Gear list
What I brought plus some group gear:
Daytrips
On short day hikes I always brought the following gear in a small
daypack.
On day Bob hiked off without his pack, a cold wind came up this
convinced him to always bring warm clothes.
- Pack lightweight summit pack
- 2 x 1L water bottle (s)
- water bottle holder, insulated
- sunblock x50
- Glacier Goggles and case
- sunhat
- raincoat, goretex for wind
- rainpants, goretex, full sidezip, with suspenders.
- camera, 8 x film, flash, case
- digital camera, case
- GPS
- map
- space photo
- pen
- compass In shirt pocket
- hat, polypro
- gloves
- leather hiking boots
- dry socks (warm)
- knife on tether
- 2 boxes of matches, in plastic bag
- TP centerless from REI
- flashlight LED with lithium battery and head strap
- bandaid
- antiseptic
- adhesive tape
- water purification pills
- snack foods, chocolate, cookies, hard candy
- ski poles
Things I learned this trip: The hard candy was great it kept my
throat from drying out.
The LED flashlight was great in the tent, also with 1 AA battery
it was light enough to take everywhere.
Overnight
In addition to the day gear.
- Boots, plastic double (leave leather boots at basecamp) use
inner boots as camp shoes
- socks 2pr thick, 1 pr. med
- long pants, nylon northface
- nylon shirt, short sleeve
- short pants nylon northface (not used)
- handkerchiefs 2
- change of underwear
- long sleeve shirt cotton
- ploypro 300 coat
- thick down parka
- down pants
- Expedition weight underwear tops and bottoms
- Neck Gaiter
- Face mask, polypro
- OR expedition mitten liners and shells
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- small towel, soap
- toothbrush, floss, toothpaste
- leatherman
- sleeping bag 3 season down good to 20F
- plus overbag, good to -20F
- foam pad, full length thermarest with repair kit Bob had valve
repair
- plastic cups 1.5 cup plus 1 cup (group dipper cup)
- spoon
- Headlamp + extra lithium battery
- tweezers
- scissors
- matches
- aspirin, advil
- pepto-bismol chewable
- sterile gauze
-
- plastic garbage bags, black, heavy for gathering ice and
melting it
- ziploc bags quart and gallon
- stuff sacks for everything
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- For snow and ice
- gaiters
- ice axe (used to get ice)
- crampons
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- Climbing (Not used)
- rope 120'
- glasses holder
- shoes, climbing slippers
- harness
- prusik slings
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- Himalayan Hotel tent for 4.
- MSR XGK stove (spare pump was broken in transit)
- 5 L white gas (needed 3L)
- large pot to melt ice
- 1 L pot
- 1.5 L pot
- Extra glasses case for night time
Things I learned this trip: The heavy duty plastic bags are great
for getting ice.
The chewable pepto-bismol was a great preventive medicine to help
stop gas and indigestion. None of us ever had problems.
Basecamp
- sneakers,
- z-rest foam pad
- ground cloth space blanket
- bivy sack (not used)
- wool shirt
- cotton pants and belt
- guidebook (Ayers)
- shaving kit, razor, soap, towel
- permits (allow 4 months!)
- 2 person North Face Oval 25 tent, sleeps 2, 4 can eat and
visit .
- 80 L water
- plastic bowl
- Passport
- electronic translator
- international drivers license
- money
Lessons learned the hard way on previous trips:
Always bring a thermarest repair kit.
Whenever you take your glasses off put them into a hard shell
protective case.
Paul Morgan notes that aspirin is a great blood thinner for high
altitudes.