My stuff sack for my clothes, Is my clothes! I decide what i am going to wear for the coldest or most extreme weather would likely run into, and include the clothes I will be wearing, with no redundancies. (except for an extra pair of socks and underwear. I open my rain jacket and stuff my sweater inside it, arms in arms, body in body, and then the long sleeve shirt, then I might be wearing a t shirt, but my long undershirt will fit in that. Then I place my rain pants inside the jacket waist to collar, maybe I am wearing my long pants, but the shorts will slide into the rain pants, and the spare underwear and socks go into a pocket. Then I fold the inside stuff in half and zip the jacket around the bundle.
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Going Lightweight
- Thread starter Ming65
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Guilt.
I tend to go for backups too e.g. 3 torches, 4 knives. And as we know it all adds up.
I'm gonna try not to next time.
But of course there's always something else - recently got my self some 7x50 Steiners for star gazing, thats gotta be a kilo at least...
The hammock is a good idea, also chop your tooth brush in half, take a mostly empty tube of toothpaste, if using cookers take a full can of fuel rather than several half empty ones, dont take cans, lots of options, and yes, taking the patches off clothing can save a little...
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I live just near Bunbury Bearthedog. A little town on the coast with about 300 people. About 2-hours drive to the main city (Perth) for work, when it comes up. About 90 minutes drive to the South West Corner for surf, forests, rivers, wineries etc.
I’d love to take my camera Mick – except for the fact that my entire kit, with camera bodies and lenses, was stolen from my car two weeks ago. It looks like insurance is going to cover it but I won’t have the replacements by then. We might have to make do with one of my mates snap-happy cameras.
To treat water J’s-knives-N-more, I just filter through a cloth and then drop a steri-tab in it. If the source looks particularly dodgy I might boil it beforehand. The cape to cape has rainwater tanks at different points along the trail and a couple of good creeks, as well as passing through 3 towns – so plenty of trusty water sources.
I use a MSR bladder in my pack dd61999 for drinking (looks flimsy but it’s light and hasn’t failed so far), a platypus collapsible bottle for water storage and I use two screw-top canisters for storing food that can be used as back-up water storage if one of the bladders leaks. Again the scales were helpful here – cheap supermarket screw-top containers? = 40g. Expensive outdoors brand? = 90g.
Walking sticks are definitely the way to go Bournoulli. I don’t know how I ever did without them. The Komperdell ones I got 3 years ago for Larapinta are still going strong.
I’ve thought about a hammock instead of a tent – just that in Oz the campsites can be a bit devoid of trees and the shrubs that are there are of dubious strength. I’ve used just a tarp and sleeping bag before - out in the desert that system works fine. But in most parts of Oz you need good bug protection. After talking with a wilderness guide who was bitten by a large centipede in the Kimberley a couple of years back, and described 8 hours of the most intense pain he’s ever experienced, I like to seal myself in.
I’ve got a tent design in mind for myself and once I’ve got it down I’ll use these guys for the materials.
http://questoutfitters.com/
Then send the stuff up to a mate in Cambodia who’ll get it sewn up and seam sealed for a song. I’ll make sure to post a pick here when I get it made. Meanwhile I’ll make do with my MSR Hubba Hubba.
Yeah the ultra-light philosophy isn’t something one should rush into. But the simple act of weighing everything allows you to make weight one of your choice variables. But I think over time one learns to make do with less. The old timers that I’ve met on the trail always seem to have packs that look not much more than day-sacks.
I’m taking a couple of rookies on this trip. For probably the last time because playing tour guide/mother hen can be tiring. Hopefully these two old mates will stay with it and I’ll have an experienced crew to go on a few other adventures with. The cape to cape is a great walk to learn on because if you stuff-up you can walk out for an hour or so and get a ride, hot-shower, cabin and/or cappuccino. Out in the middle of Oz, you stuff-up and you die (or have to pay for a very expensive helicopter rescue).
I’ll post the gear spreadsheet once it’s finalised.
I’d love to take my camera Mick – except for the fact that my entire kit, with camera bodies and lenses, was stolen from my car two weeks ago. It looks like insurance is going to cover it but I won’t have the replacements by then. We might have to make do with one of my mates snap-happy cameras.
To treat water J’s-knives-N-more, I just filter through a cloth and then drop a steri-tab in it. If the source looks particularly dodgy I might boil it beforehand. The cape to cape has rainwater tanks at different points along the trail and a couple of good creeks, as well as passing through 3 towns – so plenty of trusty water sources.
I use a MSR bladder in my pack dd61999 for drinking (looks flimsy but it’s light and hasn’t failed so far), a platypus collapsible bottle for water storage and I use two screw-top canisters for storing food that can be used as back-up water storage if one of the bladders leaks. Again the scales were helpful here – cheap supermarket screw-top containers? = 40g. Expensive outdoors brand? = 90g.
Walking sticks are definitely the way to go Bournoulli. I don’t know how I ever did without them. The Komperdell ones I got 3 years ago for Larapinta are still going strong.
I’ve thought about a hammock instead of a tent – just that in Oz the campsites can be a bit devoid of trees and the shrubs that are there are of dubious strength. I’ve used just a tarp and sleeping bag before - out in the desert that system works fine. But in most parts of Oz you need good bug protection. After talking with a wilderness guide who was bitten by a large centipede in the Kimberley a couple of years back, and described 8 hours of the most intense pain he’s ever experienced, I like to seal myself in.
I’ve got a tent design in mind for myself and once I’ve got it down I’ll use these guys for the materials.
http://questoutfitters.com/
Then send the stuff up to a mate in Cambodia who’ll get it sewn up and seam sealed for a song. I’ll make sure to post a pick here when I get it made. Meanwhile I’ll make do with my MSR Hubba Hubba.
Yeah the ultra-light philosophy isn’t something one should rush into. But the simple act of weighing everything allows you to make weight one of your choice variables. But I think over time one learns to make do with less. The old timers that I’ve met on the trail always seem to have packs that look not much more than day-sacks.
I’m taking a couple of rookies on this trip. For probably the last time because playing tour guide/mother hen can be tiring. Hopefully these two old mates will stay with it and I’ll have an experienced crew to go on a few other adventures with. The cape to cape is a great walk to learn on because if you stuff-up you can walk out for an hour or so and get a ride, hot-shower, cabin and/or cappuccino. Out in the middle of Oz, you stuff-up and you die (or have to pay for a very expensive helicopter rescue).
I’ll post the gear spreadsheet once it’s finalised.