Equipment for a MM

[dungbeetle]

It will depend a bit on what MM you are planning to do. The Kimm oops sorry OMM being at the end of October can be pretty chilly (though so can the LAMM in June - they had snow in 2004 I think!) so you tend to need a better sleeping bag or shiver more! However the key thing is to have a go so use what you can afford, beg, borrow or steal. A back packing tent of around 2kg is easier to borrow and can be spilt between the two of you, lightweight gas stoves are pretty cheap, and you can sleep on bubblewrap. A decent MM sack is around 40 quid and worth the investment - always useful for other things such as biking and long hill days especially if its not too big (25L good general purpose size). As for sleeping bag - get as good a lightweight bag as you can afford. I believe there are some some reasonable lightweight synthetics around, otherwise if its down you do need to spend the money. Cheap down is not worth it. Otherwise as a fell runner you will have the clothes and waterproofs that will do the job.

[RichT]

Plenty of people use Tadpoles

[Epocian]

I used to sell MM gear before I retired and I still have some Diamor Superlight Pure Down sleeping bags left weighs 1lb 12oz and packs down to 6" dia x 12" - It is a 1 or 2 season bag (no hood cowl) Open size 70" long to neck - 20" wide at foot and 27" wide at neck £45

Also have brand new tents
Saunders Jetpacker LE 2lb 12oz packs to 5" x 14" £115
Lichfield Viper 5lb 4oz packs to 6.4" x 18" £35
PM me if you're interested

[hopey]

I used to sell MM gear before I retired and I still have some Diamor Superlight Pure Down sleeping bags left weighs 1lb 12oz and packs down to 6" dia x 12" - It is a 1 or 2 season bag (no hood cowl) Open size 70" long to neck - 20" wide at foot and 27" wide at neck £45

Also have brand new tents
Saunders Jetpacker LE 2lb 12oz packs to 5" x 14" £115
Lichfield Viper 5lb 4oz packs to 6.4" x 18" £35
PM me if you're interested

Just trying to translate the sizes to metric.

Might be interested, just need to juggle some finances

[Epocian]

Sleeping bag packs down to 15cm x 31cm
176cm long, 68cm wide at top and 50cm at foot
weighs 795gms
Jetpacker packs down to 12.7cm x 36cm and weighs 1.25 kgs
Viper packs down to 16cm x 46cm and weighs 2.38kgs
PM if you need any more info

[molehill]

I only did the one MM, and bought some kit - my mate had the tent and experience. My initial impression was that it was easy to become obsessed by kit weight etc. when as a novice there are far more important things than saving maybe 2 kg's in the sacs.

Like I was overweight .
Like navigation skills.
Food, and plenty of it that suits you.

[Grouse]

Definitely. Use what ever kit you can get hold of and then upgrade bit by bit. You will learn lots on each MM - organisation, 'nous' and 'top tips' are a key part of MMs - here's one: Tesco food bags for collecting water - take a smal one for on the hoof and a large one (or two) for use at the overnight camp.

[gucci]

i have done a few MM and i have a TNF tadpole...loads of space, not too heavy, i reckon that with a bit of tailoring (forget stuff sacs, minimal pegs and guys etc.) you can get it down to about 1.6KGS, which is pretty good. Colemans and Laserlites are the most popular - re the bags, dont forget good old snugpack, they do light, as well as the others - PHD, OMM, Alpkit, ME, TNF etc...you can get a decent bag for around 500gms and less than £100 if you look round - as someone said previously, unless you are in the elite, the few extra gms doesnt make too much of a difference