Throughout the last 18 months as I have prepared for this adventure the enduring theme has been weight.
The less weight I am and my gear is, the less energy i need to create to haul myself up & down the mountain. Keep in mind this is no flat track, from end to end will be the equivalent of 3 Mt Everest ascents & descents.
I've been getting better at thinking about the things I buy and making sure they are a light option, so I thought. Having gone out on a couple hiking trips etc lately I have found my pack weigh manageable. But is that the point? I can manage most weights so shouldn't I be heading for not manageable but enjoyable!
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| New Tent - 835g |
I have really felt a momentum increase since looking into my pack weigh & gear. Below is my current work sheet on what i'm bringing for the Australian Alps Adventure. Keeping in mind that some of this gear I will be wearing as well so not all will be on my back. I am super excited that my carry weigh will be a maximum 20kg and again this will only be once every 6 days as the weigh will decrease as I eat or use the items up, fuel, toiletries etc.
Although I am pleased to see this Total weigh calculation, and know that some of these items will actually be carried by Tim, as we will be sharing the fuel, first aids kits, water filters etc. I know I can still refine the list even more. I'm hoping to shave a 1/2 kg off or so by packing smarter... I think I have too much clothes currently included so will keep testing things and hopefully reduce the weigh even more.
On top of that I am currently standing at 93.3kg and hope to get that down to about 90kg before I leave so that I'm not carrying anything excess at all!
| Pack list | Weight | brand | detail | |||
| 3litre water +bladder | 3300 | Kathmandu | ||||
| 2X350ml water bottles | 800 | blackwolf | 350ml each | |||
| Back Pack | 881 | Hyperlite | Expedition | |||
| Sleeping matt | 550 | Thermarest | Neoair | |||
| Stove | 860 | Trangia | 27-2 model | |||
| FUEL | 1045 | Metho | ||||
| Tent | 885 | Hyperlite | Echo II | |||
| Sleeping bag | 561 | Zpack | 20degree F bag | |||
| Sleepbag Liner | 248 | Sea2summit | STS thermolite reactor | |||
| Pillow | 70 | |||||
| head lamp | 83 | Petzl | Tikka Plus 2 | |||
| Spork | 5 | Mountain design | ||||
| Water filter | 390 | Katydyn | includes carry bag | |||
| compass | 72 | |||||
| First Aid Kit | 205 | green | current kit | |||
| 1 Pack Wet wipes | 20 | buy | ||||
| 2 packs kleenex | 20 | buy | ||||
| Laundry line | 10 | |||||
| POCKET KNIFE | 75 | |||||
| Walking Poles | 500 | BUY | ||||
| Washing SoapX3 | 30 | Kathmandu | Body wash packs | |||
| Repair Kit | 250 | duct tape - tent repair kit - sewing | ||||
| thermal sleeves | 78 | |||||
| Therml gloves | 60 | |||||
| Beanie | 100 | |||||
| Thermals Bottom | 515 | |||||
| Thermal Top | 210 | |||||
| shorts | 280 | |||||
| pants | 395 | |||||
| Running shorts | 85 | nike | nike | |||
| Jocks X 2 | 130 | merino | kathmandu | |||
| Undershirt | 105 | merino | Kathmandu | |||
| Socks X 3 | 150 | Mountain Design | ||||
| Book | 380 | AAWT | Sisemen chapman | |||
| Maps | 1200 | |||||
| Diary & pencil | 200 | |||||
| 2 quick dry shirts | 400 | to buy | ||||
| 1 quick dry long sleeve | 190 | |||||
| Merino long sleeve | 1200 | |||||
| Sunglasses/reading glass | 18 | |||||
| whistle | 5 | |||||
| Gaiters | 300 | |||||
| trowel | 28 | |||||
| Camera | 500 | |||||
| Sunblock | 100 | |||||
| Cap | 79 | OR | Sunrunner legionaire | |||
| Warm jacket | 1050 | Mountain Design | ||||
| Boots | 2300 | North face | ||||
| River crossing sandals | 258 | |||||
| PHONE | 145 | Blackberry BOLD | Plus extra battery | |||
| GPS | 262 | Garmin | from SAM | |||
| SPOT | 148 | SPOT | ||||
| Food 5 days | 3800 | |||||
| TOTAL | 25531 | |||||
