Tentsmuir Fastpack - Gear List
The following is the gear list for this trip. The pack is the Salomon Peak 20 which is long obsolete but a great lightweight fastpack nonetheless. As I often say in relation to kit, newer is not always better. Both the Peak 20 and Peak 30 are far superior to the Salomon XA25 and XA35 packs which are both truly awful fastpacks, in my humble opinion of course. I see that Salomon have just released the S/Lab Adventure 20 which might have promise but looking at it, I would take a lot of convincing that they have resolved the instability and bounce issues that plagued the XA packs. Anyway, I digress…
The rest of the gear is pretty lightweight as this is a quick and relatively short bivy trip in overnight temperatures well into double figures. For summer overnights, I think that the Aegismax Mini sleeping bag is brilliant in terms of overall performance and value. (It compresses more than the photo suggests but I left it bulkier to fill out the pack). There are some lighter down bags around that might compress a little smaller or perform marginally better but at significantly more cost.
- Salomon Peak 20 backpack
- 2 x Salomon 500ml softflasks with Salomon filter
- Groundsheet
- Alpkit Kloke bivy bag
- Aegismax Mini sleeping bag in drybag.
- 20L drybag
- Alpkit Numo sleeping mat
- Sleeping bag liner
- Alpkit Drift pillow
- 3L compression drybag containing Inov8 Thermoshell top, OMM Core beanie, spare short sleeve top and insect net
- Salomon S/Lab race waterproof jacket
- Compressport waistbelt
- Plastic tripod
- Petzl Bindi headtorch
- 5,000mah powerbank & 3-in-1 charging cable
- Dyneema pouch (wallet)
- Food bag ( see below for contents )
- Mobile phone
My running clothing is entirely separate to everything listed above.
Food, as pictured separately below.
Total pack weight, including 1000ml of water, gels and some additional running calories for Day 1 only – 4.8kg.
