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Great Himalaya Trail - Gear List


Here is my full gear list for the Great Himalaya Trail 2017: Pack: AARN Load Limo plus Sports Balance Pockets - 2Kg - (provided by AARN Packs NZ)

Sleeping gear: -tent: MSR Access 2 - 1860g - 549€-15% voucher =467€

- Sleeping Bag: Valandré Shocking Blue - M: 1320g - 539€ -15% voucher = 458,15€

- sleeping mat: Thermarest NeoAir Xtherm Sleeping Mat - 430 g - (online sales) 160€ - silk liner: Sea to Summit ThermoLite Reactor Compact Plus Liner - 250g - (used on Te Araroa)

- pillow: Quechua inflatable pillow - 100g - 4€

Clothing: top

- hard shell: Montbell Storm Cruiser Jacket Women's - 255g - 105€ (50% discount)

- insulation: Montbell Superior Down Parka Women's - 179g - 75€ (50% discount) - mid-layer: MacPac Primaloft - 310g - used on Te Araroa - T-shirt: Queschua Techfresh 100 - 100g - 10€ Montbell Support T-shirt - 100g - provided by Montbell - base- layer 1: Devold Breeze woman shirt - 150g - 42€ (40% discount) - base layer 2: Devold Alnes woman half zip neck - 210g - 57€ (40% discount) - bra: Devold Double bra - 32€ (40% discount)

extra layers: MacPac merino wool shirt - 180g - used on Te Araroa fleece long sleeve base layer (can't remember the brand) - 180g - used on John Muir Trail bottom

- hard shell:Montbell Versatile Women's - 310g - 40€ (50% discount) - pants: Montbell Ridge Line Pants - 264g - 36€ (50% discount) - base layer: Devold Breeze woman long johns - 150g - 40€ (40% discount) - underwears : Devold Hiking woman hipster - 190g - 21€ (40% discount)

- extra layers: Mac Pac merino long johns - 140g - used on Te Araroa

fleece long johns ( can't remember the brand) - 280g - used on John Muir Trail

- socks: - Devold Hiking liner sock - 20g - 10€ (40% discount)

- Cross country woman sock - 60g - 16€ (40% discount)

- X-socks Double Invent Mid - 60g - 20€

- beanie: Devold Islender cap - 30g - 22€ (40% discount)

- buff: Buff 100% Merino - 40g - 23€

Quechua synthetic bandana - 40g - 4€ -gloves: Valandré Oural Mittens - 120g - 89€ Outdoor Research Revel Shell Over-mittens - 98g - 69€

Footwear: - Shoes: Salomon X Alp Mountain GTX W - 530g- (online sales) 138€ - Camp slippers: Montbell Basic Down Foot Warmers - 114g - 25€ (50% discount) - Gaiters: Outdoor Research Flex Tex II Gaiters - 119g - 55€

- Crampons: Petzl Leopard Crampons - 360g - 118€

- anti-balling plates for the crampons - Petzl Antisnow - 20€ Hiking Poles: BLACK DIAMOND trail ergo - 504g - 85.50€ Headlamp: Black Diamond Cosmo 200 - 84g - 27.90€ Cooking and water: - stove: MSR Pocket Rocket - 85g - used on Te Araroa - pot: Quechua - 240g - must be what... 15 years old? my very first camping pot! - spork: ? - knife: Reider System multifunction pocket knife - 50g - used on Te Araroa - water filter: Sawyer Mini - 98g - 25€ - water bottles: Quechua 500 1L - 151g - 7€

Laken 1L - 150g - used

Source Outdoor foldable bottle - 20g - 12€

Electronics: - solar pannels: POWERTEC PT FLAP 6W - 5V - 142g - 125€ - battery: XMOOVE RUGGED ADVENTURE 10000mAh - 220g - 57€

- GPS: Garmin E-Trex 20 - 142g - used on Te Araroa

- MP3 player: IPOd Shuffle - 11g

- camera: Olympus TG-5 - 250g (+charger 100g) - 500€ - tripod: GorillaPod Original - 46g - 25€

Miscellaneous:

- prescription glasses - sunglasses glacier protection: Julbo Explorer (prescription glasses) - 120g with box - 345€

- notebooks: Moleskin 192 pages soft 9x14cm notebook (and 2 pencils) - 100g (x2) - 26€

- 2mm rope (10m) (can be handy for drying laundry/fixing stuff) - 20g - 4€

- moneybelt: Geonaute Money belt - 50g - old thing from my travels :)

Hygien: - toothpaste, toothbrush - soap -mini towel: Kathmandu Compact Towel 40x90m - 50g - used on Te Araroa

Safety: -PLB: Fast Find PLB (and whistle) - 200g - used on te Araroa

-first aid kit (see other blog post)

- First Aid and Wilderness Medicine Book - 200g - 12€

Total weight (without shoes and hiking poles as they will never be in my pack) = roughly 12Kg

Total $$$ = roughly 3400€

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