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Personal Effects
 

This section is pretty much whatever you choose to take but I do have a couple of ideas to save weight.
  • Wallet – Don't take the whole thing. I just take a couple of cards (drivers licence, credit card, medicare card) and cash with a hair tie around it
  • Trekking Poles – I’m not into them yet but I do think about getting into them from time to time. Especially as some tents use them as supports and I love that idea. The main reason I still resist poles are that many of my hikes involve scrambling or thick scrub so I'd probably just end up carrying them. I often use fallen sticks as makeshift poles. Poles can also be expensive, they add weight and can sometimes damage the environment.
  • Camera - Smart phones are starting to take brilliant photos, however lack the zoom function of actual cameras. If I’m really trying to shed weight I just take my phone (multiple of purposes). I like to carry a micro mega zoom camera so I can zoom in on animals and Identify them.
  • Wildlife motion sensor trail camera – I sometimes take these to see what animals are around when I sleep
  • Kite – noting quite as much fun as flying a kite on the top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere

Bathroom Kit
  • knife for digging toilet holes
  • head torch - I like to keep this simple, and small. I also use one with batteries that match my other items
  • Toilet paper (I take ten packs of tissues)
  • Toiletries (in a plastic zip lock bag):
    • toothpaste  - travel size
    • tooth brush (bamboo)
    • ear plugs
    • sunscreen and bug repellant –decant to a small lightweight container
    • Deodorant – travel size
    • hand wipes (moist towelettes)
    • dental floss
    • deep heat (on long hikes)
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  • Home
  • Gear
    • Gear - Overview
    • Packing List
    • Weight - Classifications
    • Weight - How to lighten the load
    • Shelter Systems - Tents
    • Sleep Systems - Bags Mats
    • Backpacks
    • First Aid and Survival
    • Water Treatment and Storage
    • Cooking Gear
    • Food
    • Clothes
    • Rain Protection
    • Footwear
    • Personal Effects
    • The 10 Essentials
    • Navigation Gear
    • Chargers
  • Skills
    • Filter water on the trail
    • Go to the toilet
    • Pitch a tent without pegs
    • Dehydrating your own hiking food
    • Delicious hiking food
    • Hiking food menu for 7 days
    • Coffee on the trail
    • First Aid Thinking
  • Adventure
    • Great South Coast Walk
    • Shoalhaven River Rafting
    • Bungonia Gorge Slot Canyon
    • Shaolhaven River Wineglass tor
    • Nadgee Wilderness
    • Carnarvon Gorge Great Walk
    • Kangaroo Island Wilderness
    • Jatbula Trail
    • Larapinta Trail
    • Great South West Walk
    • Cape to Cape
    • Budawangs and Ettrema
  • About
    • One-on-one Hike coaching