This is what I was schlepping around the lake for three days and I found all these both necessary and sufficient (with three notable exceptions, see below).
Camp:
- Mosquito net
- Sleeping mat
- Kettle and pot
- Cutlery and dish cloth
- Cup
- Pen knife
- Panga (machete)
- Torch
- Matches
Food:
- Salt and Pepper
- Onions and Garlic (4)
- Packet soup and sauce (4)
- Rice (1kg)
- Dried sausage (biltong, 300g)
- Stock cubes
- 6 hard boiled eggs
- Earl Gray Tea
Other:
- Towel
- T-shirt, underwear and socks (1 change of)
- Sun screen
- Soap and sponge, toothbrush and toothpaste
- Medicines: plasters, bandages, disinfectant, painkillers, imodium, burn cream, water purification tablets
- Cigarettes
- 2 Books
- Notebook and Pens
- GPS
- Camera
- Hat
- Spare batteries (2)
This all fit into a medium size rucksack, with the mozzie net, mat and panga affixed to the outside with bungee ropes, and water bottles sticking out from the outside pockets.
The only thing I wish I had taken and I didn't was a jumper (pictured). Not only because this jumper has been with me for the last 20 years and is like a friend to me but also because it gets surprisingly cold at night and its no fun to shiver all night after a day's march.
And the only two things I did take but probably didn't need to was the extra book (I read 4 pages of one) and the water purification tablets - they taste so vile that I took my chances with the microbes on day two already.
Estimate weight minus water: 12kg
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