Sunday, 3 November 2013

Technology

Primary items

I used these every day:
- GPS (Garmin eTrex 20) running on 2x AA batteries. Backup power from USB battery pack.
- Kindle touch. Recharging from mains once on the entire trip would suffice.
- Camera (Canon S95). I had five batteries (one for the spare camera), 12Gb of SD cards and a charger.
- iPod Nano. For night-time podcasts to help me sleep.


Secondary items

- iPod touch. For email/Facebook. Maps, documents and the Kindle reading app.
- Spare camera (Canon IXUS 85). Just in case. It takes the same battery and card as the S95.
- The Power Monkey Explorer battery pack will recharge the Nano about 8-10 times. The solar panel was left at home.
- Pebble battery pack. For charging the Kindle or iPod touch. Little used in practice.
- Various cables and ends for charging and connecting devices.

I carried these is two separate mini dry bags: 
- The devices I actually used. The GPS was in a pouch on the pack strap.
- The support gear which was really used only in town.

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