Mera Peak Climb
The following checklist should help you with your packing. As a general rule, you should always try to keep the weight of your equipment to a minimum. The packed weight of your trek bag while trekking should be no more than 15 kgs./33 lbs. Once on trek, your mountaineering equipment including your plastic boots will be carried separately in a group equipment bag and will not form part of this weight limit.
You must bring the following items:
Hiking boots
Mountaineering boots - see ‘Mountaineering Equipment’
Snow gaiters
Socks
Trekking trousers / pants
Windproof and waterproof overtrousers / rain-pants
Underwear
Long johns (thermal underwear)
Shorts
Thermal baselayer shirts (2 short sleeve, 2 long sleeve)
T-shirts or similar
Fleece jacket or warm jumper/sweater
Windproof and waterproof jacket with hood
Warm jacket (down)*
Sunhat
Warm hat and thermal balaclava
Eyewear - Sunglasses
Thermal gloves or mittens
Warm and waterproof over-gloves or mittens
Daypack minimum 40 litres / 2500 cu in
Headtorch/Headlamp with spare bulb and batteries
Basic First Aid Kit - refer to trip dossier for details
Sun protection (including total bloc for lips, nose etc.)
Water bottles 1 Litre (1 quart) x2
Selection of dry bags (to keep trek bag contents dry)
5 season sleeping bag*
Sleeping bag liner
Thermarest or similar sleeping mat*
Washbag and toiletries
Antibacterial handwash
Towel
Small padlock (to lock trek bag)
Mountaineering Equipment:
Mountaineering double boots - see below
Ice axe *
Crampons (preferably with ‘step-in’ bindings)*
Mountaineering or climbing harness*
Karabiners (2 x screwgate)*
Descender (rappelling device) *
Sling (120cm.)*
Prussik loops X 2 (3m. of 6mm cord makes 2)*
The following items are optional:
Fleece trousers
Travel clothes
Trekking poles
Trainers / sneakers or similar for camp use
Pee bottle
Spare laces
Swimwear (for the hotel pool in Kathmandu)
Insect repellant – (DEET)
Camera, film, batteries
Penknife (remember to pack all sharp objects in hold baggage)
Notes
Equipment hire:
Items marked* can be hired / rented through KE Adventure Travel. Please make all requests at least 6 weeks prior to the trip departure date. All equipment is issued in Kathmandu. Please remember to allow room in your trek bag for these items (note that on trek your mountaineering equipment and plastic boots will be carried separately in communal equipment bags).
Mountaineering boots required for this trip:
Climbing at altitudes of up to 6500 metres, the temperatures can be very cold (as low as minus 30 degrees centigrade). Standard leather mountaineering boots are really not suitable for these cold, high altitude conditions. Plastic boots with insulated inners (eg. Scarpa Vega HA, Scarpa Omega IT) and also the new generation of synthetic double boots (eg. La Sportiva Spantik, Boreal G1 light), are the best to keep your feet warm at altitude in these extremely low temperatures. Also, you can sleep in the removable inner boots to ensure warm toes in the morning! These boots are also designed to take step-in crampons, quickly and efficiently. This combination of plastic or double synthetic boots and step-in crampons is by far the most sensible option when considering a trekking peak climb. You must make sure that you are suitably equipped for these extremely low temperatures.
PHD Gear Advisor
PHD specialise in cold weather equipment, from the world’s lightest right up to the most protective for Everest or the Poles. It’s a large range. So to help you choose what you need to keep you warm, PHD have listed the gear that is appropriate for this expedition.
>> Click here to go to the PHD Gear Advisor for Mera Peak
Needle Sports (specialist mountaineering equipment shop)
Needle Sports is the English Lake District's foremost specialist climbing shop supplying mountaineering, rock, ice, alpine and expedition equipment worldwide. Internationally recognised as among the very best of the UK's top technical climbing gear retailers. They have a good range of equipment appropriate for this trip and offer knowledgeable advice both on their website and in store.
View >>http://www.needlesports.com/
