2022 Great Ocean Walk
Gear all collected
The final weeks leading into a hike can be a bit frantic. In addition to getting everything sorted at work and around the house, there’s the getting sorted on the hiking front and for us this falls into two main categories. First there’s the social media and blog related preparations to put in place including preparing for podcasting and posting along the trail.
Then there’s the gear. Last night we collected all our gear into one place. While the majority is very easy to locate, a few things need to be collected from the various hiding holes around the house. They do have a home but in some instances a few of the little knick-knacks I carry may only get used for a few days a year so I have to remember where they live. The image in this post is Tim’s gear all laid out across the couch, inlacing what I’ll be wearing. Mind you, this includes my share of the food and all the shared gear including tent, stove and first aid kit.
I know from experience that while this might look like a lot of gear, it will comfortably fit into my pack. Pulling all our gear together a few days before allows us to identify any shortfalls and means we have time to visit a local store if needed. In this case we pretty much have everything we need so once we do a final pack, we’re right to head off.
The final weeks leading into a hike can be a bit frantic. In addition to getting everything sorted at work and around the house, there’s the getting sorted on the hiking front and for us this falls into two main categories. First there’s the social media and blog related preparations to put in place including preparing […]