Andre

Bad news I'm afraid.

It would appear that you showing the early signs of Challengitis stage 3 ! (e.g..... a new Suunto watch)

Regrettably further symptoms will appear in the New Year when other poor afflicted souls will publish, on the obligatory spreadsheet, a list of their equipment and the carry weight.

You will read through their list muttering uncontrollably that their tent,sleeping bag, cook system, clothing, GPS, etc, etc (delete as applicable) is lighter / better than yours.

You will then spend countless hours scanning the world wide web looking for alternative more colourful, better, lighter more technically advanced gear. The expense will fade into insignificance.

As a long term sufferer the only advice I can offer is (a) keep away from excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages (b) cancel/ suspend your Paypal account (c) return your credit cards to the bank (d) seal up your box post so that any items are returned to the sender and finally take up an all absorbing hobby ( mine was researching the family history of the Pango Pango tribe of the Lower Congo )

Despite all this I have still spent the whole of 2016 researching gear, spending hundreds of pounds and still can not get close to Sabine Zawadzki's phenomenal pack weight of a mere 6.5 Kgs.

I am at 8.9 Kgs but I still have six months to go and there must a store out there I haven't explored. There must be must be......

Nurse Nurse bring my medication quickly it's happening again.....

So best of luck, from a long term addict.

Ray is, perhaps, a particularly advanced case of this affliction.

Provided you can catch it in the early stages, it has been shown that cultivating an interest in classic tractors can provide a certain amount of symptomatic relief, even though it cannot effect a total cure.

Ray, that was 5.632 kgs baseweight
I was prepared to not be comfortable all the time. But luckily the weather was great.
It depends not only on preparation and gear but on your own personal preferences. And I bet there are people with a lighter pack.

Sabine

Only 5.632 kgs !!!!

I have not heard of anybody who has got close to 6.5 kgs.

It means I will have to up the medication........Nurse

Well, that's depressing.... I hope to keep my pack under 20 kgs!

Desperately,
Andre