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22 May 2009, 18:50 (Ref:2467240) | #1 | ||
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What do you bring in your backpack ?
Just a thought but , what do you folks carry around the track with you .
I got my radio of course , and a bog roll for emergencies !!! A bottle of water and a small towel , its nice to take your shoes off and get a bit of fresh air and water at the old toes when they have been battered from the terrain around the track , and a change of socks . I got my ta-go cup , insulated cup that holds about a half litre , and my leatherman pocket knife with pliers , cuz ya never know !!! Headache & bowel solidifier tablets too , and a light rainjacket for Ayse's favourite topic . Another small towel , which I can soak in water and drape around the back of my neck , cuz when the weather is nice , I always get a burned neck . Im just interested in hearing what you guys bring , cuz it may be helpful for newbees and oldies too . |
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22 May 2009, 19:08 (Ref:2467250) | #2 | ||
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Good topic. Because we're reasonably mobile at the circuit, I don't need to carry as much around with me as others may do but I have
camera bag (plus the obvious - DSLR camera and lenses + video camera and all of the various photographic accoutrements....) The camera bag and the pockets of my bodywarmer are also home to a number of other things - sunhat (if not wearing it in the uninterrupted blazing sunshine of Le Mans 2009) small torch radio/mp3 player + headphones various headache pills (paracetamol and ibuprofen + my really serious migraine jobs if all else fails....) and Bisodol tablets small packet of tissues sticking plasters (including a couple of blister plasters) pen small bottle of water and spare glasses (thanks for the reminder Elaviel!) and a Jack-in-a-Pack (if it looks lke rain - no chance) (thanks for the reminder GTfour!) Last edited by Aysedasi; 23 May 2009 at 08:51. |
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22 May 2009, 19:24 (Ref:2467255) | #3 | |
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Word of advice. Never put a banana in your rucksack. It doesn't matter how much you like them, if you forget it's there and accidently sit on your bag it's a disaster!
I learned the hard way at Imola a few years ago. I had to shell out another 10 Euros for a new programme and my radio was a write off!!!! |
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22 May 2009, 19:42 (Ref:2467267) | #4 | ||
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Hmm lots normally!
water, passports etc keys, suntan lotion shopping food(i'm always hungry) hair brush sun hat camera phone spare glasses radio spare top to coverup when the sun gets too hot torch plasters salvon nurophen anything my dad can't be arsed to carry think thats it lol! |
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22 May 2009, 20:20 (Ref:2467286) | #5 | ||
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Hair brush ..... why a hair brush , a toilet brush would surely be more relavant !!!
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22 May 2009, 20:24 (Ref:2467288) | #6 | ||
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Clearly I'm in a minority here.
I gave up on the radio a couple of years ago. Hearing it is too difficult and there's always someone else in our group that's tuned to RLM. (However I do keep the car radio tuned to RLM so we can keep up to date when driving back to the campsite). In any case I can hear all I need from the manic French commentary on the PA system. I wear my sun hat rather than carry it; I take a bottle of water with me: I take a copy of the entry list - and that's it. Travel light I'm already heavy enough! |
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22 May 2009, 20:27 (Ref:2467292) | #7 | ||
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Sun cream
English bog roll (the Super U stiff is terrible) Camera Radio Autosport guide Stopwatch Shades Air Horn |
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22 May 2009, 20:27 (Ref:2467293) | #8 | ||
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I find I'm listening to the radio more than ever now - particularly during the night when I listen to RLM virtually all the time. But get some decent headphones, not those awful little in-ear bud things. I've got some really comfortable neckband headphones and a nice little Creative mp3 player/radio which I've used at Le Mans now for the last 3 years.
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22 May 2009, 20:37 (Ref:2467300) | #10 | ||
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Le Vieux : You could buy some In-ear Closed Heaphones that isolate the outer noises. They are as efficient as the earplugs, but you can hear the radio. Here's some info on the subject : http://www.headphone.com/guide/by-he...-monitor-type/
I higly suggest that you use a radio/mp3 player that runs on normal batteries, not the usb charging type. You wouldn't want to run out of juce in the middle of the race as Dani did |
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When insomnia takes over in the middle of the night I creep out of my tent into my car, switch on RLM and recline the seat. |
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22 May 2009, 21:00 (Ref:2467311) | #12 | ||
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changed the headphones this year .. i've gone from Sennheiser PMX100 to BeyerDynamic DT231Pro
with no power in HA last year I had to improvise .. so I found, much too late in the race, that I can use the french sockets found in the field just behind the gate near HA to charge the radio and even the camera battery |
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Reminds me of a good mate of mine who I went snowboarding in the french alps with. He'd packed two socalled "drinkbreakefast" cartons.These are about 1/3 litre thin yoghurtylike stuff... I still remember how it seeped threu the bottom of his backpack after he crashed for a few times... I usually carry a bottle of water,same size bottle with Vodka/orangejuice or Jamaica rum/Coke,the said toilet roll,my video camera,a few powerbars my X5 torch,my Leatherman(I never part from that.) set of raintrousers packed very tightly and the program of the race. My girl is a redhead and is allways well equiped with sun protectors,so she sprays me from time to time and I allways were a cap when wandering around. Love to collect me a few during the weekend. (the collection is in the 50 to 60 range now..) Lastly,allways a good set of shades. |
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My mp3 player even ran out during the Spa 1000km...luckily I was able to use my cellphone. |
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23 May 2009, 08:36 (Ref:2467484) | #16 | ||
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Don't usually bother with back pack now, wear shorts/toursers with plenty of large pckets, carry money, hay fever tablets, radio, ticket, car keys, fags/lighter, role of wine gums, loo paper in appropriate strips and wear hat. Have daughter to carry water/sun cream/list of runners & riders etc.
Talking about loo paper/rolls you can now get compressed rolls without the cardboard tube they take up a fraction of the space and can be carried around in a pocket, bought a couple at tesco's last weekend 99p. |
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Dont worry about your hair brush this year ..... according to Ayse you wont need to remove your hat , cuz your hair might get burned off cuz of the sunshine mate !!!
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That's it exaxctly - sunhats and suntan cream will be the order of the day (week/weekend).
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24 May 2009, 09:19 (Ref:2468063) | #20 | ||
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I'm taking a camleback this year, so thats Beer sorted.
I just carry the simple things, Camera, Sun Cream, maybe a bit of food. |
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24 May 2009, 09:39 (Ref:2468083) | #21 | ||
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In all my 25 years or so at Le mans the only thing I have lost was a back pack, not sure what happened just suddenly realised it had gone, I could have put it down and the moved whilst watching the cars or someone else could have pinched it. Luck would have it I had radio on and the unit was in my shirt pocket and therefore only lost a few things, the back pack itself was the most valuable thing I lost.
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The one thing I no longer bother with is a torch, no need these days.
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24 May 2009, 15:20 (Ref:2468287) | #23 | ||
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The torch is for finding things in the bag or trying to get in the tent!
Still need my hairbrush just incase the sun goes in! |
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24 May 2009, 15:54 (Ref:2468305) | #24 | ||
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I just keep a small torch in my camera bag in case I need to read the camera's display during the night - I know it has a light, but I like to save the camera battery!
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We come from the US and carry only a medium size backpack each. Hotel in Paris Thursday & Friday night, stay at circuit Saturday am until Sunday evening, hotel at airport Sunday night. Compression bags work great for small amount of clothing. Put in a light weight umbrella, rain jacket, makeup and related items, RLM ear radios/batteries, 2 iPhones for live timing (just ordered the Morphie juice pack for the 3g phone, hoping for longer battery life), camera, plug adapters to charge items at the hotel, packets of Crystal Light electrolyte drink mix to put in water bottles, little pack of kleenex each, small pkg of baby wipes. It's amazing how little you really need! Oh yes....my Saltire, Ferrari and Audi flags.
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