Some lists, numbers and thoughts about last weekend's outing...
Kit carried:
- LA Warp 70 pack
- Argos Pro Action Hike Lite tent
- Sleeping: Lifeventure Downlight 900 sleeping bag, POE Max-Thermo mat, Ajungilak air-pillow
- Jetboil PCS with spare half-full Coleman 100 canister, plaggy legs and long-handled spoon
- Clothing: Rab Corrie eVENT jacket, Montane Featherlite windproof trousers, 1 spare kegs, 1 pair spare socks, 1 spare baselayer top, Buff
- Food: 2 Decathlon Aptonia dehydrated meals, 4 cereal bars, 4 Pepperamis, 2 packs instant custard, 4 Cofresh coconut bars
- Drink: teabags, sugar, milk-powder
- Navigation: Maps (printed on A4), A5 mapcase, compass, HTC Wildfire running MMTracker
- Wash-kit
- 5h1t-kit
- First-Aid kit
- e+Lite headtorch
- D50 dSLR in LowePro bag
- Hipflask (Drambuie)
- Ciggies
Total carry-weight at start: 11.7kg
Kit worn:
- Rab VR Climb jacket
- Quechua Bionnassay trousers
- Baselayer top
- LA Mountain Cap
- Aku Croda boots
- Socks
- Kegs
Taken but not used:
- Rab Corrie eVENT jacket
- Montane Featherlite windproof trousers
- Buff
- Compass
A few observations:
- Crumble a Cofresh coconut bar into a pack of Sainsbury's Instant Custard (the "Basics" 6p a pack stuff), rehydrate it and it makes a simple, quick and tasty hot breakfast. Next time I'll take some dried fruit to add too. Papaya and banana, perhaps?
- The Downlight 900 sleeping bag was excellent, but I've told you that already.
- The Decathlon Aptonia dehydrated meals (Chicken and Rice Curry, Shepherd's Pie) were much better than any other brands that I've tried before. More taste, more chunks, quicker to rehydrate. More e-numbers, though - I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing. The integral holding-area on the side of the bags was a useful touch, as was the printing of the fill-lines inside the bags.
According to Memory-Map:
- Total distance: 14.3 miles
- Total ascent: 4302 ft
- Total descent: 4292 ft (where the missing 10ft are is anybody's guess!)
Miscellaneous:
- Wainwright tops vistited: 7 (Hallin Fell, Steel Knotts, High Raise, Rampsgill Head, The Knott, Rest Dodd, Beda Fell)
- Wainwright tops considered optional but not visited: 6 (Wether Hill, Kidsty Pike, The Nab, Brock Crags, Angletarn Pikes, Place Fell)
- Wainwright tops ticked off the to-do list: 4 (Hallin Fell, Steel Knotts, Rest Dodd, Beda Fell)
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