight is 112 miles. I read someone's post before and they said their pack was 9kg.

I can run with 20kg on my back ! lol I'd survive the zombies me haha

 

[Peteo]

My overnight kit is around 7kg i think, i could carry 20+ but why would i want too...

 

[chutes]

I carry too much, but I'm working on it. Usually it's around 15kg for an overnighter.

 

[Edcraft]

I just like to challenge myself see what I can do.

 

[Peteo]

I just like to challenge myself see what I can do.

Try to challenge yourself with less kit

 

[Edcraft]

Try to challenge yourself with less kit

Done that too. I'd get by with no gear, but I prefer to have food, water and shelter on my person when I can, because I always go when it's freezing and raining sideways, on my own usually.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Here is a good weight type thread chap

 

[Bucephalas]

14kg (incl 2 kg water) but it's far too heavy for me. I'm working on getting down to 9kg excl water.

 

[Edcraft]

Here is a good weight type thread chap

Cheers chief. I'm OK at the old bushcraft/survival stuff. I reckon I'd be OK most places with very little gear. Shelter's easy and water/fire and depending where you are food varies a lot. A knife is basically the most important thing you can have I think. Blades can be made from all kinds though. Did you know you can make a blade from your toothbrush and a piece of cling film? Oooo yes.

 

[northumbrian]

Cheers chief. I'm OK at the old bushcraft/survival stuff. I reckon I'd be OK most places with very little gear. Shelter's easy and water/fire and depending where you are food varies a lot. A knife is basically the most important thing you can have I think. Blades can be made from all kinds though. Did you know you can make a blade from your toothbrush and a piece of cling film? Oooo yes.

lol you and most of the people inside too.lol

 

[garethw]

Yes mine is in the 18-20kg mark with food and water. But since I switched to the Lowe Alpine Sting, I can manage it no worries. Wouldn't want much more though.

cheers
Gareth

 

[lannyman8]

20 - 25 kg dude, depends what im doing and for how long though...

 

[Edcraft]

Glad it's not just me anyway haha

 

[shaggystu]

.....Did you know you can make a blade from your toothbrush and a piece of cling film? Oooo yes.

now's there's a statement that's crying out for more detail if ever i saw one, what on earth is the cling film for?

p.s. i'm not really much of a hiker these days but do carry about 20kilos most days when i walk the dog (in case you're wondering i'm trying to get fit again after being laid up with cracked ribs for about 10 weeks, 20 kilos still hurts at the moment)

 

[mountainm]

now's there's a statement that's crying out for more detail if ever i saw one, what on earth is the cling film for?

Sheath.....

 

[shaggystu]

Sheath.....

way way too early for that kind of quick remark, there's coffee in my cornflakes now!

 

[johnboy]

Toothbrushes and clingfilm aside... The weight I carry depends on where I'm going and for how long...
the variables being how much food I'm going to carry and if I need additional kit for the terrain I'm heading into for example an ice axe...

For example I took the kids tramping in the Nelson lakes in NZ's SI so I was carrying food for 3 for 4 days plus my kit and the stove and billies etc and that kit was approx 23 kg although getting lighter as the trip progressed. Then I've done trips for a few days solo with a Bergen ITRO 9-10 kg...

I don't personally think there is any right or wrong weight wise and I personally dont obsess about pack weight that much. If your fit enough to carry it then crack on but if you have a bergen full of tut then you 'probably' need to think about A few things

I do wonder sometimes if the increase in interest in light weight and ultra lightweight has a correlation with a general decrease in the level of fitness of the general population.

If it works for you then it's all good...

 

[Shewie]

Just packed for a 200 mile hike, including fuel and food for three days I'm coming in at 8.2kg.

That's hiking clobber though and not really bushcraft related, i.e no sharps, no cottons, no stainless pots and no steak

 

[Miyagi]

I can run with 20kg on my back !

Didn't you know that flat screen TV's are the way to go and far lighter than the old Sony Trinitron? Call yourself a Scouser, sheesh...

I carry about fifteen stone when I'm out, that's before I put on a bergan. I blame that on a duff ankle and laziness.

Liam

 

[Man of Tanith]

no steak

Wow really roughing it!
i don't hike so couldn't comment really . i wander and get distracted on route to my camp site, never weighed pack but its heavy enough to be relieved when i put it down and light enough to not make me do a capsized tortoise when i pick it up again.