Two weeks to go
13/03/07 02:09
With
2 weeks to go, I've now assembled my full kit. At
12 kg, my ideal pack is too heavy.....
With
2 weeks to go, I've now assembled my full kit. At
12 kg, my ideal pack is too heavy, I really wanted
to keep everything below 10 kg, ideally, which is
the weight I’ve been running with. Unfortunately,
it's not immediately obvious what I'm going to take
out, as I'm not exactly overweight on luxuries.
That said, I do have 1 kg of SIS Go powder, my
chosen carbohydrate drink. I also have around 5 kg
of basic food, which I can also cut back on. The
GPS is also out of the window. This is the real
dilemma. On the real luxury front, I am bringing my
iPod, solar charger and a camera, weighing in at
around 500g altogether, but as a 'once in a
lifetime' type event (at least from my wife's
perspective!), I not prepared to dump the camera.
At the end of the day, to participate in an event
like this, I'm going to have to take some
fairly harsh decisions between needs, wants and
what I really, actually need, which looks like it
might spell hunger!! Still, it's not as though
I can't afford to lose a bit of weight...!