I recorded a few videos on the challenge, none very exciting. I really wish I had done more but was unsure how the camera battery would last. All very boring but they're embeded below anyway. I'd recommend you check out Phils videos a few have me in (oh no), like this.
Outdoors
A 103-post collection
1 night camp & 20L pack
I have been thinking about how light I could actually go for a day trip or 1 night wildcamp. I bought a Terra Nova Laser 20L pack to try as a day pack before I went to Finland but never had chance to test it before doing the TGO Challenge. When I got back I read a post Darren had done about getting everything into a SeatoSummit 20L pack. So while I still had everything lying about I thought I'd test my laser pack. Sorry the
TGO Challenge – Pictures
Below are a few of the pictures from the TGO Challenge. Heading for the sky (Bealach an Sgairn) 1st Night wildcamp at Loch Affric View as I woke up on Day Dark and Moody Loch Ness Garva Bridge View back towards Laggan & Garva Bridge Phil walking through the Lairig Ghru Derry Lodge camp Marr Lodge Bridge of Dee Balmoral View from Mount Keen St Cyrus
TGO Challenge 2010 Gear
I will break the roundup of the gear I carried on the challenge into multiple posts. My pack weight minus food and water was 7.51kg, this was at the end. This includes several things most would class as wearing like hat, gloves, buff and several other things. There are lots of items that I probably wouldn't take again and could get this under 7kg. Here's the first post with the major items. Pack - Golite Jam 2009: I bought this a few months ago when
TGO Challenge – Quick Update
I have been back home for 3 full days now, nearly all that time has been spent with my feet up, literally. I have hardly been able to walk since finishing the challenge. I will hopefully be seeing a doctor tomorrow to find out what's wrong, possibly a sprained right ankle but i will see... While sitting about I've uploaded the photos to picasaweb and along with captions, I've manually set the location of each photo (5 hours for that). There's a few YouTube videos uploaded