Gear List

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After a bit of rumination and route planning I decided that by taking 4 by 4 tracks all the way to Landmannalaugar I would be able to carry all my things in a buggy. Thus avoiding destroying my back with gear, water and food. It also meant I could avoid having to organise food drop offs and just take all the food I would need for 26 days with me.

I opted for a Thule Chariot Cheetah 1 bike trailer which has a front jogger wheel attachment. The buggy easily proved its worth, meaning that I could happily carry days and days worth of water without much consideration for the added weight. There were a few cons; think fording rivers, pushing through occasional sand and looking like a very irresponsible parent but overall the pros won out.

Having the buggy did mean I had to carry a bike repair kit with me: spare inner tubes for the 2 different wheel sizes, a small bike pump and puncture repair kit, as well as some tyre levers. Luckily I didn’t have a single puncture, but it was nice to know I had the kit if I needed it.

The kind park rangers at Landmannalaugar let me keep the buggy and a few accessory items I didn’t need for the onward journey in their tool shed, meaning that I could spend the final 5 days trekking with my backpack. Later on I returned with a rental car and picked up the buggy, before finding a bike box in Reykjavík and packing it up on a plane ready to return to the UK.

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Sleeping

  • Elixir 1 MSR tent

  • Sea to Summit Voyager VY3 Sleeping Bag

  • Sea to Summit Reactor Extreme Liner

  • Sea to Summit Aeros Premium Pillow Deluxe

  • Thermarest Neoair Xtherm

Cooking and water

  • MSR Windburner Stove

  • Spork, lighter and matches

  • 2 big gas canisters

  • 10L MSR Dromedary bag, 3L Platypus Reservoir, 2L Platypus Collapsible Water Bottle

  • Oasis Water purification Tablets

ELECTRICAL DEVICES

  • Kindle

  • Anker PowerCore 20100

  • Anker PowerPort Solar 21W

  • 2 × Anker USB cables and a Europlug wall charger

  • Phone (Samsung S7, I took all my photos on my phone, as well as using it for maps and GPS)

  • Alpkit Qark Rechargeable Head torch

Outerwear

  • A massive down jacket brought from a knock off shop in Kathmandu, Nepal. I used this for sleeping in.

  • Paramo Velez Adventure Smock

  • Altura Waterproof Cycling Trousers

  • Sea to Summit Feathertop Gaiters

  • Rab Powerstretch Gloves

  • Hat and Buff

clothing and shoes

  • Vivobarefoot Trackers

  • Vivobarefoot Ultra 3 Water Shoes

  • 2 × Leggings

  • 2 × Helly Hansen long sleeved base layers

  • 1 × Helly Hansen short sleeved base layers

  • Alpkit Griffon Mid Layer

  • Socks, Underwear and Sports Bra

  • Swimming Costume

  • Microfibre Towel

Washing stuff

  • Wet Wipes

  • Toothbrush and Paste

  • 2 in 1 shampoo, conditioner and shower gel

  • Soap

  • Tampons

  • Toilet Paper

  • Suncream

  • Lipbalm

  • Tweezers and Nail Clippers

  • Razor

  • Hair Comb

Miscellaneous

  • Card and Cash

  • Sunglasses

  • Notepad and Pen

  • Maps

  • Trowel

First Aid Kit and repairs

  • Tenacious Tape

  • Victorinox Army Knife Camper

  • Dioralyte Sachets

  • Sudafed, Priton, Ibuprofen, Paracetamol

  • Variety of Plasters and Dressings

  • Zinc Oxide Tape

  • Antiseptic

  • Small Sewing Kit

Buggy Repair

  • Spare Inner Tubes in different sizes

  • Bike Pump

  • Puncture Repair Kit

  • Levers

storage

  • A variety of Exped dry bags

  • Osprey Kyte 66

  • Thule Chariot Cheetah 1