Lodging and regional basecamps
Campsites, huts and occasional indoor basecamps across roughly 90 field days — the recovery, charging and data-offload points that keep daily publishing running.
- $13,500
- Estimated cost
- 12%
- Of the expedition target
- 4
- Itemised costs
- N-006
- Published needs
Why this line exists
Daily publishing needs a place to sit down, dry out, charge everything and push the day's files. Most nights are in the van; the budgeted indoor nights are the weather holds, the data offloads and the resets after a hard highland leg. This is the cheapest line that protects every other one.
When it is spent: Spent continuously through the field season, weighted toward the highland legs.
What it produces
- →A daily dispatch published from the field rather than months later
- →Fewer weather-forced cancellations, because holds are survivable
- →Files offloaded and backed up before the team moves to the next region
Itemised costs
Published at estimate stage and reconciled against real invoices once spent. Nothing here is a rounded marketing number.
| Item | What it covers | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Campsite and mountain-hut feesRoughly 70 nights across eight regions, including highland hut fees. | Roughly 70 nights across eight regions, including highland hut fees. | $4,300 |
| Indoor basecamps for weather holdsAround 20 nights: storm days, deep-clean and full data offload with reliable power and connectivity. | Around 20 nights: storm days, deep-clean and full data offload with reliable power and connectivity. | $4,200 |
| Food and provisioningTwo people, ~90 days, provisioned regionally rather than from tourist-route shops. | Two people, ~90 days, provisioned regionally rather than from tourist-route shops. | $3,800 |
| Laundry, showers and resupplyThe unglamorous logistics of a three-month field season. | The unglamorous logistics of a three-month field season. | $1,200 |
| Total for this line | $13,500 | |
What this covers
- 01Campsite and mountain-hut fees
- 02Indoor basecamps for weather holds
- 03Food and provisioning
- 04Laundry, showers and resupply
What a sponsor receives
- Named in the field-operations credits of the record
- Named in the daily dispatch series this line keeps running
- Logo and link on the contributors page and the funding line page
Sponsorship never buys an entry, a placement, a rating or a safety finding. Every credit is disclosed in the book, the archive and on the contributors page.
If this line is only partly funded
Underfunding this line shortens the season. Field days get cut from the end of the route, which means the last regions lose coverage.
Support in kind instead of cash
- ·Guesthouse or hotel nights along the route
- ·Campsite passes or hut memberships
- ·Food, provisioning or regional resupply support
Questions sponsors ask
Answered the same way we answer them by email.
Why pay for hotels at all with a camper?
Storm days and data offloads need power, warmth and connectivity. Roughly one night in five is indoors.
Is any of this holiday travel?
No. Nothing outside the documented route and field programme is funded from the project.
Other funding lines
The full hot-spring expedition target of $115,960 is costed across five groups of published needs.