The tipple is totally essential (Good choice btw).
The route itself is stunning. The rail journey between Bridge of Orchy and Tulloch is one of the worlds greatest, a great start to any trip and one of my favourites.
One word of advice though, the start of the route next to Corrour station is a quagmire and that black mud could swallow a bus. There is a far easier route for the first few hundred metres.. just check the timetable, thats all I'm saying
Martin - listen to the wise words of Ed H. Dump the dry bag for everything. Tent and mat definitely don;t need them. The organiser use ziplock bags from superstore. Meal kit? Use your pan or a dehydrated meal pouch to eat from. Take one spoon as it will do what you need and you can actually cut and spread quite a lot with just a spoon. For short trips you can get away with a few wet wipes (not a whole pack) and suger-free gum instead of toothpaste and toothbrush (one tab for each time you would clean your teeth). Trekking pole can dig holes quite well. Hand sanitiser no bog roll just the wet wipes as more hygenic anyway (army method is 1 sheet of paper folded into four, tear off the centre fold and open to reveal a hole. This you use to wipe arse then use the piece you ripped off to clean finger nails.) Never done this myself, never will.
BTW done from white corries to glen nevis YH. Devils staircase is the nicest bit I did in that section, really enjoyed that section.
BTW I can get enough stuff for 6-7 days at a push into a 50l sack and I don't think I am carrying that lightly neither. How heavy is your kit? I can do an overnighter with 9kg with food and some water. A week trip weighs up to about 18kg for me.
Best way to reduce voume and weight is to take out some spares or the "whatifs". FAK is a keeper but not a burns kit. When you get back sort gear out into 3 piles, used a lot, used a little and not used. Throw out the not used, think about throwing out the little used and keep the rest. The excpetion is the first aid kit (FAK). Thats a keeper. Your first trip will be heavy, the second will be lighter and from there it is all downhill, I mean you will become a gear freak and weight weanie trying to cut weight in tens of grams not kilograms.
BTW Nanok are bulky sleeping bags so consider replacing at some point. A 3 season bag should be less than 1kg, be down and pack into less than 4 litres or so. I found that a smaller bag gave me back so much space since my old synthetic was about 15litres of space. I got a 2 man tent (strapped to the outside) and an overnight kit into the 50litre depsite everything but the tent and sleeping bag had only 25 litres of space. I had to leave a lot behind and now I have a smaller sleep bag I still do not take more than back then.
Great things mentioned, but I nearly fell with Time to go suggested replacing my sleeping bag as ive just bought it, and thought it was quite small in pack size as its down...as I was a car camper I still think about comfort - perhaps too much - as it can all get rammed into the Landie!
Im going to have a repack/thing tonight! I like the idea of ditching toothpaste, as it can be messy - gum it is
Cool, I think im making a mountain of it all...ie read too much and bought things to prep for every occasion, where I should have gone out and tried it before to get more of an idea!
Don't worry about it Martin. Everyone takes too much at the beginning.
Keep an eye on the little things. They can add up to a fair bit of weight without you realising it. Others have pointed out you don't need 3 bottles. I never carry water in the Scottish hills. It's far too heavy! I just drink from streams as i go. I carry a rolled up 1L Platypus in case i'm camping away from water, as on a summit. I fill it up at the last water point before my camping spot.
Remember you are doing this for fun. Without risking your safety, don't cripple yourself by trying to carry too much.
Drgorbstien its me again, can you manage overnight on 500ml.? I take a 2ltr bladder insert for over night and a zig 50ml for daytime sips. I always use at least a ltr. for supper and breakfast. Have a good trip Martin. The first is the worst and the best afterwards when you,re down the pub. Cheers.
(Good choice btw).
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