Friday 23 February 2018

Packing


This has been updated with what I actually took. 
  • Luggage
    Crux AK70 70-litre dry bag pack, Quechua 2-litre pouch, sunglass pouch, food packs, clothing packs, multiple sizes of plastic ziplock bags
  • Documents
    Passport, Visa form (printed). Flight tickets, Bank cards, cash, Passport photos, Health Insurance card, Notebook and pen
  • Camping
    Tarptent Contrail with extra pegs, 3/4 length Therarest Ultralight self-inflating mattress, Exped summer sleeping bag 
  • Cooking
    MSR Superfly gas stove head, Primus 1.8-litre pot with built-in heat exchanger, 600ml titanium cup, plastic cup, plastic knife, fork and spoon, can opener, lighters x 4, matches, drying up cloth
  • Clothing
    Quechua Shorts and Long trekking pants, Underwear x 3, Trekking T-shirts x 2, Light fleece, Buffs x 3, Sun Hat, Beanie, Gloves, Ultralight Down jacket, Goretex hardshell jacket, running shorts for swimming
  • Footwear
    Scapa R-Evolution Pro GTX boots, lightweight sandals, Salomon X-Ultra non-Goretex (stored in Antalya), five pairs of wool socks (two pairs worn at a time, plus one for nighttime)
  • Health and hygiene
    Toothbrush and toothpaste, Tissues, Baby wipes, First aid kit, Pharmacy, Sunscreen, Insect repellant, Tick removal tool, Magnifying glass, Tweezers, Scissors, small bar of soap, small trek towel
  • Technology
    iPhone 5s, Garmin eTrex 20 GPS, Kindle Paperwhite, Canon S95 camera, batteries for camera and GPS, cables, SD cards, Power banks x 3, earphones x 2
    Stored in Antalya: 
    iPad Mini 2, Kingston travel router, spare charger, spare cables, spare earphone, extra Power bank
  • Gear
    Headlamp, Opinel knife, Trekking poles, misc cord and 3 small carabiners, repair kit for mattress, duct tape (wrapped around a pole), Sawyer mini water filter

Additional to the above is food, water and fuel. 
Before and After comments follow:

Food
Hopefully it will never be necessary to carry more than 2-3 days of food for most of the trail. If you eat in villages, cafes, restaurants etc. perhaps not even that.
The reality was that I carried 5 days supplies at the start and was very glad of it. The maximum I carried was 6 days supplies for the last section from Çıralı to the end. A bit later in the season and more places might have been open in the early stages, but then it would have been hotter so you would need more water instead.

Water
On the other hand it would be very unwise to skimp on water.
Water was generally available at all the marked sources, and during the day I rarely carried more than a litre. Approaching a camp with uncertaian supply I would add 4 litres for overnight needs, but never carried this very far. Water will also be more accessible if you carry the required gear (see Hazards).

After carrying up to 12 litres (every third day) through the Negev desert in Israel, it was relatively easy to cope with the requirements here. That's the benefit of pushing the comfort zone out a bit from time to time.

Fuel
For fuel I will use gas canisters. These are available in both Antalya and Fethiye and apparently other towns along the way. My stove (MSR Superfly) is indifferent to which canister type (screw or click) is available.
Finding fuel in Antalya was not quite as easy as I had been lead to believe. I eventually found a good supply in a big Bauhaus (near a Decathlon store) so to be safe I took two 500g canisters. I definitely bought gas in Kaş and in Çıralı. I might also have bought some in Demre, and I certainly noted at least two outlets. All of these were screw type canisters. Decathlon in Antalya had gas by the time of my return visit.


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