01/06/2010

A trekking packlist

Last night I arrived in Almaty, at the foothill of the Tien Shan. I unpacked my stuff that all together already weighs around 28kg. And I have to add food, petrol and water....

Here's the complete list I'm dragging along on the treks.


Packlist Trekking in the Pamirs project

Packing
Mammut Haute Route Rucksac 95 litres
WX Tex daypack waterproof 20 litres
Drybags (30L, 15L, 10L, 7.5L, 2.5L and waterproof Event compression bag)
Document pouch waterproof

Clothing
Haglofs Rugged Mountain pants
Quicksilver boardshort (cause you never know...)
Mountain Designs thin merinowool top
Mountain Designs merinowool underpants
Icebreaker 260 merinowool top
2x Icebreaker merino wool 190 t-shirt
2x t-shirts
4 pairs light weight hiking socks
1 pair Icebreaker midweight hiking socks
1 pair Teko expedition weight hiking socks
2 Icebreaker thermal boxers
4 pairs normal underwear
Haglofs fleece gilet
Mountain Hardwear light fleece jumper
Gore Windstopper jacket
Patagonia Stretch Element waterproof jacket
Peak Performance Black Light Down Jacket (EU 750+ fill)
Salamon midweight fleece jacket
Light weight cap
Bolivian beanie
Warm Barts beanie

Other protection against the elements
Lowe Alpine gaiters
Berghaus waterproof mitt shell only
Fleece gloves
Merinowool liner gloves
Windstopper gloves
Barts Balaclava Windstopper
Julbo Cat. 4 sunglasses
Hypothermic rescue blanket (foil)

Walking
Mammut Mt Trail GTX XT walking boots
Crocs (fake)
2 Leki Makalu walking poles
Walking axe 75cm

Sleeping
Rab Quantum 250 sleeping bag (-2 comfort temp)
K2 Summit trekking tent (2kg)
Kaikialla inflatable sleeping mat
Mammut Bivi Bag
Cocoon mummy liner
Ear plugs

Hydration
Sigg water bottle 1L
Nalgene water bottle 1L
Camelbag 1.5L
Thermos bottle (0.5L)
Katadyn Hiker water filter
Chlorine water treatment tablets (72x)
ORS

Cooking
MSR whisperlite petrol stove (kerosine and petrol)
Large fuel bottle (970ml)
Small fuel bottle (650ml)
Lighters plus water/windproof matches
MSR maintenance kit
Mug
MSR 2 piece stainless steel pan set
Lightweight cuttlery and spork
Plastic storage jars, different sizes
10 pack 1 person freeze dried food, Adventure Food
2 pack 1 person freeze dried food Mountain House
2 packs Lavazza espresso!
Small pergulator

Tech stuff
Samsung netbook
16gb USB stick
16gb Memory card
2gb Memory card
Integral card reader
Solio Rocsta solar charger
Garmin Extrex Legend GPS
SPOT satellite messenger
Trackstick mini GPs tracker
Nokia (no clue what type)
Panasonic Lumix TZ5 plus spare battery and mini tripod
6 Duracell AA batteries
4 Energizer Lithium batteries
2 universal adapters
Suunto Altimax wrist watch

Other trekking essentials
Thermometre
Silva Field 7 compass
Gerber multitool
Petz Myo XP headtorch
(Wire) lock
2 Bever Zwerfsport straps (150cm)

Repair
Ducktape
Sports tape
Tie rips, different sizes
Seam tape plus goretex repair patches
Pair spare laces 180cm
5 metres prusik (3mm)
5 metres nylon cord
Sewing kit

Body care
2 sunscreen sticks factor 30
Lip balm factor 25
Desinfecting gel
Tooth paste (2 small units) and mini tooth brush
Neutrogena hand cream
Tail clipper

Staying healthy
Paracetamol (24x)
Ibuprofen (24X)
Multi vitamine pills (90x)
Augmentin (21x) (anti biotics - bacterial infections)
Ciprofloxacin (14x) (more anti biotics - bacterial infections)
Imodium (6x) (blocks diarrhoea)
Fucidin Cream (anti biotic cream for skin infections)
Sterilon
Plenty of plasters, band aid, injection needles etc

Read, write and talk
2 notebooks plus pens
Trekking maps (7x) plus aditional info
Lonely Planet Central Asia
LP phrasebook Russian
LP phrasebook Central Asian languages
Novel Call of the Wild and Wild Fang by Jack London


Not to mention the stuff I squeezed in an XL TNF duffel bag for climbing expedition this summer! Did I forget anything? I'll find out the hard way then!

1 comment:

  1. Are you OK, Jan? We haven't heard from you since you left. I hope it's just the lack of internet connection. We look forward to your updates on your adventures.

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