At long last i get round to writing about my trip to fisherfield. I was away to help support a couple of Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award expeditions by groups from my former high school and sixth form. I myself participated in the Duke of Edinburgh scheme while i was still in sixth form and was very grateful for the opportunity it gave me to develop my walking and wild camping skills. Obviously the expeditions can only run with the support of teachers and helpers from the school who are prepared to take a week out to shadow the groups through the highlands; having gained so much from this help I, in turn, decided to volunteer my own time to return the favour.
Below is my kit list (with weights, as best as i could compile it) including a comment as to whther i actually used it on the trip to help inform choices for future excursions. As can be seen my packed baseweight was somewhere around 9-9.5kg. On top of this was approximately 3kg food, snacks and gas and i carried around 2l of water most of the time (very important given the hot and humid conditions of the week).
Thats all for now. I’ll do further posts on the route, some photos and possibly a journal/report when i get round to them.
| Qantity | Weight (g) | Packed | Packed weight (g) | Used last trip | |
| Packed | |||||
| Omm Mounatain Mover 55 +10 rucksack | 1 | 1650 | yes | 1650 | yes |
| lightweight smartwool merino jumper (black) | 1 | 235 | yes | 235 | no |
| Craghoppers Nosquito shorts | 1 | 265 | yes | 265 | yes |
| midweight smartwool merino jumper (blue) | 1 | 275 | yes | 275 | no |
| smartwool hiking socks | 1 | 95 | yes | 95 | yes |
| smartwool liner socks | 3 | 35 | yes | 105 | yes |
| Rab Generator Jacket | 1 | 380 | yes | 380 | no |
| Outdoor Designs powerstretch liner gloves | 1 | yes | 0 | no | |
| Exped Dry Bag 40l | 1 | 110 | yes | 110 | yes |
| Exped Dry Bag 13l | 1 | 64 | yes | 64 | yes |
| Exped Dry Bag 8l | 1 | 55 | yes | 55 | yes |
| Exped Dry Bag 3l | 1 | 37 | yes | 37 | yes |
| Exped Dry Bag 1l | 1 | 24 | yes | 24 | yes |
| Sea to summit compressible dry bag 10l | 1 | 129 | yes | 129 | yes |
| Sea to summit compressible dry bag 6l | 1 | 107 | yes | 107 | no |
| tarp | 1 | 75 | yes | 75 | no |
| 6 dyneema guys + bags | 1 | 40 | yes | 40 | yes |
| Alcohol Gel hand wash | 1 | 55 | yes | 55 | no |
| Raincover | 1 | 105 | yes | 105 | yes |
| Winshield + pegs | 1 | 120 | yes | 120 | yes |
| Highlander mosi headnet | 1 | 20 | yes | 20 | yes |
| Outdoor designs Trek towel | 1 | 50 | yes | 50 | no |
| garmin geko 201 + case and spare AAAs | 1 | 170 | yes | 170 | yes |
| Assorted extras | 1 | 125 | yes | 125 | no |
| AAA batteries x 4 | 1 | 45 | yes | 45 | no |
| Montane air eVent waterproof coat | 1 | 300 | yes | 300 | yes |
| Rab Bergen waterproof trousers | 1 | 340 | yes | 340 | no |
| Alpkit Pipe dream 400 sleeping bag | 1 | 800 | yes | 800 | yes |
| Survival Bag | 1 | 100 | yes | 100 | no |
| Light My Fire Firesteel | 1 | 30 | yes | 30 | yes |
| compass and whistle | 1 | 45 | yes | 45 | yes |
| First Aid Kit | 1 | 175 | yes | 175 | yes |
| Opinel 3″ with small scissors | 1 | 50 | yes | 50 | yes |
| Roll of duct tape + repair kit | 1 | 150 | yes | 150 | yes |
| Alpkit wee airic | 1 | 460 | yes | 460 | yes |
| Two-man Mountain Equipment AR ultralite | 1 | 1590 | yes | 1590 | yes |
| Petzl Tikka plus Head Torch | 1 | 75 | yes | 75 | no |
| Zippo Lighter | 1 | 60 | yes | 60 | no |
| Titanium Spork | 1 | 18 | yes | 18 | yes |
| Titanium folding fork | 1 | 14 | yes | 14 | no |
| Titanium folding knife | 1 | 15 | yes | 15 | yes |
| Titanium 400ml mug | 1 | 55 | yes | 55 | no |
| Titanium MyTiMug | 1 | 135 | yes | 135 | yes |
| Primus gas cannister feet | 1 | 20 | yes | 20 | yes |
| MSR Pocket rocket | 1 | 90 | yes | 90 | yes |
| Toilet paper (andrex 50 sheet roll) | 1 | 35 | yes | 35 | yes |
| Mosi repellant and sun cream | 1 | 150 | yes | 150 | yes |
| Small wash Kit(wipes and brush aways) | 1 | 25 | yes | 25 | yes |
| Platypus 3 litre | 1 | 120 | yes | 120 | yes |
| total:- | 9188 | ||||
| Worn | |||||
| Brasher Hillmaster GTX Boots | 1 | 1400 | yes | 1400 | yes |
| Icebreaker merino baselayer (mine) | 1 | 180 | yes | 180 | yes |
| Craghoppers Nosquito shirt | 1 | 260 | yes | 260 | yes |
| Crraghoppers webbing belt | 1 | 20 | yes | 20 | yes |
| Craghoppers walking trousers | 1 | 325 | yes | 325 | yes |
| smartwool hiking socks | 1 | 95 | yes | 95 | yes |
| smartwool liner socks | 1 | 35 | yes | 35 | yes |
| total:- | 2315 | ||||
