s80o^3…

What the heck does that mean? Well…
Grant Petersen of Rivendell Bicycle Works fame, at least famous to me as I own a Quickbeam, touts the sub-24 hour overnight camping trip.
So s80o^3 would be sub-80 hour 3 night trip. 🙂
I’ve actually been bike camping twice already, once for two nights at Sand Island back in 2008 and again for one night this January past at Malaekahana. So here I go again with my 250 miles over 4 days plan.
Now that I’m just a couple of weeks away from the event I’ve got to start making a list of what to take. The first time I did this I took way too much and it didn’t work well enough. The second time I took only a bit too much and everything worked fine. This time I’ll be gone three nights but I’ve also learned a bit. The best small kit list I’ve seen is on the Riv site at their kit for one night link.
Here’s the start for my list:
Hennessy Hammock/Rainfly/Stakes – I love my Hennessy Hammock
Auto Window sun shield – yes, it’s very light and functions as a closed cell pad
Blanket – actually it’s one of those tiny thing sleeping bag things
Pillow – it’s a tiny little thing and definitely worth it for me
Trangia Cookset 27-7 – this will be my first attempt using this alcohol burner
Folding Ice Chest – this’ll be interesting, it’s light and will be stuff with my hammock and pillow up front
Towel – always, always bring a towel
Swim suit – it’s Hawaii
Sunscreen – it’s Hawaii
Extra undershorts – 2 extra
Windbreaker – that’s about how cold it’ll get tops
Phone – just in case
Extra tubes – just in case
Tools – just my daily commuter kit – change a tire, tighten a blot or nut
I’m pretty sure I’ll be adding a few extra things but those are the basics. Frankly I could probably do without the cooking set but I really want to try it.
Things I won’t be bringing…
Computer – I brought one on my first trip and I’m glad I did, I won’t be bringing it again though. Caveat…if my iPad arrives I will be taking it.
Food – I’m only a hop, skip, and a jump from Laie so I can hit the grocery store there. I’ll amend that to say I’ll probably bring some instant oatmeal and coffee just in case.
I’ll be changing this list as the date gets closer but that’s what I know for now…
Aloha!