Larapinta load out follow up - what I used and didn't use
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- As a follow up to my Larapinta kit Load out video, I revisit with what I didn't use or found most useful.
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Great info Alex. Thanks for sharing with us.
Pleasure
I liked your Tyvek ground sheet with eyelets … I’d consider experimenting with a larger one that could be flicked over at night to reduce the dew …. May still create a condensation issue though ??? Maybe we cant have it all …
I found my solar panel at last … it was a “LUMINISER” 28W which I had connected to the rear of my pack, and wired to my power bank/s …. Worked very well and kept two of us going when my mates solar setup couldn’t cope.
I also took an Alton Goods ground sheet which I used one night to stop the dew, but I just ended up with condensation, so gave that up. My Thermorest quilt has hydrophobic down so a bit of dampness did not affect me and it all dried off quickly in the sun anyway. Waking up to the stars and that incredible moonlight on the clouds will be forever etched in my memories, so I’ll be doing cowboy camping a lot more from now on.
Thanks - that answers the condensation thinking. Yep - Im believer in no tent where possible.
Great video, thanks for sharing your insights.
Pleasure
Alex great videos. Interested in your thoughts on the chair. I have one but am a bit hit and miss using it. Thoughts on its value for the Larapinta sections after Standley Chasm?
Hello David. One of the best 510grammes I carried. Definitely worth the ability to sit and relax. Having said that, I can’t say I am particularly young! so squatting whilst preparing food etc is not all that comfortable for me. So having a chair is great. Also, I steered away from staying in the shelters as I don’t find them particularly salubrious plus I stayed on the peaks so I got a lot of use out of it. If you’re staying in the shelters then you probably won’t need one.
Useful video - thanks! Can I ask about the gloves you took - are they Cyclone or Cyclops (or something else)? Trying to find something similar at my hardware store. Thanks.
They are Cyclone gloves
Hi Alex amazing videos, so helpful in so many ways. Any problems with mice or did the peppermint oil work? Did you spray your food bags with it? Also what was your largest water carry volume eg on the section 9 part? And what was your typical water usage per day over the other sections? I have 7.25l capacity at the moment but wondered if needed to get up to 9litres for section 9? We are going next week so hiking through so that will probably lessen required water a touch.
Hello Mark. I only saw 2 rodent type animals. 1 at Mt Giles lookout and the other at the top of Mt Sonder. I did not stay within any of the shelter facilities. When I saw the creature at Mt Giles Lookout, I sprayed around my area with the peppermint oil and kept my rucksack with food in it next to me. I had no troubles with the ‘mouse’. I also have a dyneema pack and use dyneema bags for my food within that. No-one I met along the way had any troubles with them. I figure there’s enough natural food around for them.
I carried about 7 litre’s up to Mt Giles lookout but I am very conservative with water and probably had 2 litres more than I needed. This 7 litres included 2 that I picked up at Waterfall Gorge as there was plenty of water there and I had left Serpentine Chalet with a bit over 7 litres. Altogether my water capacity was 7 litres worth of Platypus bottles, 1 litre Katadyn BeFree bottle plus 800ml CamelBak. I would guess that there is still some water about, especially after the recent rain, but I used natural sources just as back up and opportunistically and used about 6 litres of it altogether over the 17 days.
Glad the videos were useful.
@@AlexsAustralianAdventures Thank you Alex. That gives a bit more insight. Will have the capacity to go up to 9l each just in case. Happy Travelling. We are having a separate issue at the moment around weight. We measured our packs yesterday with 6/7 days of food and 7L each of water aboard and mine was coming in at 25kg and partners 18kg. We were planning to go from Standley to Serpentine over 6 nights to spend a bit of time on those sections but the weight on the first day to get up Brinkley is pretty up there and 18kg is . Any idea of what weight you carried on the days were you had max food and max water?
@@markhouston5232 Hello Mark. I had the same issue. My trip from Standley was going to be my heaviest, so in all my training and shake downs, I tried to emulate that day. I think I was carrying a bit over 20kg up to Brinkley Bluff with 2 days of water plus 5 days worth of food. I limited my food options to the lightest; for example no wraps for lunch just corn biscuits and the lightest dinner meals I had. At the end of the day, the climb to Brinkley is only 10km and you have plenty of time to get there, so I just took my time. It’s also not ridiculously steep all the way, just constant although there are some loose rock sections (going up and down) where you need to be careful. My base weight was 12kg (excluding all consumables) and that included about 2kg worth of camera, recording, power packs and cords. I do have particularly light gear. There is often talk about load weights, but people seldom talk about strength training. I did quite a bit of strength training before the hike with light weights and shakedowns and I think that definitely helped me. Hope that helps.
Hi Alex , yes I feel we have trained strength wise for it but and prepared well in terms of meals and dehydrating but believed that was enough. After spending 1500 bucks yesterday we managed to get 2.8kg of our total weight. It is a painful lesson but we will be glad of it and make use of the ultralight tent and mats in the long run. Thanks for your patience in responding . We are flying to Alice today and start the trek on Friday. Look forward to seeing more of your adventures on your channel. Great work . Take care .
@@markhouston5232 Good luck with the trip. Saving almost 3kg will make it much easier. Have a great time. I am jealous!
Hi again, Alex. What app / website would you recommend using to get a reasonably accurate weather report for the Larapinta? TIA
Hello Mathea, I just used the weather app on my iPhone. Seemed accurate enough although I only had signal at the high points. I was told anywhere above 800 metres with ‘line of sight’, which I found tended to be on the southern side of the peaks.
Cheers Alex, I was hoping you'd cover off how you sorted out your power needs. I have been pondering some relatively portable panels like that. Do you reckon they'd deliver 6000mA down this way in a day of hiking?
I couldn’t say to be honest. The sun is very powerful in Central Australia so that must help. I think the latest model of this comes with a 10000mah battery.
@@AlexsAustralianAdventures roger that, I found a different version of that Projecta panel at Repco, might take a look tomorrow ✌🏻
Do you know what the solar panel is rated for on the 6000mAh?
@@LocalPastures I am not sure about mine (I am away at the moment), but the newer 10,000mah version is 15W rated power and 3.0A output power (based on Projecta’s website)