Tech – If it’s not on Strava it didn’t happen…

I think I will be carrying far too much crap for sure however here is a quick rundown…

Findme spot (orange)

The Findme gen 3 spot is a satelite tracker and is not dissimar to an EPIRB. It will track your movements every 5 minutes or so and map these. Use Spotwalla.com rather than the spotme inbuilt mapping but set this up prior to your trip. The good news is that you can segregate periods of time so you can just show the MB rather than the prologue.

There are four modes… standard tracking, an ok message, an “I need help” and the EPIRB style SOS which the Spot team will direct your local rescuer. You can sms or email the middle two options to your family.

Garmin Edge

This Garmin is infuiating to use. Installing the supplied Aus/NZ map is not for the feint hearted and I gave up attempting to add the open source maps from OpenStreetMap.org. How the tech put so much into this device but forget to make installation a doddle is beyond me.

However once installed, it appears to do what I want it for which is to keep me on track.

Garmin Virb camera

This camera has a fish-eye wide angle lense, GPS 2 second time lapse and a plethitude of other fun stuff. Used for Mapillary, unfortunately initial use on trails has been predominantely blury. My use will be for uphill and better tracks and the odd significant locations.

Canon powershot

Only once will I be doing the Munda Biddi so I wanted agood camera for those epic shots. This is not it. An almost disposable priced camera with physical zoom and a decent number of negapixels, wifi for consumi g your gpa or sending that great photo. The key is that I don’t need to fuss that much about. The weight isn’t an issue, its the size and need to use a non usb charger that’s the issue. A luxury item.

Powerbanks

I am carrying four which should get me through the 3 days of potential camping in a row. The powerbanks and other assocuated batteries are well below the limits for airlines however as batteries improve, you might find more powerbanks hitting the airline thresholds.

Power adapter

This is a 4 usb charger plus added powerpoint. This will hopefully allow recharging without the worry having to swap devices throughout the night. As an added bonus, it keeps all your cords handy (if not a little cluttered). I have now added tape to the garmin leads at both ends to make these easier to find from the standard ones.