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How much does your pack weigh???
...containing everything for a 7-10 day journey


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Ray !!!!!

04/07/08 05:48

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there we go trevor.

04/07/08 09:50

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Ray "oh feck" wrote (see)

there we go trevor.
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240 grammes! You're 'aving a larf, aintcha?

Hugh. I'm very interested in the home dehydration idea. I used to carry most of a 24-hr ration pack for a 2-dayer until I weighed the thing - 1.6kg. Bearing in mind that an ORP contains 3 boil-in-the-bag meals, a tin of pate plus loads of other stuff, it must be quite easy to halve this, even if you use a combination of hydrated and dehydrated food.

Derek Goffin's and sam09's 750g per day sounds about right and that's what I'm aiming for, as a recent convert to lightweight.

05/07/08 13:11

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http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/tentative-alps-gear-list/

You guys all might be interested in reading this guy's kit list too.

05/07/08 13:11

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Thanks very much for the radio link there Ray.

A bit above my budget right now for a single item though sadly. Hopefully I will win the lotto soon,lol!

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Trevor D Gamble

05/07/08 13:16

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240 grammes! You're 'aving a larf, aintcha? - Wrote Jake.

Not light enough for you then Jake perhaps?

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Mark Stanbrook

21/08/08 16:07

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I definitely have a lot to learn. I'm just getting back into Hiking after years of... well I dunno - beer and fags I guess. However the last time I walked seriously was a winter trip around Dornie, but just day walking from a cottage. I carried all the emergency gear, harness, ropes etc for the group. My DAY-pack was 45 kilos. But as a super fit 19 year old that seemed quite light to me.

In my mid 30's now and I'm definitely learning a lot about lightweight gear from these forums. Already purchased a Montane Featherlite jacket for Snowdonia next month.

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Martin Carpenter

21/08/08 17:27

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Surely you'll struggle rather badly to get digital radio reception in a lot of places you'll be walking?

I wouldn't be without my portable long wave radio though. Very nice to have some distraction when in cloud all day (cricket works quite well for this I find, also like the news at lunchtime/evenings).

Ok so you can't get them integrated into mobile phones and the like but mine runs for a long time off a pair of AA batteries and is only ~150g with them in.

Maybe someone has done a really minature one but I doubt it. Not trendy enough

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