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Gear List - Scotland 2005 |
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Gear List Scotland 2005 Length of trip: 10 days Total weight: 17,5kg (NOT including food, fuel and the stuff I wear for the flight) Comments: The food will be about 10kg. A lot, but we definitely want to bake our own bread and have some nice and fresh stuff to eat from time to time ;-) Improvement of list: - none ;-) CLOTHING | | Rating | Comment | | - Rain Jacket | Mountain Hardware Etheral FTX Parka | | | - Rain Trouser | Gore-Tex | | had to wear them most of the time | - Gaiters | Mountain Hardwear Venti-Gaiters | | absolutely essential to have!! | | - Fleece Jacket | Jack Wolfskin Blizzard, windproof | | | - Trousers | Fjällräven Barents Pants G-1000 | | | - Shoes | Meindl Himalaya | | | | - Sandals | Teva Terradactyl | | great thing to have in the evenings | | | | | | - Long Johns | Ullfrotté 200 | | perfect for the evenings. Out of the sweaty trousers... into the warm, dry and comfy Ullfrotté | - Long sleeve | Ullfrotté 200 | | same as above | - Pants (3x) | 2x synthetic, 1x cotton | | perfect. 2 synthetic for hiking and one made of cotton for sleeping | | | | | - T-Shirts (3x) | 2x synthetic, 1x cotton | | | - Jumper | thin fleece jumper | | wearing it over the t-shirt is usually enough if there is not too much wind | | | | | | - Socks (4x) | Ullfrotté Active, Ullfrotté Wildlife, Smartwool Adreneline Crew, Bridgedale | | the Wildlife were too warm for hiking, but great in the sandals. Both Smartwool and Ullfrotté performed nicely | | | | | - Balaclava | Warmpeace, windproof | | not needed often... but if needed you are happy to have it! | | - Frontlet | 200 fleece | | nice to keep your ears save from the wind | | - Hat | made of wool | | barely used it | | | | | | - Gloves | convertible finger gloves / mitts, windproof | | | HARDWARE | | Rating | Comment | | - Tent | Tatonka Polar 2 | | great tent... the broken poles were my mistake | - Camping mat | RidgeRest | | | - Sleeping bag | Joutsen Halla | | ... definitely needs a wash now! | | - Stuff sack | for the sleeping bag, waterproof, Ortlieb | | keeps your bag dry, no matter what | - Trekking poles | Leki Classic | | | - Backpack | Gregory Shasta | | | | | | | | - Cooker | Trangia | | | - Fuel | 1,5l methylated spirits | | only used 1l for 5 days | | - Fire | 2x lighters, 3 packs of matches | | | - Cooking gear | 2 pots, 1 pan, cutlery | | | | - Water filter | MSR WaterWorks EX | | | - Compass | Recta | | | - GPS | eTrex Legend + spare batteries | | did help us out after our tent ripped and the clouds covered the hills | - Mobile phone | | | | - Digital camera | Canon Powershot G6 + spare battery pack | | great camera - did not have to use the spare battery pack | - Camera bag | isolated | | | - Sunglasses | | | | - Head lamp | Petzl Tikka + spare batteries | | | | - Candle lantern | Northern Lights | | great to have along... but our candles didn't really work (not much light) | - Tools | Leatherman Wave, Sewing stuff Rope | | | | - Thermometer | classic... without batteries | | | | - First Aid set | | | | | - Sun cream | | | not needed.... | | - Towel | | | | | - Miscellaneous | Documents Maps Glasses Toothbrush + toothpaste Toilet paper Diary + pen | | | FOOD | | Comment | | Facts: | - 2 persons - 9x dinner (i.e. 18 servings) - 9x breakfast (i.e. 18 servings) | due to the fact that we had to stop after 5 days we had plety of food left in the end | | Breakfast: | - 7x porridge - 7x cereals - freshly baked bannok with cheese and cucumbers | the bannock was incredibly good!! | | Dinner: | - 12x convenience food (pasta) - 6x couscous with sauce - 7x soup | | | During the day | - 2 cereal bars - 1 chocolate bar (Ritter-Sport) - Soya food (looks like "Landjäger") - Drinking chocolate - Tee | Soya rocks ;-) | | Miscellaneous: | - 2 packs "Studentenfutter" - 2 packs dried plums - Trekking biscuits - Vitamin tablets (for the taste as well) - Hot-Sauce ala Traeuma | | | In addition : | - 1,5l Whisky - Tobacco | |
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