Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
General => General Chat => Topic started by: LennyJ1 on September 07, 2011
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With the possibilty of doing the TGO Challenge next year and the train to do for it I have gone and bought some electric scales.
LET THE WEIGHING BEGIN
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You'll need 2 scales - a kitchen set for your individual items and a bathroom set for the whole rucksack. Naturally you'll want it all in a spreadsheet :D
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What you want is a nice pair of hanging scales like you would use for weighing fish. That way you can suspend your entire rucksack from it :) I actually rarely weigh my entire rucksack, so I couldn't tell you what weight I normally carry. I just keep an eye on the weight of individual items and try to bring as little as possible, seems to work! Its that classic thing - if you keep the weight of your shelter, sleeping bag, rucksack and cooking system down then you will probably end up with a light enough pack.
We should all trade spreadsheets someday ;)
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oh god I am putting it all on a spreadsheet.
WE ARE A BUNCH OF NERDS
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oh god I am putting it all on a spreadsheet.
Don't forget to add functions to your spreadsheet so it can calculate the weight of your pack automatically based on what items you've selected for the trip ;D
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Plus additional columns to take into account if you're gear sharing between 2 people.
oh god I am putting it all on a spreadsheet.
Don't forget to add functions to your spreadsheet so it can calculate the weight of your pack automatically based on what items you've selected for the trip ;D
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Plus additional columns to take into account if you're gear sharing between 2 people.
oh god I am putting it all on a spreadsheet.
Don't forget to add functions to your spreadsheet so it can calculate the weight of your pack automatically based on what items you've selected for the trip ;D