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Pyrenean High Route - Section 5 2017 - Gear List

Posted by Mark Richardson on Aug 01, 2017

Total gear carried excluding consumables was 6.678kg (14.12lbs), with consumables this rose to 13.443kg (29.11lbs). Gear worn about my person was typically as listed below:

 

Gear Worn

Suunto watch - 80g
Buff - 33g
Food Bag - Exped - 33g
OMM Long Sleeved Grid Tee - 202g
Masters Trecime Carbon Fixed Length Trekking Poles - 130cm - 380g
Meco 120 Boxer - 62g
Scarpa Epic Lite OD Shoe - 844g
Rab Fulcrum Pants - 294g
Xsocks Trekking Light Limited Socks - 44g

 

Gear Carried - 6.68Kg (14.12lbs) basic, 13.44Kg (29.11lbs) with food and other consumables

Rucksack - Total 810g

Osprey Levity 45 - 810g


Raingear - Total 284g

OR Helium II Jacket - 198g
ULA Rain Kilt - 86g


Hydration - Total 71g

Hydrapak Speedcup - 8g
Evernew 0.6l water bottle - 27g
Evernew 2.0l water bottle - 36g


Shelter - Total 851g

Nemo Hornet 1P - 748g
Tread Lite Gear Fusion Icarex PegBag - 7g
Tent Bag - Granite Gear Zipsack XXS - 23g
MSR Carbon Core tent stakes x2 - 12g
Pirahna RT90 Tent Pegs x4 - 12g
Titanium Skewers Tent Pegs x6 - 36g
4 x Lightning Guylines - 14g

 

Sleeping - Total 1222g

Rab Mythic (+1C) Sleeping Bag - 486g
STS Aero Ultralight Pillow - Large inc pouch - 70g
Granite Gear 5l Air Bag Stuffsack - 19g
Exped SynMat HL (excl. 11g pouch) - 355g
STS Air Chair - 228g
Repair kit - 6g
Schnozzel Pumpsack (used as drybag/packliner) - 58g


Kitchen - Total 391g

Soto Windmaster Gas Stove - 66g
Evernew ECA-402 Titanium Non-Stick Deep Pot (0.9l) and Fry Pan Lid - 140g
Green Hermit sink (Small) - 60g
Optimus Sliding spoon - 26g
GSI Cascadian Cup - 49g
GCG Firesteel - 12g
Mini Can Opener - 10g
Compact Scraper - 18g
Pot washing cloth and pan saver - 10g

 

Washroom - Total 274g

Coghlans Mirror - 20g
Granite Gear Air Zipditty 1l - 17g
Packtowl personal Towel - Hand - 82g
Packtowl Nano - Medium - 18g
Disposable razor x 2 - 24g
Blizzard stake as trowel - 33g
Dentofresh - 45g
Pee Bottle - 35g

 

First Aid Kit - Total 139g

Granite Gear Air Zipditty 1.0L - 17g
2 x 4" wound dressings - 14g
1 x Stretch Bandage - 10g
1 x surgical tape - 3g
6 x Wound cleaning wipes - 11g
5 Plasters - 4g
1 Small tin Vaseline - 34g
16 Ibuprofen pain killers - 8g
Sun screen stick - 12g
Micropur tablets x 75 - 8g
Elastoplast fabric strapping - 31g
STS Nano Mossy Net - 12g

 

Clothing - Total 1209g

Montane Fireball Verso Pull-on - 282g
RAB Zero G - 352g
RAB Dryflo 120 pants (longjohns) - 130g
RAB Merino+ 120 Boxers - 72g
OR Helios Sunhat - 84g
OR Speed Sensor Gloves - 52g
OR Echo LS Zip Tee - 144g
Enduro M3rino Sin3rgi Light Cushion Socks - 50g
Race Elite Mid Socks (Twin Pack) - 43g


Accessories - Total 198g

Petzl Zipka Headtorch - 85g
ALOKD2-MP Waterproof Bags - 39g
Deejo Naked - 15g
Compass - Silva Expedition 4 - 36g
Glass cleaning cloth - 2g
Multimat sitmat - 32g
Cable ties - 6g


Photographic and other items - Total 1229g

Samsung A3 phone incl. Loksak - 152g
Headphones - 10g
Sony RX1r camera inc battery - 453g
SD cards - 0g
3 SPARE CAMERA BATTERIES - 72g
Battery cases x 3 - 18g
Maps x2 - cut to size - 54g
Guidebooks - cut to size - 64g
Voice recorder - 14g
Currency - 48g
Passport - 36g
UltraPod Camera Tripod - 57g
Notebook - 51g
Pen - Bic Biro - 6g
Camera case - 212g
Graite Gear document pouch - 19g
Credit cards and cash in loksak - 23g


Consumables - Total 6765g

Fuel - 450g
STS Wilderness Wash Pocket Soap Leaves - 28g
Toilet roll - 42g
Water  - 1600g
Coffee - 48g
Nuun 20 Tablets - 30g
Estimate 750g per day - 6 days max food - 4500g
Olive oil - 50g

Salt - 17g

  
Mark Richardson
 

Mark was the founder of Ultralight Outdoor Gear back in 2006 and has completed long distance backpacking routes in some of the remotest parts of the world. His favourite hikes have been Torres del Paine (full circuit), the John Muir trail and the Markha Valley trail (Ladakh, India). Although semi-retired Mark has not lost any enthusiasm for minimalist backpacking and is tackling Scotland’s Munros choosing multi-day backpacking routes over the more usual guide book excursions.

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