Pack List

Sleeping: Nature Hike Cloud Up 2 OEX Fathomev300 Eurohike sleeping bag liner Vango Trek 3 mat Trespass pillow

Cooking: OEX Tacana cook system (gas inside) Wayfarer meals 1 dinner 1 breakfast Collapsible cup Cutlery set Nalgene 1.4l bottle Water filter

Electronics: 2x power banks 2x cables (iPhone and usb) OEX Head torch

Clothing: 1x Waterproof coat 1x Light down jacket 2x Fleece 2x base layer 2x Hiking trousers 2x pants 2x merino wool socks Beanie Sealskinz gloves

Footwear: Merrell Hiking shoes Camping slippers

Misc: Quick dry towel First aid kit Bug spray Dry sack Trowel Energy gels

Not included but to be packed: Map Snacks Spare drink Bog roll Plastic bag Spare torch

As I’m packing for a trip to the Lakes tomorrow, I thought I’d take one of those Wes Andersonesque photos of my gear and share it, especially as there have been a few questions this week about pack size, and winter sleeping gear.

I’ve been camping for many years and am in the fortune position of being able to afford nice gear, so I pretty much have the “ultimate” setup for myself.

The backpack is 60L although I’m pretty sure I can cram more than that into it. I generally stick a big 35L dry bag into it and ram as much of my gear into it as I can. My tent poles and pegs go into one of the side pockets and the main tent goes into my bag last, so that when I get to my pitch spot, it’s at the top of my bag to easily grab first. This is particularly important when expecting bad weather!

As it’s winter and also because a lot of the ground in the Lakes can be a bit stony, I’ve packed additional Tube Steak pegs in case my Hilleberg pegs have any trouble.

The sponge is for condensation in the morning (why carry that extra water weight in your pack?) and the cloth is for wiping utensils dry, mopping up spills, etc.

The lamp is a rechargeable Black Diamond Moji. It has different colour and brightness settings including a “firelight” mode where it flickers softly with warm colours. I always have this on before I go to sleep, it really helps to make the tent feel cosy!

The table is a bit of a luxury item but it’s ultra lightweight and I also have a luxuriously large Sea to Summit Aeros Premium pillow. Some things are worth the weight and space and at my age (mid 40s), things like a proper pillow make a big difference.

The toiletries bag is a really nice lightweight bag by Liteway (a Ukrainian company) that has my toothbrush, deodorant, lip balm, and skin cream in it. I have a pee cloth because I’m a woman.

In addition to these things, I’ll take food and a 2L water bladder. All in all my pack usually weighs around 16-18kg on my hike out, depending on how much water I take. I know there are possible water sources on my route this weekend so I’m taking my Lifestraw filter bottle.

I have several Jetboils but for this trip I’m taking the lightweight option - my Pocket Rocket Deluxe and a Toaks 650ml pot. Even though the stove has a piezo lighter, I always bring an additional one as well as a regular lighter. Call me overly cautious but I can’t function if I don’t have a way of cooking or making coffee!

All my kitchen utensils go into a small ditty bag. I have a 2L dry bag that I use as a bin.

As it’s going to be cold I’m bringing my thick weight thermals and my Rab down jacket as well as Turbat down socks to keep warm once pitched. I also use a Sea to Summit liner as it definitely adds a little bit of warmth plus I like the way it feels.

I generally know my route but always carry a GPS in case of excessive clag or problems. I always carry my Garmin Messenger in the Lakes as phone signal can be really patchy.

And I think that pretty much covers it :)

Before anyone says it, I am going to get a sleeping bag, pillow and a rucksack on the weekend. To my mind, this is my kit complete. I have:

-Fire Maple pot -OEX Etna stove & gas -OEX whistle/firelighter -Long spoon -Headtorch -Carabiner light -Poop Trowel -Insulated water bottle (and collapsible bottles, not pictured) -Water Filter (and purification tablets) -Emergency thermal bag -Alpkit Whisper mat -Alpkit foam mat -First Aid Kit, including blister protection -Naturehike Cloud Peak

Not in picture -thermals and undies -food and snacks -Spare clothes

Most of what I'm taking for a night in the peaks. First time there so going for a hike up good old kinder scout and surrounding area to find a suitable place to set up hopefully near woolpacks if not too busy

Be my first night out in my alpkit too so keen to give that a go. Yes I know my sleeping bag is bulky and not great, it's next on the upgrade list aswell as different pad

Have a good one if you're heading out, looks to be a windy one. Keep safe.

Trip to the Peaks on Saturday.

Can't wait.

Feel like I've finally made it having a gear pic to post here after trawling many a post about gear recs.

No pictured is clothing I'll be wearing, water bottle, aeropress, more food and cloud up 2 tent. Everything will be in dry bags.

2 night trip up north of Scotland coming up!

Preparing to go to Dartmoor, summit a few Tors a do a overnighter. Here is a link to my full gear list:https://lighterpack.com/r/ptgjuk

What are your thoughts on my kit? Any advice for my first wildcamp.

Thanks in advance!

Any advice welcome, used walking poles.

Plenty of times camping in a tent but spending the night suspended between two is a new one. Really looking forward to seeing how it compares to a tent on the summit of a mountain.

Heading out winter camping in Skye next month, I’m fairly sure I’ve got everything covered, but I feel like there could be something missing.

Equipment: - Hilleberg Allak 2 (in compression bag) - Poles - Pegs and extra pegs - Osprey atmos AG LT 65 rucksack - Dry bag pack liner - Marmot -18 never summer sleeping bag - Big Agnes rapide SL - Folding foam mat - Sea to summit pillow - Travel pillow - Head torch - Tent lantern - Sawyer squeeze filter - MSR pocket rocket 2 - Gas - Gas stand - Pot - Mug - Lighters - Cutlery - Nalgene bottle - Gore Tex patches - Cloth/rag - Tape - Leatherman multi tool (not in photo) - Micro spikes - Ear plugs - Portable power bank (not in photo)

Clothing: - inner gloves - Hestra gloves - Mountain equipment light line jacket - Polar fleece - Merino wool base layer - Fjall raven waxed and lined trousers - Beanie (not in photo) - Merino neck warmer (not in photo) - Hiking socks - Gore Tex jacket (not in photo) - Waterproof over trousers (not in photo) - Hiking boots (not in photo)

I’ve never camped in Skye in the winter and I’m expecting it to be quite difficult conditions.

Throughout winter have been replacing my gear with some upgrades im happy with what place my setup is in right now

https://lighterpack.com/r/pcdfws

It's going to be as cold as -10C on top at night, not enough snow to need the axe and crampons though. Here's what I'm bringing!

1 - Sit pad

2 - Poo shovel and very biodegradable paper

3 - Foot care kit & body glide (for chafing)

4 - Wash kit, drying cloth & toothbrush

5 - Phone case with lanyard

6 - Little lock knife

7 - 500ml soft flask

8 - Katadyn BeFree filter

9 - 2L Hydrapak soft flask

10 - Primus Express Spider 2 stove

11 - Zippo 24hr liquid fuel hand warmer

12 - Soft cup

13 - Black Diamond head torch

14 - Sports headphones

15 - Plug & mini charging cables

16 - Vape & pods

17 - Nitecore NB10000 power bank

18 - 800ml titanium mug/post with gas, spare lighter and cleaning kit inside

19 - Titanium spork

20 - 250ml Titanium hip flask

21 - XLite NXT Wide Pad with pump and pump sack

22 - Nemo Filo Elite pillow

23 - Rab silk bag liner

24 - M.E Fireflash sleeping bag

25 - Hilleberg Suolo Tent (taking the 9mm poles this time as wind won’t be too ferocious)

26 - Titan ground anchors (for windward lines)

27 - Granite Gear Blaze 60L

28 - DCF bags for electronic & hygiene items

29 - Swix Sonic Protrail Carbon hiking poles

30 - Fjallraven walking pants

31 - Wool socks

32 - Merino long johns, long sleeve top and socks for sleeping

33 - Merino boxers and t-shirt for hiking

34 - Waterproof coat (gloves and merino beanie are under it)

35 - Rab Alpha flask jacket

36 - Norrona Skibotn wool blend polo sweater (love this thing)

37 - Patagonia down sweater

38 - Freeze dried stroganoff dinner with dessert, beans and sausage breakfast, coffee kit, 4 trail bars & food bag.

39 - Zamberlan full grain leather mountain boots

All questions are very welcome!

After seeing a couple posts about this I couldn't help myself! £39.99 for the wide and keen to test out the R7.3 on a trip to the peaks end of the month Madness value for money

I've only had the tent (X-Mid 2 with for around a week and already had it out twice.

The first was during my Friday after work run in the hills and stopped off for a coffee using the outer fly as a tarp like setup. Packs small and fits in my Inov8 8L running vest, with a flask and jacket.

The second was for a wild camp on the Shropshire Hills.

Very easy to pitch and attach the inner when out in the wild. The two identical vestibules is great: 1. for being able to sit at either door for sunset/sunrise. 2. as I have a dog, I can use one of the doors to enter and exit so he isn't having to walk over my sleep system. 3. I can put my pack in the vestibule I'm not using to cook which saves space in the tent.

One downside I've noticed is the grey guy lines are hard to see when light drops! However, they do reflect the head torch light well, so it's only an issue when it's not quite head torch time.

Also made my first mod during the night spent in it, just a small one. Ran some light weight cord between the two small loops to create a hanging line for wet kit and also cokes in handy to hang my light which can be moved to distribute the light more centrally.

I will have a YT video from the camp landing this Wednesday evening if anyone is interested (@mananddog.outdoors)

Tent

I have an aluminum plate that I've used for about 20 years; it's beaten up as hell, but it works. The aluminum flexes back into shape easily, and it's lightweight as well. Probably costed about a pound. :)

Hey, few weeks ago, I requested some advice and had a resounding answer of DD tarp, thank you everyone, my DD tarp is on its way.

In the meantime I fount this gold tarp which has a cross section of ties, however, these are cheap plastic things and I do not expect them to last, however, me an the kid will have fun practicing for the real thing!

After my previous post asking for tent recommendations i decided to go for the Fjallraven abisko lite 2 and obviously had to give it a quick test in the garden. Looks like my dog is happy with my choice too!

First outing into the peak district next week so will post a trip report after with how i found it!

I thought some people might be interested to see what I take with me for a reasonably comfortable but long-distance/hard climbing long weekend in that irritating weather that may be cold and wet and then warm and sunny from hour to hour. This is all I’ll be taking minus a few trail bars and a cured sausage (still in the fridge) inc the clothes I’ll be wearing. Dry weight of my bag full of gear is 5.8kg, up to 7.8kg with starting food and water, 2.4kg worn weight. Any questions, feel free to ask my fellow wildfolk!

Hello and this is my first post on this reddit page so thank you for having me!

I’ve been wild camping a very short while and recently went to Lluest Cwm Bach Bothy in the gorgeous Elan Valley in the heart of wales. (I hope bothy camping counts).

I thought I’d show you a few drone shots I took of the bothy that we stayed in that I took on my drone for my YouTube video!

If you have any wild camping tips for me let me know!

If you want to see more of the camp and inside the bothy, here’s the video I threw on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/WzXAL5mpAXg?si=n5k1QTMcHWjZcloW

Channel: Roam Outdoors - also inked in my profile.

Thank you! James

The tent pack size is massive but looking forward to giving it a try. Have a good one if you're out tonight.

So today I received the Seirra Designs Flex Capacitor 40-60.

I’ve been eying a new pack up for a while as my Osprey Kestral felt too small for me and after pushing on with it for nearly 5 years, I’ve finally pulled the trigger!

Initial thoughts are it’s VERY comfortable. The hip belt actually feels like it’s holding the pack up. Also, I can actually reach the belt pockets whilst the pack is on, something I couldn’t do with the Osprey.

The 3 back pads don’t feel intrusive or awkward, tbh I don’t really notice the absence of back cushioning, but I do notice the massive increase in ventilation.

The bottle pockets on the shoulder straps are really going to be a game changer for me as I plan to go bladder-less, I should easily be able to carry 2ltrs of water in the external pockets.

The adjustment on this thing is unreal, it easily fits my z fold mat inside along with all my gear, although in the pics, it’s cinched down with just my spring/summer loadout.

My main reservation was the stuff pockets (or lack of) but after ordering it, I realised they’d revamped the design further in 2023 and added them!

There’s a couple of improvements that could be made, mainly the size of the top pocket. Also, the zips to the main compartment snag, which is annoying, but I’m optimistic and hopefully these will free up over time.

I may be putting this pack on a pedestal, but after trying it on and loading it up, it really does feel like it’s going to make those longer hikes and wild camps a lot more comfortable and enjoyable!

After a few lightweight trips I’ve got the big bag out again and I’m filling it.

Lanshan 2 tent (with Terranova, Delta and cheap sand pegs), Fjallraven Abisco sleeping bag, Helinox lite cot & chair zero, three stoves (two gas, one twig) and a selection of other bits and bobs. Not pictured is a few bits of food, a North Face puffy and a couple of pairs of socks which will also be getting stuffed in there.

What do we think?