Show notes
The concept of pack weight for your hiking adventures is one of those topics that has the potential for heated debated when you get a group of hikers together. Everyone will have an opinion but this question is like asking ‘how long is a piece of string’? Which is just a way of saying that the answer is impossible without more specific information.
In this podcast episode we look at the concept of pack weight and discuss considerations for determining what this means for you.
Podcast Overview
In this episode we discuss the UK based West Highland Way:
- Podcast Introduction (time index 0:01:30)
- Why weigh your pack?. (time index 0:01:56)
- How much weight should you carry? (time index 0:02:23)
- Factors that impact pack weight. (time index 0:05:23)
- The pack itself
- The rest of your gear
- Comfort in camp vs comfort on trail (time index 0:10:26)
- Clothing (time index 0:13:42)
- Seasonal weather (time index 0:14:37)
- Gender (time index 0:19:24)
- Gear General
- The big three’
- Gear General
- Water (time index 0:24:41)
- Food (time index 0:26:28)
- How to weigh your pack (time index 0:28:17)
- Reassess (time index 0:33:19)
- Closing discussion from Tim and Gill (time index 0:34:32)
- Close (time index 0:47:29)
- Bloopers
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Published
17 February 2026
