Kitcheck
The location for this years LAMM has now been confirmed as being at Glen Lochay - not a million miles away from Endie’s suggestion of Pitlochry, just a little further to the south west. We’ll be going out of Auchtertyre and our guess is that the course will take us to the south west of that location into the area that’s circled off by the A82, A83 and A85 roads. Of course, it could be heading NE into the Forest of Fangorn Mamlorn and the area around Loch Lyon. It doesn’t matter. Blue knows the area fairly well having done a considerable amount of walking around there before. We might not get lost this time!
My kit is just about sorted:
This is more or less everything I’m going to be taking. I feel a list coming on!
- Tent (Vango Ultralite 200) - 1450g
- Sleeping Bag (Gelert Ultralite 600) - 600g
- OMM Duo sleeping mat - 150g
- Snacks (Quaker Oat bars, Nutrigrain Oat bars, 1 pk Jelly babies) - 650g
- Dinner (Supernoodles, Couscous, Snickers) - 440g
- Breakfast (Muesli, tea + assorted bits) - 300g
- Mug, plate + spork - 125g
- Compass, headtorch - 120g
- Survival Bag (Lifesystems Thermal Bag) - 225g
- OMM Kamleika Jacket - 450g
- OMM Kamleika Overtrousers - 250g
- Hat & gloves - 75g
- Ron Hill Tracksters - 275g
- Snow & Rock mid layer fleece - 300g
- Helly Hansen base layer - 200g
- Spare socks & shorts - 200g
- Emergency Rations (Kendal Mint Cake - bleugh!) - 45g
- OMM Lightweight Pack - ~700g
Add a water proof disposable camera at 150g and that brings the entire weight up to 6.5kg (plus some extras like vaseline, sun cream, avon skin-so-soft - hey, it’s good anti insect repellent apparently!) I might be able to get Blue to carry the tent poles and pegs and may ditch some food which will reduce the weight by about 700g or so which will take it under 6kg. In my mind, that’s damned good for a newbie! The decision tomorrow will be whether or not to take a litre of water with me (adding another kilo) or just use my mug in nearby streams!
All packed, it looks like this:
The stuff on the side is what I’m going to be wearing, before any smart ass comments that it’s not all packed! So it’s all looking good. Weather forecast is favourable (as in no rain!) and the evenings are going to be 12/13 degrees celsius which is comfortable and makes me glad I’m only taking a light sleeping bag. Hopefully I’ll be so knackered that I’ll just pass out!
See you on Sunday!
So how did it go? I was 20 miles out, but in my defence getting there from Aberdeen is three hours, not two! Are you still in recovery?
I saw a bunch of people in minibuses on Sunday who I thought had probably been on the same event, judging from the lightweight gear, equally lightweight builds, and weathered faces. Were there folks up from Bridgend there?
Is there an Auchertyre near Glen Lochay, btw? I didn’t know that, and I’ve walked a lot of the area around Killin. Auchlyne I do know, though.
Comment by Endie — June 12, 2007 @ 3:07 pm
Well? Did you survive?
Comment by Gordon — June 12, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
Yes. Photos and report soon. Recovery might take a little longer!
Comment by Dragon — June 12, 2007 @ 8:53 pm