Neil on Mowser

Confirmed much of what we have already learnt over the years. Every now and then a piece of useful gear comes up and we reconsider our set up. In the past have used the Chapman list, but its a bot long in the tooth now. Warning story about gear guides from a hike last week. Used your list (with our extra added) to get all the gear ready on the large table. Packed up the gear, weighed, and then unpacked to do a better packing. Put two small items aside and forgot to put them in the pack. No long handled spoon. No trekking poles when we arrived at the end of the four hour drive. Realised in time to buy replacement poles but only realised the spoon was missing after starting walking. So if you tick off a list, tick it off as items go in the pack, not when gathering them before packing... or do both.

22 October 2026