Originally Posted by
ADz_1983
My first wild camping trip last week was a bit of a let down because of the weight of my pack. I'm not exactly sure how heavy it was but it felt way to heavy for me, probably because I'm out of shape at the moment.
The pack I used was the Vango Pumori 60+10 which is 2.55kg by itself, then there was my sleeping bag which is the Vango Nitestar which is 1.6kg, My tent Wild Country Zephyros 1 which is 1.5kg, Trangia 27-6 1kg, then there was things like 2ltr platypus, extra clothes food, tools, personal items, power pack for phone, water proofs and other things. I'm not sure of total weight yet but the trail was up hill all the way so it felt like I had a elephant on my back.
I'm planning on getting a smaller/lighter pack like a Osprey exos, a lighter sleeping bag like down based one by Rab, maybe a smaller/lighter cook kit and try and reduce size/weight where I can so I can enjoy the walk more in future. I'll definitely keep the Trangia set though as its just awesome, will probably keep it for when a friend comes and can share the pack weight.