| Travel Items
1X RUCKSACK 65L +
Or a duffle bag -
1x Daypack:35 litre +
1x Locks: You'll want padlocks in Nepal and Tibet
1x Travel Wallet: A secure travel wallet is a must for carrying your important documents including passport, extra photos, duffel inventory list, and money. We suggest that you use a travel wallet that you can hang around your neck and place inside your shirt, or around your waist tucked under your shirt or trousers.
Trekking Gear
2X Trekking Poles: Poles come in handy for balance and easing impact to your knees.
1X Pack Cover: Waterproof rain cover for your pack.
1X Sleeping Bag:
1X inflatable mattress
Footwear
Lightweight Shoes: Running/tennis shoes for camp, around town, etc.[ ]
Hiking Boots: Medium-weight hiking boots, waterproofed and broken-in.
Gaiters: To keep snow, mud, and scree out of your hiking boots.
Socks: 4 complete changes of socks
Clothing Base Layer
2 x pair thermal pants:
2x full weight thermal tops
Mid Layers
1x light weight fleece
1x full weight fleece jacket,
1x shelled vest, etc, that can be worn in conjunction to the other layers)
1x Shell Jacket: Waterproof/breathable jacket with hood. Lowe Alpine
1x Shell Pants: Waterproof/breathable pants
1x Climbing/Trekking Pants:softshell pants optional
1x Down jacket. This should be big enough to go over other garments
Trekking Clothes:
1x Light hiking pants
1x hiking shorts for warm weather down low- NOT cotton.
1x Shirt
2x t-shirts quick-drying fabric
Casual Clothes:
For travel/meals in dining rooms. You'll want a shirt or two with a collar to wear on flights and for restaurants.
1x sweatshirt or light jacket might be nice in the evening.
1x swimmers
Clothing Accessories
1X Gloves: Light gloves for hiking
1X WATERPROOF gloves. Bring mittens too if your hands tend to get cold. We like Outdoor Research.
1X Hat:
1X Warm wool or heavy fleece hat,
1X Sun hat
1X BUFF We like Outdoor Research
Camp Accessories
Headlamp: With several sets of extra batteries and bulbs. The small LED headlamps are great for reading in the tent, but for climbing you might appreciate something a bit brighter. The Petzl Myo 3 and the Black Diamond Gemini lamps are good options that use AA batteries.
Water Bottles: 2 water bottles with foam insulation shells.
Water Treatment: Iodine tablets (Potable Aqua or similar) or micropur tablets
Camera: With spare batteries, and film or memory cards.
Pocket Knife.
Personal Accessories
Wrist Watch: With alarm and light for reading in the dark. We like the Suunto ones.
Eyewear: Bring good sunglasses. For contact lens wearers, ski goggles with light color lenses (for use at night) might be useful in windy conditions that cause blowing dust.
]Vision correction: Bring extra prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses if you wear them. Lens solutions are not widely available in Nepal, bring enough.
Skin Care
Maximum SPF sunscreen and lip balm
Basic First Aid:
Hand sanitizer (Purell),
moleskin
tape
aspirin (some climbers take a baby aspirin every day up high) and/or ibuprofen / acetaminophen,
Imodium,
Band-Aids
antacid
insect repellant
ear plugs, and several rolls of toilet paper (we will have a supply at Base Camp)
small towel
soap/shampoo.[ ]
Prescription Medications: 1) Antibiotic for upper respiratory problems;
2) Antibiotic for GI problems;
3) Diamox (acetazolamide) for acclimatization (125 mg tabs recommended, enough for a week);
4) Sleeping pills for jet lag;
5) Tylenol 3 or similar for severe headaches;
6) Malaria Chemophrophylaxis, if needed based on travel plans;
7) Asthma medication, if any history. For serious illness on high altitude expeditions standard treatment protocol is
8) nifedipine (for pulmonary edema) and
9) dexamethasome (for cerebral edema) in association with immediate descent. [ ]Personal Snack Food: The food is great on the trek but you might enjoy a few snacks from home and also some drink mixes if you like these to add to your water bottle (let the iodine have 30 minutes contact time before adding).
Summit climbers should bring some high altitude snacks they like to eat. |
