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EQUIPMENT
FOR GLACIER TREKKING
- Tent
- three season
- Sleeping
bag - zero degrees Fahrenheit
- Sleeping
pad - Thermarest or Ensolite
- Sturdy
hiking boots
- Wool
socks & sock liners
- Gaiters
- Gloves
- Hat
- with brim to keep sun off face and neck
- Wool
cap
- Good
quality sunglasses
- Water
purification system - pills & pump
- Water
bottles
- Medicines
for common trekking ailments - bad stomach, blisters, sunburn,
etc....
- Comfortable
pants
- Sweater
or fleece and other articles suitable for layering
- Warm
jacket
- Scarf
- to keep dust and sun away from face
- Rain
clothes
- Day
pack
- Duffel
bag and rain cover for porters to carry your gear
- Inflatable
wash basin
- Environmentally
safe soap
- Flashlight
- Knife
- Comfortable
shoes for "around camp" and river crossings
- Trail
snacks - bars, tang, nuts, dried fruit, etc....
- Sewing
kit and tape
- Toilet
paper
- Trekking
Poles
- Harness
(for Snow Lake Biafo Hispar Traverse,
Gondogoro La, Trek to the Edge of Tartary, Nanga Parbat
and Mazeno Pass, Shimshal Trek, )
- Helmet,
ice axe and crampons (for
Gondogoro La only)
Note:
For
clothing please keep an extra dry piece for when needed - socks,
shirt etc....
Remember
to keep the total weight of your trekking equipment and belongings
which are to be carried by porters to under 15 kg or 33 lb
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