Gear list

The table below lists the most important items that are mandatory. Every individual has to decide which personal items he/she needs. Furthermore a lot of other things are needed such as travel documents, personal stuff, medication etc.

CLOTHING

Item	Specification	Brand
Balaclava	Windstopper/Windblock	E.g. OR balaclava
Baseball cap
Duvet (down jacket)	Not necessarily the heaviest one	E.g. Mountain Hardwear Below Zero Parka
Fleece pants	Polartec 100/200 or windstopper/windblock
Fleece gloves	Windblock/Windstopper	E.g. The North Face Pamir
Fleece jacket	Windstopper/Windblock	E.g. Mountain Equipment Aquafleece
Fleece shirt	Polartec 100
Gaiters	Overboots are not needed
GTX pants	Gore-Tex or Triplepoint
GTX gloves	Gore-Tex or Triplepoint
GTX jacket	Gore-Tex of Triplepoint	E.g. The North Face Mountain Guide Jacket
GTX mitts	Overmits of GTX and fleece undermits	E.g. Outdoor Research Pro Mits
Head belt	Polartec 100 or windstopper/windblock
Shorts	For the approach and hike out
Normal pants	For the approach, hike out and in the camps
Hat	Fleece
Neck gaiter	Fleece
Underwear	Quickly drying/synthetic	E.g. Lowe Dry Flo
Undergloves		E.g. The North Face Lightweight Glove Liner
Liner socks	Made of e.g. polypropylene
Sandals	For crossing rivers and in the camps	E.g. Teva
Double plastic boots		Koflach Degre or Vertical, Scarpa Vega
Trekking boots	B- or B/C-boots of leather	E.g. Meindl Island
Socks	Be prepared for the worst conditions	E.g. Falke TK1 en TK4
T-shirts	For the approach, hike out and in the camps

MOUNTAINEERING

Item	Specification	Brand
Sunglasses	High Mountain, 100% UV	E.g. Julbo
Harness
Karabiners	2 per person
Ice axe	As light as possible	E.g. Grivel Air Tech
Goggles
Snow shovel
Crampons		E.g. Grivel 2F
Rope	20 meters, only for hiking	Edelweiss Discover 8 Rando
Poles		E.g. Leki Makalu

REST

Item	Specification	Brand
Dish washing
Cutlery and plates
Bivibag
Compass
Altimeter		Suunto Altimax
Stove	2 multi fuel stoves	MSR Dragonfly
Duct tape
Duffelbag	Capacity > 100 liter each, 1 per person	Salomon Duffle 1200
Torch	And extra batteries
Flight bag	Will do as a rain cover as well	E.g. Zwerfkei or Demmenie
GPS receiver	32 MB	Magellan SporTrak Pro Color
Matches
Food
Multitool		Leatherman
Emergency blanket	Aluminium
Pee bottle
Radio	5 km reach, 2 radios	Alan 441
Repair kits	For the tent, stove, Gore-Tex clothing
Spare tent poles
Backpack	70-90 liters	E.g. Lowe Alpine Alpamayo or Cerro Torre
Daypack	40-50 liters
Sleeping pad	selfinflatables	Thermarest
Sleeping bag	At least -30° C.	Mountain Hardwear Seti EX SL, -38° C.
Tent	Expedition- of 4-seasons tent, 2, including foot print	Mountain Hardwear Trango 3.1 and The North Face Westwind
Isolated bottle	A good one!	Shira 1 liter

Shops

There are several good outdoor shops in The Netherlands like Bever Zwerfsport , Demmenie and Zwerfkei . However it can be worthy to search the Internet. It can save you hundreds of euros. We bought out expedition tents in the UK at The Outdoorshop . De Trango 3.1 costed 525 euros! 200 euros cheaper than The Netherlands. The TNF Westwind costed 390 euros!

On the links page you find more web stores. If the US dollar rate is low (lower than 1 euro) it can be profitable to buy in the USA. However you must take into account that you will have to pay duty and VAT, which can sum up to 30%. We bought in one delivery in the US: Mountain Hardwear Below Zero Parka (duvet), two MSR Dragonflies (stoves) and Outdoor Research Pro Mitts (expedition mittens). Duty in The Netherlands was only 20 euros! Summarizing these were the differences:

Duvet in NL: €350, in USA: €233
MSR Dragonfly NL: €165, USA: €105
OR Pro Mitts NL: €185, USA: €122

So look abroad!