Charlotte Inman: In it for the breakfast views
Charlotte co-founded Sisters in the Wild, which organises community-focused bikepacking and gravel riding experiences for women, non-binary and trans people.
What’s the chief thing you look for when choosing kit?
Lightweight stuff that leaves plenty of space for snacks.
Favourite piece of camping kit?
A recent chart climber has been my Katadyn water filter. Super-quick water filter, especially useful when travelling in places where tap water isn’t drinkable or in the summer in the UK when there’s more human traffic on the trails.
Advice for a good night’s sleep?
Get warm before you get in your bag. A Nalgene bottle full of hot water is a great hot water bottle. Earplugs and eye mask in the summer to avoid the 4am wake-up with the sunrise.
Any unexpected luxury items?
A little bottle of hot sauce to spice up even the most budget of camp meals.
Favourite camp breakfast?
Overnight oats – throw whatever bits of trail mix you’ve got left over in with oats and let them soak.
Any tales of bad camping kit choices?
The right choice of sleeping mat is as important (if not more) to the sleeping bag in keeping you warm. Some of my coldest nights have been when I sacrificed a few grams on a thinner mat. Worth the extra investment when you can make it to get one with a higher warmth rating.
