Here is a real life example of how to save weight on your backpacking gear for free. How is this possible? It's simply about thinking about what you really need for your backpacking and wild camping trip.

My backpacking bag including food and 1L of water weighed 15kg. I used this wild camping gear to complete the West Highland Way. Takes some luxury items and non-essential out saved 3kg. This weight saving was totally free.

I should note my trip had changeable weather conditions, and it particular, the temperature really dropped at night to lows of -3 degrees. Personally, comfort and sleep are really important to me. The more sleep I get, the less fatigued I am during the day, and I can travel faster for longer.

I have created a backpacking gear list that includes all weights and links below. I hope this helps people decide what to take with them thru hiking and also gives people some buying options too.

Watch Day 1 of the West Highland Way here: [ Ссылка ]

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My backpacking gear list includes:

Bags:
2290 grams Osprey Aether 60L backpacking bag [ Ссылка ]
46g each Gossamer Gear shoulder pockets [ Ссылка ] or 30g OMM Go Pod [ Ссылка ]
95g OMM Chest Rig [ Ссылка ]
80g (2 x 40g) Exped Vista waterproof bags [ Ссылка ]

Sleep System:
998g Sierra Designs Cloud 20 sleeping bag [ Ссылка ]
730g Decathlon Forclaz MT-900 R5.4 sleeping pad [ Ссылка ]
135g Decathlon Forclaz pillow [ Ссылка ]

Camping Gear:
1970 grams Wild Country Helm 1 tent
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126g MSR 900ML Titan Pot [ Ссылка ]
47g Decathlon Forclaz MT-900 stove [ Ссылка ]
110g Sea to Summit collapsible xl bowl [ Ссылка ]
12g Sea to Summit spork [ Ссылка ]
356g 230g Primus gas canister [ Ссылка ]

Electronics:
325g Nitecore NB20000 power bank [ Ссылка ] NB10000 [ Ссылка ] or Anker equivalents [ Ссылка ] or [ Ссылка ]
53g Sandmarc Pro head torch [ Ссылка ]
60g Skull Candy Indy Earphones [ Ссылка ]
48g Flextail Gear Zero Pump [ Ссылка ]
76g Garmin Epix Gen 2 watch [ Ссылка ]
114g Garmin Messenger sat device [ Ссылка ]
90g Goal Zero Lighthouse Lantern [ Ссылка ]

Camping Food:
1000g (5 x 200g each approx) Tent Meals porridges [ Ссылка ]
1000g (5 x 200g each (approx) Firepot & Real Turmak meals www.thefellstore.co.uk
200g for coffees and milks
200g for energy and protein drinks plus energy bars (Day 1 only)

Hiking Gear:
393g each Salomon X-Ultra 360 boots [ Ссылка ]
72g Darn Tough socks [ Ссылка ]
530g Mountain Equipment Ibex Pro trousers [ Ссылка ]
280g Mountain Equipment Ibex shorts [ Ссылка ]
500g (no weight listed) Thrudark Ithax jacket [ Ссылка ]
200g (no weight listed) Thrudark Siege fleece
80g Naturehike down booties [ Ссылка ]
200g OEX Barneo bamboo base layers [ Ссылка ] and [ Ссылка ]
256g OMM Rotor bottoms [ Ссылка ]
83g Extremities waterproof sticky power liner gloves
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63g Extremities neck warmer
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40g Fjallraven beenie [ Ссылка ]
186g (100g plus 86g) Inov-8 Race waterproofs [ Ссылка ] (pants) [ Ссылка ] (top)
500g t-shirts and underwear

Miscellaneous:
95g Lifesystems Nano first aid kit [ Ссылка ]
125g Smidge! [ Ссылка ]
27g Oakley Frogskin sunglasses [ Ссылка ]
150g (guess) Osprey [ Ссылка ] & Sea to Summit dry bags [ Ссылка ]
100g OEX towel [ Ссылка ]
63g Katadyn BeFree water filter [ Ссылка ]
156g Super Sparrow water bottle [ Ссылка ]
40g Platypus foldable water bottles [ Ссылка ]
300g (guess)Toiletries inc Mini 'coin' towels [ Ссылка ]
35 grams West Highland Way Harvey Map [ Ссылка ]

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Thanks, Andy.

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