Thread: Gear for a few days.

Just packed up all my gear last night and weighed it for 10-11 days in Fiordland.

The only thing that really changes from my 2-3 day trips is obviously extra food, gas, extra set of clothes, a fly and my heavier two man tent instead of my single lightweight.

Total pack weight with all of my food for 10 days plus some extra rations just in case is 20.5kgs.

Other stuff I carry;

Rifle is 4kgs loaded

Boots 2kgs

Clothes I'm wearing 3.5kgs

Binos ~1kg

So based on that, fully kitted and self sufficient for 10-11 days I'm wearing and carrying ~ 31kgs.



Foods all broken down into daily packs. I try to keep daily rations around 5-700gms per day.

Breakfasts;

Muesli/nutrigrain premixed with milk powder, sugar and a scoop of protein powder.

Tea or hot choc.

Lunch/day tucker;

2 muesli bars
1 large Moro or snickers
1 pita bread with jam/peanut butter
4 vita wheat crackers w 2 slices of cheese and salami
3 heards lollies
1 vita sport mix

Couple hand fulls of scroggin/seeds/cranberries/choc chips/etc

Dinner;

Freeze dry meal single serve
Throw in some dried veges
A cup of soup
Tea or hot chocolate

I always carry an apple for every 2nd day, a spare few muesli bars and heards barley sugars and 2 freeze dry meals/desserts.

Seems to work for me.





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Looks good ! Good luck with A Wap

this is how i pack my shizzle.

yellow bag 2020g
headlamp,4sets batteries(use for roarer too),RF battery,mercator,ammo x10,gps,panadol,insect pissoff,emerg sleep tube,PLB,paracord,diamond sharpner,wipe,tinnie-i mean foil,tape,cumpass,

pack 2800g
65ltr Macpac

day bag 1170g
27lts Stoney Creek

sleep bag 856g
Macpac express 400
(optional super warmer Macpac Solstice bag xtra 650g)

cooker mug setup 990g
billie,lighter,coffee tea sugar, gas and cooker ,mug, figured id put it all in as it nearly always goes with me.

coat 670g
German army Sympatex-awesome

spare clothes 940g
shorts,thermals,shirt,socks x2

sleep mat(not pictured)470g
3/4 length blaze orange thing

binos+harness 1170g
Bushnells

crocs-around hut 150g

misc-didnt write down what this is but ill include it still 450g

stoney creek windproof thick bush shirt 680g

gloves 150g

down vest 450g


total 12966g


optional

roarer 210g

Huntech bivvy 1400g
sleeps 2+gear+dog nice and cosy

bivvy bag 560g

boots-harder leather Haix for tops xtra 560g

total2730g

wearing

socks,pants,thermal,shirtwarm hat,sunhat,boots Salomon-like them! ,gaitors 3390g

need to add, neoprene gaitors firelighter/rubber tube/and prolly misc that ive forgotten 650g



so for hut work-12966+3390 wearing+650misc=17006 all up +food 700g per day

for tops stays-12966+3390 wearing+650misc+2730=19736 all up +food 700g per day

thanks everyone for taking the time to post this stuff, it helps "everyone" with new ideas and esp newer guys with decision making.

Nice one guys. Packaging each day's food into a big ziplock is a great way to do it eh Josh. All the days rubbish goes back into the empty ziplock bag, keeps everything tidy and organised. Got my katabatic sleeping bag and the short sleeping pad.Food is my next challenge to tackle.

What huntech bivvy/fly is it? Same as this one?



I found my feet were almost hanging out the end.

Originally Posted by Nibblet

What huntech bivvy/fly is it? Same as this one?

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I found my feet were almost hanging out the end.

Moon camping again!


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Originally Posted by BRADS

Moon camping again!


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Haha yeah bro, didn't get any space deer this time. Still waiting for some good ruahines spots from you. Probably take the 450 for a walk in the ureweras in the next couple weeks.

Originally Posted by Nibblet

Haha yeah bro, didn't get any space deer this time. Still waiting for some good ruahines spots from you. Probably take the 450 for a walk in the ureweras in the next couple weeks.

There's no deer In the ruahines mate


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There's no deer In the ruahines mate


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Yep same nibblet. One of the benefits of being short i spose?

About what I can shave it down to I think. Accidently included binos in pack weight so minus 1kg. Few small items missed off, Small spare torch 30gm, basic first aid 100gm etc.

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Knife is heavy, camera adapter is a chunky little guy. What GPS are you using?

Can't really get a lighter knife that's useful to me. It's on the short side as is, the 200gm is in a leather sheath. GPS is a garmin Oregon 450 or something. Touch screen, does the job but the 62's are better I think.

Camera adapter...yeah. Chunky.

I'm considering an Etrex20 for GPS. I don't like touch screens.


Yeah fixed blades are heavy cos you have to carry sheath as well. Mercator is 76 grams but carrying a sharpener of some sort is necessary

If I want to cut weight I skip the adapter and screw the camera straight onto the tripod and leave it assembled in my pack.