Challenge gear

Until now I've seen only two gearlists for this years Challenge. There have been years everybody was blogging about their gearlist complete with milligrams but lightweight gear is normal and accepted nowadays. Tarps, trailshoes, helium filled backpacks : you name it, they take it.
I do try to replace 'heavy' items with lighter alternatives but you won't find me sleeping underneath a tarp. A Dutch woman is running (!) LeJog at the moment and had a very unpleasant encounter with a toad..... crawling on her face in the middle of the night. The tarp was immidiately exchanged for an Akto.

The total weight of my rucsac, including 4 days food, will be just a little bit less than 13 kilograms (28.6 lbs) : the lightest I've ever had for a multiday backpacking trip.
I will not bore you with milligrams.

Theo's list :

North Face Lodestar 70 rucsac

Hilleberg Akto

Mamut Butterfly sleeping bag

NeoAir Xlite matras

inflatable pillow

Campinggaz Bluet micro stove

Campinggaz CV300

Pan

potcosy pot

potcosy pouch

Pocket knife

spork

walking poles

Satmap Active 10 gps incl ortlieb a6

6 AA batteries

4 AAA batteries

Geko 201 gps

Compass

Whistle

Small torch

headtorch (Xenos)

Samsung photocamera incl. ortlieb a6

ortlieb mapcase with a4 printouts

survival blanket

drinking bottle

bottleholder

p-zipbag

crocs

foldable sitmat

Karrimor drybag 2lt

Bever drybag 20 liter

Sea-to-summit drybag 20 liter

Sea-to-summit drybag 20 liter

Sea-to-summit drybag 2 liter

Eagle Creek chestpouch incl.plastic karabiners

snowgrips

Personal care

First aid kit

Tick remover

Paracetamol

Toothbrush

Toothpaste

Earplugs

Toiletpaper

Sportstape 3 m

Showergel (mini bottle)

Spare glasses with case

bandage

binbag

duct tape

Iron wire

Clothing etc.

j-cloth

flanel

4 pair of socks

2 Odlo underpants

Fleece hat

3 magic towels

North Face goretex trousers Paramo Alta Jacket Scarpa sl3 leather boots

1 synthetic longjohns

1 Icebreaker Skin 200 t-shirt 1 Icebreaker Skin 200 long sleeves 1 Icebreaker midlayer 3 handkerchiefs windstopper gloves 6 pair plastic gloves outdoordesign gaitors Food and drink

3xadventure food en 1xknorr dried pasta 16 mueslibars breakfast/lunch cereals  with white raisins and 70% chocola incl.ortlieb a4 15 teabags

Personal

Mobile phone ID, cards, drivers license, money, etc. Diary + pen I've sent two parcels with food and batteries to Fort William and Dalwhinnie. In 5 days Í'll be taking the ferry from IJmuiden to Newcastle. It's getting close now.

diy pot-cosy and bag-cosy

 For the TGO Challenge in May I made my own potcosy and a bagcosy. I used radiatorfoil, ducttape and aluminiumtape. The bagcosy has an 'envelope form' and can be closed to retain heat for a longer period. The bagcosy has a wider base so the 'boil-in-the-bag' meals can stand up inside. Don't want to spoil it on the tentfloor, do we ?

The potcosy has a double layer, a base and a top, to be able to seal of the cooking pot as much as possible. There's an open space where the handle of the pot comes out. The potcosy is for meals that are made..... in a pot, yes. After bringing 500ml water to the boil I switched of the gas and put the pot into the cosy. Twenty minutes later the meal was still piping hot so the test was a great succes.

The bagcosy weighs 23 grams and the potcosy weighs 35 grams but will save me a lot of gas.