June 17 – July 2, Kangerlussuaq, 15 full days








Temp: 0°..+15°C




Weather: rain almost every day (not too much), some snow, some sun, wind ~15 m/s one day





Didn't really need: plastic bags for feet (not effective when so wet)





Wish I'd had: MUCH more leukotape (bring a whole roll next time), maybe synthetic puffy with hood, extra clothes for paddling




Backpack: ~21 kg at start, 9 kg at finish















Tool Name/brand/type Weight, g Comments before Comments after



Always worn









Long-sleeve shirt LIDL, orange, polyester 245 >10° a little slow to dry, but good for warm weather




Hiking pants Decathlon Quechua MH500 s.42 270 >10° excellent




Shorts + underwear Kalenji 500 split 60
a little slow to dry




Socks Thin synthetic socks, pair 1 20
excellent




Watch Casio ProTrek 40






Shoes Kalenji TrailTr s.44 (Trek 500, Decathlon) 650
excellent




Trekking poles, per pair Black Diamond Ergo Cork Alu (stripped) 480
robust, comfy, work with with MLD solomid






1765















Extra clothing









Fleece Decathlon w/o hood, chest zip 245 lightest option, for rain/paddling actually fine (hood not essential, simple fleece best, but sleeves a bit short)




Puffy jacket Down old 235 mostly in camp / cold nights worked well, stayed dry, but want a hood and safety of synthetic




Rain jacket Decathlon Quechua 195 brand new, hopefully waterproof excellent when new




Rain pants Decathlon Quechua women M 160 must have for paddling excellent when new




Thermal pants Kraft thick 160 sleeping / cold days essential (wore at night, on cold days, paddling)




Sleeping L/S - 0 sleep in fleece if base too wet





Spare socks Thin synthetic socks, pair 2 20 in case pair 1 breaks good to alternate pairs





Bread bags, x2 15 VBL socks for snow not needed above zero





Thick synthetic (running socks) 25 for sleeping / cold days sleeping only, excellent




Hat Visor PE 60 sun/rain






Beanie Solognac Larch 100 (Decathlon) 35







Mosquito net Splav 25






Gloves Liners, fleece (Trek 100 Forclaz, Decathlon) 25







Rain mitts, Decathlon 50 for paddling good in cold rain, not so good for paddling (cold)




Sunglasses KILPI Ozello cat3 w/ case 90 paddling, snow excellent






1340















Equipment









Backpack Sierra Designs Flex Capacitor 60-75 L 1230
carries 20 kg very well




Backpack liner Trash bag 100 for quilt + night food





Shelter MLD solomid 420 4 short + 2 long guylines excellent





Pegs Ti nails x 3 + Al Y * 3 w/ bag 100 use rocks etc for extra tieouts excellent combination




Groundsheet - 0 use packraft if needed fine




Quilt As Tucas Sestrals L, Climashield Apex 200 g/m2 715
perfect in cold, wet weather




Pillow
0 use food bags + backpack





Sleeping pad Therm-a-Rest RidgeRest SOLite (trimmed) 385 doubles as packraft seat noticeably colder than XTherm, but much more convenient and robust




Cooking Pot EverNew Ti 0.9L w/o bag 110







fancy feast 10







Spork LightMyFire titanium 20







Ferro rod LightMyFire 20 convenient with alcohol stove nope – doesn’t work with alcohol, esp. when cold




Water bottle 1 L plastic bottle 25






Packraft Sinitsa 2710 cross rivers & fjords excellent





Spray deck w/ rope 365 warmer, less need to bail need to improve suspenders





Skeg Anfibio 90 more efficient paddling on open water not sure much effect





Seat / backrest 0 use sleeping pad OK





Dry bags 0 store inside tubes / under spray deck OK





Repair kit (patch, rubber glue, tape) 20 packraft mission-critical, so need some





Paddle Kokopelli Delta Adventure Carbon, 215 cm 830
excellent






7150















Personal









Official Passport, tickets, credit card in ziplock 60






Phone XCover 4s, waterproof: camera + gps 175 standby outside camp






spare battery x2 90
1 battery per week




Maps Kangerl + Manitsoq 1:250,000 in ziplock 85






Toiletries & first aid needle & thread, leukotape, spare lighter, vaselin, toothpaste, toothbrush, razor, soap, sunscreen 130
need better sewing kit






540















Food









n_days 15


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 1000 360 67 g/meal, 15 meals 13 2 71 3600


Couscous 500 350 73 g/meal, 7 meals 12 1.5 70 1750


Potato powder 260 322 65 g/meal, 4 meals 7.8 0.7 68 837.2


Instant buckwheat 340 320 84 g/meal, 4 meals 11 3 55 1088


Soy 1000 320 33 g/meal, 30 meals 49 1.2 27 3200


Oil 1800 830 2 L: 133 mL/day (density ~900 g/L) + 2 bottles 0 100 0 14940


Knorr 165 330 11 g x 15 meals 5.4 22 28 544.5


Vitamins, salt 100 0 Not too much salt, since Knorr is salty!


0


Cooking, sum 5065 25959.7
726 1886 1563 25959.7


Cooking, /day 338 1731





Snacks Dried apples 150 240 just to have some variety 0.9 0.3 66 360


Nut-raisins mix #1 Nöt mix klassisk x2 400 610
24 50 14 2440


Nut-raisins mix #2 Nöt mix honung chili x2 400 590
23 45 23 2360


Nut-raisins mix #4 Nötti Frutti x2 660 464 love taste, need some carbs 13 26 47 3062.4


Peanut butter Maribel (Lidl) smooth 1900 654 >calories vs Skippy, repackaged 28 55 10 12426


Pumpkin seeds 500 559
30 49 4.7 2795


Sesame seeds 350 676
25 60 8.8 2366


Cookies 600 500 home-made 6.7 21 67 3000


Chocolate x 10 1000 523 2 bars for 3 days about right 5.4 31.8 49.6 5230


Snacks, sum 5960 34039.4
901 2041 1645 34039.4


Snacks, /day 397 2269






FOOD TOTAL 11025 59999.1 Protein / fat / carbs total, g 1628 3927 3208


FOOD / day 735 4000 Protein / fat / carbs per day 109 262 214


Comments: ate everything, didn’t lose any body weight :))

Protein / fat / carbs ratio 1.0 2.4 2.0





Protein / fat / carbs total, calories 6511 35343 12834





% calories from pfc 12 65 23











Fuel 750 mL of ethanol (50 mL x 15 days) + bottle 630 exactly right





(try to buy in Kangerl at Pilersuisoq supermarket, otherwise soak & eat cold – see https://arcticcircletrail.gl/hiking/before-you-start/where-to-buy-gas-and-supplies/)





























Base weight (total w/o always worn, food & fuel): 9030







Food + fuel 11655







Full backpack weight at start 20685 (measured ~20 kg w/o fuel)






Base + worn 10795







Out-of-body weight at start 22450