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TIP: The online Bushwalk Inventory System can help bushwalkers with a variety of bushwalk planning tasks, including: Manage which items they take bushwalking so that they do not forget anything they might need, plan meals for their walks, and automatically compile food/fuel shopping lists (lists of consumables) required to make and cook the meals for each walk. It is particularly useful for planning for groups who share food or other items, but is also useful for individual walkers.Layering Advice
Wed 31 Jul, 2013 9:19 pm
I'm getting a bit confused as to how many layers I should be wearing.
My walking senario: I'm walking the AAWT starting Mid-February, joining the BNT when I reach Canberra and then continuing up to Cooktown. The trouble is I've been living in FNQ for too long to appreciate what would be appropriate and what would be too much.
I'm so far looking at for my top part:
Merino long-sleeve undershirt
Polyester long-sleeve shirt
Fleece jumper
Down Jacket
Hard/Rain Shell
For my lower:
Under Armour undies
Merino Long Johns
Zip-off pants (ie REI Saharas)
Rain Skirt
The reason I'm going more layers on top is that this is where I typically feel the cold more but I'm uncertain if what I'm looking at is too much (Victorian/NSW Alps February-April, then to Mid-QLD by around July/August).
I also expect that I'll be in a sleeping bag during the absolute coldest parts ie night time, which is another layer again.
What I'm sort of after is advice as what may be redundant given the climate at that time of year. I don't like the idea of laying down money and carrying something I wont use or can do with out.
Thanks for the advice.
My walking senario: I'm walking the AAWT starting Mid-February, joining the BNT when I reach Canberra and then continuing up to Cooktown. The trouble is I've been living in FNQ for too long to appreciate what would be appropriate and what would be too much.
I'm so far looking at for my top part:
Merino long-sleeve undershirt
Polyester long-sleeve shirt
Fleece jumper
Down Jacket
Hard/Rain Shell
For my lower:
Under Armour undies
Merino Long Johns
Zip-off pants (ie REI Saharas)
Rain Skirt
The reason I'm going more layers on top is that this is where I typically feel the cold more but I'm uncertain if what I'm looking at is too much (Victorian/NSW Alps February-April, then to Mid-QLD by around July/August).
I also expect that I'll be in a sleeping bag during the absolute coldest parts ie night time, which is another layer again.
What I'm sort of after is advice as what may be redundant given the climate at that time of year. I don't like the idea of laying down money and carrying something I wont use or can do with out.
Thanks for the advice.
Re: Layering Advice
Thu 01 Aug, 2013 12:13 am
Doesn't sound like too much for the high-country in April. It can get pretty cold around here around then. Go for a light fleece and a very light puffy (MH Ghost Whisperer style), you won't need the puffy when you are walking so durability shouldn't be a concern. Once in camp you can put on the puffy to set up camp/cook and then hop in your bag before it gets too cold. And you can combine the two to sleep in on the coldest nights. I'd be aiming for about 1kg max for puffy + sleeping bag total weight, and half that weight should be the down.
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