Equipment

	Worn		Carried
	Grams	Kilograms	Grams	Kilograms	Notes
Packing			1,440	1.44
Granite Gear Crown 2			1,140	1.14
OMM Chest Pod			100	0.10
Dry-bags – Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil			200	0.20
Sleep System			2,190	2.19
Pegs for tent/tarp			110	0.11
Tent – Gossamer Gear – The One			550	0.55
Tarpaulin – Nordisk Voss 5 ULW			260	0.26	* See notes below
Terra Nova – Waterproof Sleeping Bag Cover			210	0.21	* See notes below
Mattress – Nemo Switchback			420	0.42
Down Quilt – Enlightened Equipment “Revelation”			470	0.47
RAB Sleeping bag liner			110	0.11	Hut requirement
Pillow – Sea to Summit Aeros			60	0.06
Hydration System			310	0.31
Smartube Universal Bottle Drinking System			80	0.08
Supermarket Water Bottle (1 Litre) x2			60	0.06
Platypus Soft Bottle (1 Litre)			30	0.03
MSR Trailshot Microfilter (water)			140	0.14
Cooking			510	0.51
MSR Pocket Rocket 2 Stove			75	0.08
Alpkit MytiPot 900 Titanium Cooking Pot			95	0.10
Utensils – Light My Fire Titanium Spork			30	0.03
Cigarette lighter			10	0.01
Gas bottle			300	0.30
Clothing	1,585	1.59	1,610	1.61
Rab Pulse Long Sleeve Top			115	0.12
Icebreaker Merino LS Trekking Top	180	0.18	0	0.00
Icebreaker Merino 260 LS Thermal Top			290	0.29
Marmot Trousers			280	0.28
Outdoor Research Shorts	200	0.20
Merino Boxers x2	50	0.05	50	0.05
Rab Dryflo 120 Longjohns			130	0.13
Socks x3	45	0.05	90	0.09
Sunglasses	50	0.05	0	0.00
Hat – Outdoor Research Sun Runner	80	0.08	0	0.00
Gloves – Icebreaker Merino Quantum			45	0.05
Buff High UV Pro x2			60	0.06	Scarf/warm hat
Rain Jacket – Mountain Equipment Firefly			190	0.19
Rain Pants – Montane Minimus			150	0.15
Topo Athletic – Ultraventure Pro – Trail Runners	660	0.66
Lizard Roll-up Sandals			210	0.21	For use in huts
Walking Poles – Fizan Compact 1947	320	0.32
Electronics & Optics			1,390	1.39
Phone – Motorola Moto G8			250	0.25
Headphones			10	0.01
Camera – Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II & Accessories			655	0.66	Luxury item 🙂
Lixada Solar Panel USB 7.8W			120	0.12
Power Bank – Inui (10500mAh)			220	0.22
Torch – Petzl Bindi 200 Headlamp			35	0.04
USB-C Plug Adapter			50	0.05
Cables			50	0.05
Miscellaneous			570	0.57
Compass			40	0.04
Pocket Knife			60	0.06
Toiletries, First Aid Kit, Suncream etc			390	0.39	Rather heavy, but weight will decrease over time as toothpase, suncream etc is used
Repair kit			60	0.06
Towel – PackTowl 2016 Ultralite (Small)			20	0.02
Overall	1,585	1.59	8,020	8.02
	9.61

Bringing a tent, a tarp and a waterproof sleeping bag cover is excessive and could be revised while on-trail. I am uncertain at this point how often I will be required, or may just want, to wild camp. Unfortunately, while bivouacking in nature for a single night is tolerated along much of the route, this does not extend to using a tent. It is a peculiarity of the regulations that tents are expressly forbidden, but tarpaulins, by not being mentioned, are generally considered ok. They are also much easier to pitch in stealthy ways than a tent, further decreasing the likelihood of awkward conversations.

So why not just leave the tent at home? There are two main reasons. Firstly, tarps take more practice to pitch well than tents and I don’t yet have the required level of experience to make relying solely on a tarp a good idea for this trip. Secondly, I know that often during this trip I will encounter towns with actual campsites, at which point my tent will offer a far greater degree of luxury and privacy than my tarp (that 4th wall is important).

It could be that I am overthinking all of this, but given the long evenings and hiker’s midnight being at 21:00, I would rather keep on the right side of the law if at all possible. Also, I am rather intrigued about seeing the alpine night sky, rather than just the fabric of my tent, so maybe a little extra weight is a worthwhile experiment.

Of course, much of the above rambling is rendered moot if I can just track down the landowner to ask permission to pitch my tent *sigh*.