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Fisherfield 2009- Intro and kit list

acmunro — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:29:47 +0000

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

starting out

acmunro — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:25:13 +0000

My first blog post. Ok so probably should start with me and whats happening in my life. I’m Andrew Munro, I’m 18 (19 in a fortnight), I’ve just got back home to Durham from my first year studying as an undergraduate studying medicine at King’s College Cambridge. Its been a hard but fun year- there are plenty of tales to tell but they’ll have to wait for future posts. My results for first year come out tomorrow so i’ll probably share how that goes ( I already know i’ve passed all my essential professional exams). Other than my course my passions are the outdoors (hiking, walking, camping, planning the above and wandering round the internet looking at stuff related to the above[Hi OutdoorsMagic]), computing generally, drinking (I am a student after all- though my favourite tipples are perhaps a little more refined than most- a pint of real ale or a single malt over lager or vodka anyday!!), watersports (kayaking, canoeing, punting), fencing (though that has kind of taken a back seat due to other stuff [like work] getting in the way) and Music (loving a bit of Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip just now). There’s other stuff too but i guess that will come out with future posts. So what am i up just now- currently i’m procrastinating to avoid unpacking and tidying my room thus the blogging but next week i’m off to Fisherfield in Northern Scotland to help out with running some duke of edinburgh expeditions. I’ll be spending most of this week preparing for that- I’ll try post a kit list and a few other details before I head off and a report when i get back (can’t promise too many awesome photo’s as i misplaced my camera last week so i’m limited to the 5Mp that my phone offers).

OK well best get on TTFN

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acmunro — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:13:27 +0000

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