TGOC 2026 Packing List

Here is my packing list — 2.5 kg less than last year! 9.5kg backpack including food for 3 days!

What I will wear (initially):

• HANWAG MADURO MID GTX Hiking Shoes — 1026g
• Rab Layer — 304g
• Schoeffel Pants / Belt / 2 Energy Bars 😇 — 473g
• Merino Underpants / Socks / Shirt — 285g
• Sun / Rain Hat (Tilley) — 170g
• iPhone 15 Pro — 211g
• Monocular 10x — 76g

Total 2.545g

And here what I carry on my back:

• Backpack DURSTON Kakwa 55 — 850g (!!)
• my sanitary bag — 377g
• Cooking set (Pot, Burner, 2x gas cartridge) — 543g
• First Aid Kit + Charging Equipment — 351g
• Headlight, lighter, Eyeblindfold — 105g
• Maarten Multitool — 270g
• 3 days of high calorie intake — Dryfood (2x Reindeer Soup 67g each – 2x Blueberry Muesli 122g each – 2 x Spicy Pasta 238g each – 1 x Kebab Stue 104g – 2x Enery Bar 131g)
• 2 Waterbottles (1.5L and 0.5L) empty — 367g
• 2 additional layer clothing plus wool hat — 625g
• Travelsheet (SeatoSummit) — 321g
• Traveltowl — 118g
• Pillow — 154g
• Crocs — 225g (very important for water crossings)
• Additional shirts — 494g
• Additional socks & underwear — 328g
• SeatoSummit air mattress — 499g
• Durston Tent inkl. base layer and pegs — 750g
• Thermarest Quilt — 491g
• Rainpants — 263g
• Rainjacket — 450g 
• Shorts — 193g
• Walking Sticks — 480g (mainly used as sticks for the tent)
• Maps in plastic foil — 71g

Total 9.416g

Unfortunately the weather forecast is not brilliant and rather cold – I have to rethink my planned camping on top of the Munros could be down to -10 degrees C and my equipment (and me in it) is not suited for that. We will see and decide when we get there.

LEAVING ON SATURDAY from PLOCKTON