Bushwalk Australia

Have been working on reducing my pack weight, It is getting there last big thing to replace is the sleeping bag.

I used this gear on my last 3night hike. With food and water pack weight was around 8kg. The last time I did this walk with my old pack I was around 15kg+


Gear List

Gear Worn
Hat
Long sleeve Polyester shirt (Katmandu)
Shorts Light Weight (Adidas)
Gaiters (S2S tumbleweed)
Socks (Cool Max)
Trail runners (Brooks)
Boxers
Trekking Poles x2

Pack
GoLite Pinnacle 890
Total 890

Shelter
Tarp 6x10 + stuff sack 260
8 pegs 45
Guyline 25
Total 330

Sleeping
Blue foam mat cut down 80
Sleeping bag + stuff sack 980
Equinox Ultralite Bivy + stuff sack 170
Total 1230

Cooking
Gram Wennie + windsheild/primer pan 47
Imusa Mug 710ml 69 - Freezer Bag cook (eat out of ziplock bag)
Fuel bottle 19
Lighter 10
Spork 10
2x750ml Mizone Bottles 102 - Will carry an extra bottle if water harder to come by.
Total 257

Clothing
Thermal bottoms/Top 140 - For sleeping in/wear if it gets cold
Windshirt 100
Rain jacket 290
Gloves (if cold) 25
Thermal Skull cap 20
Extra pair of socks/boxers 60
Total 635

Miscellaneous
First aid 60
Tooth brush 20
Toothpaste 6
Compass 40
Map 42
Sunscreen 10
Toilet paper 25
GPS 167
Phone 92
Essential Gear e2Q Headlight 32
Total 494



Total 3836

Hi Charlie,

Nice list, what brand of tarp are you using. On sleeping bags, BPL recently did a series of reviews on UL sleeping bags and another UL sleeping bag option are BPL quilts, I have been using one for three season use a few years now and I like it.

Tony

Thank's Tony, Tarp is from George Carr of End2End Trail, cant knock it or his service he does the Gram Weenie stove as well.

Yeah I have been looking at a Quilt have you used one if so how do you find them?

cheers
Charlie

Nice and light - clothes seem light on, where were you walking?

yer, there's some big improvements.
for me, id either need a good bag at that weight or lighter bag/quilt and more clothes (in winter)

you even managed to squeeze in a GPS.

what model is that? Ive got the Garmin Oregon which is at 327g with batteries + case.
However its one of those gadgets i'm finding that is staying home more often than not.