ALL the gear

Here's what we'll be carrying! If you have questions want to know brands, or want to see anything up close, just ask in the comments :)

Eliza's pack. Base weight (not including food, water, and what she'll wear) is 10.3 kg. 

Picture includes what she'll be wearing, too.
In no particular order: 2 full sets of hiking clothes. Warm bottoms, 2x warm tops +puffer jacket and raincoat. 3x undies*. Hiking boots, 2 pair hiking socks. Hut shoes and comfy socks. Sun hat, warm hat, gloves, buffs, handkerchiefs (aka cleaning cloths). Towel, toiletries*, mug, spoons/forks/knives. 2L water bladder, water purifier. Sleeping bag, mat. Entertainment: book, notepad, binoculars, playing cards, phone charger, knitting. Dry bags, pack to carry it all, hiking poles to carry me 🤣

Vaughan's pack. Base weight is 12.5kg. 

Pretty much the same as her, + also the tent, Cookstove and pots, and loo paper (essentials). I'm not going to list everything, but if you see anything missing let me know 😀 My hut shoes are camo Crocs, don't hate me, they were on sale. My entertainment is a sketch book and pencils, earphones and binoculars.



Note on Eliza's gear:
*period undies and menstrual cup, for anyone who was wondering how that's gonna work. If you weren't wondering well now you know anyway.

Comments

  1. lisa1111December 12, 2021 at 8:36 AM

    Fantastic! Have you got deodorant, Vaseline, medical kit (ankle bandage, Panadol, waterproof plaster, antiseptic, cotton bud, tweezers etc), torch (on phone?) and a, don’t laugh... nail file. Nothing worse then breaking a nail and having to sand it down using a rock :-)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Eliza TurnerDecember 12, 2021 at 11:26 AM

      All of the above, yes! Med kits are only slightly modified from our long trail runs. Plenty of hikers wool, though! Head torches too in case we want to do any exploring at night or little caves. We're even splashing out and actually taking nail clippers :)

      Delete

Post a Comment

Thank you, we love reading your comments!

Popular posts from this blog

Happy Thought for 30 June 2023

Image
Have a Happy Thought:     At the end of this week, possibly as you are reading this email, you get to have some separation between work colleagues and home life. (If you’re retired… well, I’m already jealous, so don’t @ me with a “ what is a week-end ” sort of quote).   But four very lucky people (yes, I’m somehow jealous of them as well), this week began a 378-day “week”, being shut in with their colleagues.   June 25 2023 was the start of the CHAPEA Mission 1 - a simulated Mars habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Centre. For just over one year, these four people will live as if they were on Mars, giving us valuable insights into logistics and human psychology. You can watch the emotional press-conference / shutting-the-door-behind-them , it’s actually very cute! Mission patch for Chapea-1 https://www.nasa.gov/chapea/mission1  with the mission motto Ad Martus A Domo and the participants' names Selariu, Haston, Jones and Brockwell.   Of course, this is far from
Read more

Happy Thought for 23 June 2023

Image
Have a Happy Thought:     The new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is opening up the origins of the universe and very distant galaxies, stars and exoplanets to our understanding.   You’d think we’re only looking that far because we’ve figured out how everything works closer to us, right?   Wrong! Science is great because there’s always something new to explore and figure out. Here are just a few of the mysteries that remain for us to solve, or maybe just a few things you didn’t know, right here in our own solar system:   Q: What is our sun’s surface actually made of? A: We’re… not 100% sure, actually! We know mostly, by analysing the light that comes from the sun. You see, every time light passes through an object, including a bunch of gas, it changes the spectrum that we see – that object, or gas, absorbs some of the energy of light at specific wavelengths (or sometimes absorbs-and-re-emits-at-slightly-different-wavelengths). So astronomers can tell what gasses a sta
Read more

Happy Thought for 26 January 2024

Image
Have a Happy Thought: While some of our holiday breaks may be fresh in mind, others may be distant memories. Either way, I hope you’re entering 2024 with at least some positive energy. One way to hold on to that (or maybe create it if that’s what you need) may be to introduce frequent, but short, breaks into your day, ideally getting out into some blue- or green-space.   Image: A stump next to a tree-shaded pathway has had googly-eyes drawn onto it so it looks like a startled face. Picture by author. In fact, taking mini-breaks might benefit your physical health as much as your mental health! A recent study out of Columbia University in the US has found that taking frequent-but-short breaks, 5 minutes out of every 30, can have really impressive impacts on physical and mental health like: Blood sugar Insulin Blood pressure Mood Fatigue Cognitive ability  (apparently, I need this a bit, it took me three tries and spell-checker to spell cogni
Read more