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Cape Wrath Trail Gear List

Alex Roddie
Alex Roddie
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Regular readers will be aware that I’m planning to hike the Cape Wrath Trail in June this year. I’ve already blogged about my preparations, but my gear list has changed a few times over the last month so, due also to several requests on Twitter, I thought I’d post my final gear list.

I daresay I may make some last-minute adjustments – I’ve just been recommended to buy some waterproof socks, for example, although the consensus is that they aren’t worth it – but I think this is now pretty much final.

I’m new to lightweight backpacking, and if I had done this walk a year ago the list would look very different (and probably about five kilos heavier). Still, I’m holding on to a few luxury items. The big one is probably the second pair of shoes. Trail shoes have been a revelation, but I’m not quite confident enough to embark on a 250-mile journey with a single pair of flimsy-looking shoes that might fall to bits before the end of it. I’m prone to having problems due to wet feet so carrying Goretex shoes is also a psychological crutch, although I intend to do most of the walking in my Inov-8 Roclite 295 shoes.

Overall I have achieved a base weight of 8.7kg, which I’m pretty happy with, and I think this kit will cope with everything the trail can throw at me.

Edit 10/02/2016 here is a new link to the list

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Alex Roddie

Happiest on a mountain. Writer, story-wrangler, digital and film photographer. Editor of Sidetracked magazine (I make the words come out good).

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