July 2022, Jotunheimen, 7.5 days | ||||||||
Temperature: -5...20°C: <0° at summits, otherwise ~0-5° night, 5-12° day | ||||||||
Weather: rain, snow (even in some valleys), a bit of sun | ||||||||
Elevation: 900 - 2450 m | ||||||||
Trail: on/off-trail, a lot of snowfields, talus | ||||||||
Shelter: sylnylon Mid | ||||||||
Water: ad libitum | ||||||||
Backpack: ~12 kg at start, 6.5 kg at finish | ||||||||
Might have left behind (given actually encountered conditions): mosquito net, sleeping L/S, VBL gloves, phone charger (USB available on buses), crampons, maybe ice axe | ||||||||
Wish I'd had: proper backpack waterproofing, glue | ||||||||
Tool | Name/brand/type | Weight, g | Comments before | Comments after | ||||
Always worn | ||||||||
Long-sleeve shirt | LIDL, orange, polyester | 245 | on day & night | |||||
Hiking pants | Decathlon Quechua 500 | 350 | good with thermal pants underneath | |||||
Shorts + underwear | Decathlon Kalenji split light | 75 | ||||||
Socks | Thin running socks | 20 | excellent | |||||
Watch | Casio ProTrek | 40 | ||||||
Shoes | Kalenji TrailTr 24 (Trek 500, Decathlon) | 650 | first try | very comfy, no blisters, fit over thick socks | ||||
Trekking poles, per pair | Black Diamond Ergo Cork Alu (stripped) | 480 | first try | excellent | ||||
1615 | ||||||||
Extra clothing | ||||||||
Sleeping pants | Kraft thick | 160 | Norway = endless rain | very useful on cold days as well | ||||
Sleeping L/S | Kraft thick | 155 | Norway = endless rain | not needed | ||||
Fleece hoodie | Decathlon Quechua 400 hoodie | 330 | harder to dry than simple fleece, but very comfy in cold & windy conditions | love it | ||||
Puffy jacket | Splav Barrier primaloft 100 g/m2, with hood | 410 | essential | |||||
Rain jacket | Decathlon Quechua | 195 | leaks in heavy rain, but OK | |||||
Rain pants | Chaika Dozhd | 110 | worn out, replace | |||||
Spare socks | Thin running socks #2 | 20 | good to have | |||||
Bread bags, x2 | 15 | VBL socks for snow | fantastic on snow over thick socks | |||||
Thick synthetic | 90 | sleeping / snow | excellent | |||||
Hat | Visor PE | 60 | ||||||
Beanie Solognac Larch 100 (Decathlon) | 35 | |||||||
Mosquito net Splav | 25 | not needed | ||||||
Sunglasses | Goggles Ocean Chameleon w/ strap | 55 | essential: both sun & snowstorms; bring case next time (scratches) | |||||
Gloves | Simple fleece, no shell | 25 | excellent | |||||
Vinyl gloves, 2 pairs | 25 | waterproof layer b/w fleece and mitts | not needed | |||||
Rain mitts, Splav Cover (stripped) | 110 | don’t have light Decathlon ones | worn out, replace | |||||
1820 | ||||||||
Equipment | ||||||||
Backpack | Legkoves Oxford 60 L frameless, w/ top | 395 | might need 1/2 pad for the back? | no padding needed, but needs repairs | ||||
Backpack liner | Trash bag | 35 | probably not strong enough | not strong enough ;)) | ||||
Shelter | Pyramid Legkoves, silnylon, with guylines, L-connector & Nite Ize tighteners | 590 | not sure still waterproof | waterproofing OK! | ||||
L-connector | 95 | sturdier vs 1 pole in the middle | ||||||
Pegs C * 4 w/ bag | 60 | use rocks for additional tieouts | ||||||
Sleeping bag | Quilt As Tucas Sestrals L, Climashield 200 g/m2 | 715 | comfort 0°C with clothes | feels warmer than usual with XTherm | ||||
Sleeping pad | NeoAir XTherm, R = 5.7 | 440 | first try in summer | fantastic: comfort on bare rocks; still leaks slowly | ||||
NeoAir inflation sack | 0 | condensation shouldn’t be a problem in summer | OK | |||||
Groundsheet | Polyethelene, ~2 x 1 m | 135 | OK | |||||
Pillow | - | 0 | not needed, use food + snow | used XTherm’s stuff sack | ||||
Cooking | Pot EverNew Ti 0.9L w/ Al windscreen | 115 | ||||||
Fancy Feast | 10 | |||||||
Plastic spork | 10 | |||||||
Lighter | 25 | |||||||
Compass | - | 0 | rely on watch / phone | |||||
Water bottle | 1 L plastic bottle | 25 | ||||||
Headlamp | - | 0 | not needed in summer | |||||
Crampons | Crampons Decathlon w/ bag | 955 | plan to climb a lot | not essential: mostly soft snow | ||||
Ice axe | Ice axe Decathlon | 455 | plan to climb a lot | not essential: mostly soft snow | ||||
4060 | ||||||||
Personal | ||||||||
Toiletries & first aid | needle & thread, scotch, spare lighter, vaselin, sun block, toothpaste, toothbrush, razor, soap | 115 | need a bit of superglue (for shoes etc) | |||||
Official | Passport, credit card in ziplock | 60 | ||||||
Phone | XCover 4s, waterproof: camera + gps | 175 | standby outside camp | |||||
spare battery | 45 | battery lasts ~6 days | ||||||
charger + USB cable | 50 | recharge on the train to read | USB available on buses | |||||
Maps | Jotunheimen 1 km in ziplock | 50 | ||||||
495 | ||||||||
Food | ||||||||
n_days | 8 | de factor 7.5 days (7 days of cooking + 8 days of snacks) | Composition / 100 g - if in doubt, check https://www.calorieking.com | |||||
Weight, g | Calories / 100 g | Comments | Protein | Fat | Carbs | |||
Cooking | Noodles Barilla Capellini #1 | 640 | 360 | 80 g/meal, 8 meals, 0-3 min boiling time, pack smaller than Chinese noodles | 13 | 2 | 71 | |
Potato powder | 280 | 350 | 70 g/meal, 4 meals | 9 | 3 | 67 | ||
Couscous | 320 | 350 | 80 g/meal, 4 meals | 12 | 1.5 | 70 | ||
Soy | 800 | 320 | 50 g/meal, 16 meals | 52 | 2 | 20 | ||
Oil | 900 | 830 | 125 mL/day = 1 L + bottle (density ~900 g/L) | 0 | 100 | 0 | ||
Knorr | 115 | 330 | 10 x 11 g, 10 meals | 5.4 | 22 | 28 | ||
Vitamins, salt | 55 | 0 | Not too much salt, since Knorr is salty! | |||||
Cooking, sum | 3055 | 14813.5 | 569 | 967 | 1058 | |||
Cooking, /day | 382 | 1852 | ||||||
Snacks | Apple marmalade (dried slices) | 50 | 240 | home-made :)) | 0.9 | 0.3 | 66 | |
Dried apples | 100 | 240 | home-made :)) | 0.9 | 0.3 | 66 | ||
Nut-raisins mix #1 | 200 | 589 | 23 | 50 | 14 | |||
Nut-raisins mix #2 | 200 | 552 | 20 | 40 | 28 | |||
Nut-raisins mix #3 | 330 | 465 | 12 | 26 | 49 | |||
Peanut butter | 680 | 630 | 25 | 52 | 11 | |||
Cookies | 300 | 500 | 6.7 | 21 | 67 | |||
Chocolate | 300 | 523 | 5.4 | 31.8 | 49.6 | |||
Snacks, sum | 2160 | 10425.5 | 293 | 698 | 713 | |||
Snacks, /day | 270 | 1303 | ||||||
FOOD TOTAL | 5215 | 25239 | Protein / fat / carbs total, g | 862 | 1666 | 1772 | ||
FOOD / day | 652 | 3155 | Protein / fat / carbs per day | 108 | 208 | 221 | ||
Comments: ate every morsel in 7.5 days, oops ;)) Need 700 g/day | Protein / fat / carbs ratio | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||||
Protein / fat / carbs total, calories | 3449 | 14990 | 7086 | |||||
% calories from pfc | 20 | 39 | 41 | |||||
Fuel | Alcohol 50 mL/day * 8 = 400 mL | 335 | OK for 7-8 days | |||||
Base weight (total w/o always worn, food & fuel): | 6375 | |||||||
Food + fuel | 5550 | |||||||
Full backpack weight at start | 11925 | (measured 12.8 kg packed for the bus) | ||||||
Out-of-body weight at start | 13540 | |||||||