a dolphin torch....
Steve73 wrote:Probably also useful to state the weight of the person carrying the weight, if that makes sense.
flatfoot wrote:Steve73 wrote:Probably also useful to state the weight of the person carrying the weight, if that makes sense.
It would also be useful to state the weight of the people after the trip. Presumably after 80+ km (assuming additional side trips), you'd loose some weight along the way with all the calories that would be burnt.
samh wrote:trip duration: 6 days (food for 7)
time of year: june
weight of pack(s): PERSON 1: 22kg
PERSON 2: 12kg
Total: 34Kg
Steve73 wrote:
My wife and I did it in May last year over 5 days.
I carried 25kg (I weigh 75kg) and my wife carried 12kg (she weighs 50kg).
Liamy77 wrote:just a quick question - are you folks carrying and including any water in these figures?
or just filling up at camps n creeks etc?
at a kilo per liter i usually carry one or two litres on me if there is water at campsites?
cant remember what my pack weighed last time i walked the OT... think it was just under 20kg with two liters of water... partner carried a few kilo less(14-15 kg ish). went for 7 days packed for 10 and did a heap of side track exploring....
cheers
Better get some new scales or a more accurately marked water container, assuming it's pure, water is exactly 1KG per litre (at 4 degrees celcius).Biggles wrote:1.25L water in pack. That's about 1.16kg last time I weighed it.
[end pedantic alert]On 7 April 1795, the gram was defined in France to be equal to "the absolute weight of a volume of pure water equal to a cube of one hundredth of a meter
whiskeylover wrote:......and you definitely need to take a tent as you may not make it to the next hut - you may unexpectedly get heavy snow, thick, slippery ice, or an injury.
Biggles wrote: Recent walks here in Victoria around Mount Clear (S of Mount Buller) had me fearing for life as I entered a section of track that gets no sun and it had turned into an ice-skating rink!! It was my first exposure to a completely iced-over track and a major struggle to stay upright.
north-north-west wrote:Biggles wrote: Recent walks here in Victoria around Mount Clear (S of Mount Buller) had me fearing for life as I entered a section of track that gets no sun and it had turned into an ice-skating rink!! It was my first exposure to a completely iced-over track and a major struggle to stay upright.
Since the June long weekend? Exactly where were you walking, and how did you get in?
I'm heading out that way as soon as I get a day off (note that I don't even speculate on the possibility of a full weekend off . . . ) to have a go at MacDonald while it's under snow, and would like to get up near Clear as well.
Biggles wrote:Anybody got an idea of what the southern end of the OT is like from 29th August (NW or Narcissus Hut to Pine Valley)? Recent walks here in Victoria around Mount Clear (S of Mount Buller) had me fearing for life as I entered a section of track that gets no sun and it had turned into an ice-skating rink!! It was my first exposure to a completely iced-over track and a major struggle to stay upright.
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