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Good bivi and bag.
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Yeah, I'll go for a bivvy (if I get a place) rather than tent. If there were a few wolves sniffing around outside, I'd like to at least be able to see them.
I'd want to do more research on the nighttime temperatures to decide on exactly what kit. I toured in Tibet in August and it was quite mild at 4,000+ metres, over 10 degrees at least. There I over-specc'd my sleeping bag, had a 4-season one that was basically too warm to use properly. It rained every night in August there, which would be a bit of a bore if bivvying, but this is a long way further west so no reason why climate would be the same - just need to research it.
There's a poll on facebook which says most people are thinking bivvy wiht a few opting for tents. Tarps is another question which might be worth thinking about if a lot of rain.
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Getting extremely tempted by the Silk Road Mountain Race.
It'd have to be on the cheap though. Luckily, I've already got a bike suitable for it and 90% of the equipment. My main concern and cost would sleeping arrangements. It doesn't look even remotely possible to guest house it the entire way and even if it was it would probably require some extremely short days followed by some extremely long days making it hard. I estimated that only about 20% of the route will be below 2000 metres so I imagine a decent sleeping system will be paramount. Is this going to be a tent job or will people be trying to bivvy it?