K2CW: Packing List

The bags are packed. In my case there’s not a lot of room left over for food, but hopefully I’ll squeeze it all in somewhere.

My kit-list doesn’t entirely make sense when taken in isolation (and I’m not sure I’m going to have time to go through Mick’s too), but for what it’s worth, this is what I’ll be carrying:

Pack

OMM Villain 45+10 MSC (with backpad this time, as I’m not initially taking a Thermarest which can double as a backpad)

Tent

Stephenson Warmline poles and pegs (Mick has the fabric; to be switched for TN Voyager Superlite at Easter)

Sleeping
Thermarest NeoAir Short in stuffsack (depending on how I find it for the first 2 weeks this will potentially be switched for my ProLite Girly Model at Easter)

PHD Minimus 300 in Big Agnes Pumphouse

Silk sleeping bag liner

Cooking and Eating and Drinking
Coleman F1 Lite stove

Gas Canister

Primus Windshield

Lighter

Wash up sponge

2 M&S tough plastic spoons

MSR Titan Kettley Thing

Pot cosy

2-litre platty

2-litre platty hoser (with Camelbak stop-valve and bite valve and end cover)

Hose cleaning brush (not for the first 2 weeks)

Sterilising tablets (not for the first 2 weeks)

Up to 6 dehydrated evening meals

Personal Care and Hygiene
First Aid Kit

MSR PackTowl Ultralight (small)

Handkerchief x 2

Lipsyl

Soap

Toothpaste

Toothbrush x 2

Contact lens solution and pot

Shampoo

Sun cream

Moisturiser

Wet Wipes (tiny pack)

Hand sanitizer

Toilet paper

Folding hairbrush/mirror combi

Sunglasses

Glasses

Glass case & cleaning cloth

Soap flakes for clothes washing

Electrical
Petzl Tikka Plus Headtorch
Mobile Phone
Mobile Phone Charger x 2 (I did try to talk Mick into getting a phone that uses the same charger as the Blackberry!)
MP3 Player
Spare batteries (AAA, phone, camera)
Foretrex 101 GPS
Camera

Other
Pacerpoles (carbon – not included in pack weight as they’ll not be in my pack)

Ortlieb Map Case

Silva Compass

Maps in large Aloksak

Sit-mat

Small mesh stuffsack for toiletries

Small mesh stuffsack for holding the little stuff

Exped Fold Drybag sack liner

Little Exped Fold Drybag for hats/gloves etc

Really Little Exped Fold Drybag for stuff in lid pocket

Notepad

Cards/Money

Silk shopping bag

Handful of superflimsy little bags to be used for rubbish

Clothes In Pack (assuming fair but cool weather)
Berghaus Paclite Extrem Overtrousers

Montane Featherlite Windproof (to be switched for Paramo Fuera at Easter)

Longjohns (for sleeping for the first 2 weeks, just because I’m nesh!)

Decathlon’s Kalenji Underpants x 1

Bridgedale Endurance Trekker Socks x 1 (just for toasty toes in the tent at night)

XSocks Trekking Extreme Light x 1

Peaked Cap (to be switched for Tilley at Easter)

Buffalo Mitts (possibly to have a rest at home between Easter and Scotland)

Extremeties overmitts

Rocky GoreTex Oversocks

PHD Minimus down jacket in stuffsack

Exremeties powerstretch beanie

Berghaus powerstretch gloves

Buff (which one? Bright pink paisley pattern or light blue with lizard design?)

Mock-Crocs

Clothes Worn (assuming fair but cool weather; none of the following included in pack weight)

Paramo Velez Adventure Light Smock (possibly to be switched for Berghaus Paclite at Easter)

Montane Terra Pants

Icebreaker 200 l/s crew (now more like 150 weight due to wear and tear!)

Icebreaker 200 l/s zip neck

Decathlon’s Kalenji Underpants

XSocks Trekking Extreme Light

Bra (Asda £4 job – really was the most comfortable I found this year!)

Salomon XA Pro (to be switched for a new pair at Easter, which will be ditched at Kilsyth and replaced with my Scarpa ZG65s)

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That little lot (without food or water, but with gas) weighs in at around 6.75kg. A bit meaningless overall as that weight only applies to the first couple of weeks; as I’ve mentioned, there will be some changes in kit at Easter, and some more changes at the end of April (just before we get to the lumpier bits of Scotland).

One significant change that may be made is the substitution of Susie (TN Voyager Superlite) in place of Wendy (Stephenson Warmlite). We’ll be camping for the first three nights, then for 2 nights in the second week. It’s the low number of nights camping in the first two weeks that has caused a preference for the light weight of Wendy. However, if the forecast on Sunday morning suggests that Monday through Wednesday are likely to be wet then comfort will win over light weight and we will unpack Wendy and pack Susie. Susie will definitely be the tent of choice from Easter onwards, when we’ll be camping far more often than not.