Fiordland gear list take 3

3rd time into the ballot blocks and this is what I have learnt/am taking this year. We are a party of two, the only things we are sharing the load on is the tent/fly

Clothing from left to right:
What I will be wearing-

Merino underwear and long johns
Socks
Merino t shirt and long sleeve
Hanwag boots
Gaiters
Bino bivy including geovids and 6x rounds
Macpac walking pole when required
Bugle horn


Spare clothes-

2x merino long sleeve
1x merino long johns
2x merino underwear
2x socks
1x mid (but very light)long sleeve


Rain gear-

Stones creek tundra pants
Kuiu chugach jacket


Warm gear -

Kuiu attack pants
Kuiu guide jacket


Sleeping gear -

Exped mat
Silk liner
Down sleeping bag (not shown)
Kuiu tent (shared)
Stones creek fly (shared)


Cooking gear -

750ml titanium pot, screw on cooker and spork
450ml gas
Lighter
Mercator knife

Emergency gear-
Headtorch
Spare batteries
Gps
Plb
Mountain radio (shared and not shown)
Basic first aid
Gloves
Beanie
Toilet paper

Food(each day)-

Backcountry cooked breakfast
1 square meal
Hand full of scrogan
Pack of noodles
Coffee sachet
Cheese stick, beirstick
Backcountry dinner single serve
Back country smoothie every second day

Rifle-
Forbes 308, 3 rounds in mag

All carried in a kuiu ultra 6000 pack with various dry bags/pack liner

Thoughts?

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Originally Posted by Munsey

Sand fly head vale

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3rd picture down next to gps... won't make that mistake again

Disposable gloves, another waterproof layer

Looks like you got it sussed, I use wollen gloves for when wet and cold, would probably only take the stoney creek pants and use your merios for warmth, your 3rd time in so you know to be prepared to get wet and stay wet


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Originally Posted by Smiddy

Looks like you got it sussed, I use wollen gloves for when wet and cold, would probably only take the stoney creek pants and use your merios for warmth, your 3rd time in so you know to be prepared to get wet and stay wet


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Yep i am strongly considering dropping the kuiu pants, would save a bit of room in pack and weight when they eventually get saturated

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Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Yep i am strongly considering dropping the kuiu pants, would save a bit of room in pack and weight when they eventually get saturated

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Yep and when saturated they are heavy and not much good


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Looks good, not sure I'd take two jackets? I'd probably trade the guide jacket for a down jacket.

Your food looks a bit light but you'll know how much you need. I always like to take a few mandarins, a couple of instant soups for cold days.

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Originally Posted by outdoorlad

Looks good, not sure I'd take two jackets? I'd probably trade the guide jacket for a down jacket.

Your food looks a bit light but you'll know how much you need. I always like to take a few mandarins, a couple of instant soups for cold days.

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Could trade the guide for the kuiu kenai I have which is like a synthetic down jacket. only reason I have gone the guide is it's pretty wind proof, probably not as warm as the kenai tho

What's your gear weigh total, ie boots, rifle, pack and contents ?

Also I would be inclined to take two smaller gas cylinders than one big one, if the valve shits itself (unlikely but have seen it happen and all the gas escaped) then you're left with zilch...

Probably depends on the type of block you have & how much time you expect to be glassing/sitting? I like a down jacket for glassing, sitting around camp at night when you are cold & hungry, they make a nice pillow & you can wear them to bed if it became necessary, the trick is keeping them dry down there?

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Also I would be inclined to take two smaller gas cylinders than one big one, if the valve shits itself (unlikely but have seen it happen and all the gas escaped) then you're left with zilch...

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Ya have thought about it but this was cheap as chips and it's technically lighter. Other benefits to multiple cylinders are you can track usage a bit better/conserve. I will probably stash on at drop off point as I'm planning on crossing back over after 5-6 days

Not sure on total weight as I don't have scales but it won't be much, I would class it as a light weight setup without being ultra light weight. Big savings on rifle/pack and my food isn't overly heavy. Not to many luxuries personal items either

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Probably depends on the type of block you have & how much time you expect to be glassing/sitting? I like a down jacket for glassing, sitting around camp at night when you are cold & hungry, they make a nice pillow & you can wear them to bed if it became necessary, the trick is keeping them dry down there?

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I have the Edith so a bit of everything. Not planning on spending hours upon hours on the tops glossing (previous experience tells me I will be in the cloud most of the time anyway) and the big boys rarely walk out to far into the open.

dark chocolate, soups, cheese, salami

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Good call

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Originally Posted by Freezer

dark chocolate, soups, cheese, salami

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Single malt, foldy chair, phone full of downloaded netflix.

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Single malt, foldy chair, phone full of downloaded redtube.

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@PerazziSC3

How did your gear go on this trip, any post trip reports. Things to add or leave behind
Also whats your gas canister/ day ration (standard size)

We got Lugar burn 3rd period

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@PerazziSC3

How did your gear go on this trip, any post trip reports. Things to add or leave behind
Also whats your gas canister/ day ration (standard size)

We got Lugar burn 3rd period

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Yep pretty good I could of left all spare clothes and tent behind as it didn't rain!

From that original list I didn't end up taking kuiu pants and switched the guide jacket for the kennai jacket.

You will use less gas than you think but only takes one time leaving it turned on and you will be in the shit. Think I used 250 grams for the 10 days or thereabouts

I drew whitewater third period but have had to hand it back this year.

Good luck

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Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Yep pretty good I could of left all spare clothes and tent behind as it didn't rain!

From that original list I didn't end up taking kuiu pants and switched the guide jacket for the kennai jacket.

You will use less gas than you think but only takes one time leaving it turned on and you will be in the shit. Think I used 250 grams for the 10 days or thereabouts

I drew whitewater third period but have had to hand it back this year.

Good luck

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no spare clothes, check, it'll be bluebird days with light rain overnight this year to freshen things up!!!!, yeah right.

first time doing 10 days on our backs, which means heavy packs. we cooking out of the one firemarple so im thinking 3 x gas will be plenty, (taking spare BRS stove as back up).

food is the next item and im currently in the kitchen with every available surface covered in glad bags and food!!

how did you find your food go on your last trip,

my draft food plan

breakfast: museli/ milk powder/ protein mix

snacks and lunch: snicker , one square meal, jet planes, (for my sweet tooth) , maybe pics peanut butter sachet if i can stomach them, salami stick and cheese stick (stolen off you), dried fruits, shapes biscuits

dinner: alternate between kaweka meal + instand mash and ramen bomb (noodles/ mash and tuna pocket), add freeze dry peas to meals

drinks: instant mocha 1 x day and energy drinks 2 x day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWMXrwUFd6c found this vid from kuiu on food

gonna love the sight of mash potoato after this trip!!


cheers!!

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no spare clothes, check, it'll be bluebird days with light rain overnight this year to freshen things up!!!!, yeah right.

first time doing 10 days on our backs, which means heavy packs. we cooking out of the one firemarple so im thinking 3 x gas will be plenty, (taking spare BRS stove as back up).

food is the next item and im currently in the kitchen with every available surface covered in glad bags and food!!

cheers!!

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Definitely take a spare cooker mate. Weigh nothing and they do crap out as I have found on my first trip in. We had our own cooking setups

One trick to speed breakfst up; premix your muesli and powdered milk, pour in warm (not hot you will melt plastic.... Found that out) water into ziplock bag, eat then fold zi lock bag into trash bag and our done :thumbsup:

Cheers guy, yeah I'm taking a spare cooker ( brs stove ) which weighs nothing,
Already been shown the all in one glad bag museli trick which is what I use these days, add a slice of dried mango to each bag, bloody beauuutiful.

I'll post up my gear and food in a week or so,

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I wouldn't survive on one coffee a day. Single serve Back countries don't seem like enough for me either.

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Agreed, I only ever buy the 2 serves

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Originally Posted by hotsoup

Agreed, I only ever buy the 2 serves

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Sometimes when I’m not that hungry I put 1/2 of the 2 serves meal into my cooker/cup rehydrate with water a hour then cook add some extra dehydrated peas and potatoe flake at the end when ready to thicken it up. Then next day use the other 1/2 serve meal in the packet as normal.
I’m addicted to coffee 4 a day type of person.

That BRS cooker is a good backup or for a middays brew.