Two weeks to go
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...!