D of E

[Cora1942]

Dd doing bronze D of E.
She has tent and can’t fit it plus kit into the rucksack.
Other parents suggest:
carrying sleeping bag on top of rucksack but we not happy with this as could get wet.
Hanging tent from rucksack but tent 4 kg and half size or rucksack so this would mean heaviest load not next to back.Plus as so big not sure how we would attach.
We think if she has tent other two girls should carry some of her clothes and cutlery.
But one girl and her parent not happy with this idea.
Anyone experience of this ?

They share the tent between them. That’s what should happen?

The sleeping bag should be in a dry bag inside the rucksack.

The weight of group kit (tent, stove, shared food, etc) should be shared equally as possible between the group. It's about teamwork. If they have unequal loads, especially if one of the team has more than the allowed weight, I'd guess the assessors will make them redistribute it fairly. The other girl's parent should have no say in it.

The tents my DD used on all her Dof E expeditions (she did the full set) had separate inner, outer, groundsheet and poles, I think. So no one had to carry the whole thing.

This tent is all one ground sheet , fly sheet.
Yes she won’t carry poles and pegs-these are light.
We rang other two girls to ask them to leave room in their bags as Dd can only fit tent, sleeping bag and few clothes (stuffed around tent) in 60 litre + 10 rucksack

I think the tent is too big