We concluded the Great Himalaya Trail in 3 rounds, with two returns to Kathmandu to reshuffle gear and fix permits. The items listed below were never with us all together: depending on the technicality and altitude of the section ahead, some items were stored in our duffels in Kathmandu. Our base weight largely depended on the inclusion of a mountaineering kit.
Eef’s gear list for the GHT
Base weight including mountaineering equipment: 14 kg
Base weight without mountaineering equipment (but still with crampons): 12 kg
Clothing:
- Underwear: Devold Breeze Hipster Underpants (x3) + Devold Wool Fleece Bra, SheThinks underwear
- Base layers: Devold Breeze t-shirt, Devold Breeze shirt, Devold Breeze long john’s
- Extra warm wool: Devold Alnes half zip neck, Devold Alnes Long John’s (in KTM for first part of the hike)
- Wind jacket: Montbell Tachyon jacket
- Hardshell jacket: Arcteryx Alfa Hybrid jacket
- Hiking pants: Norrøna Bitihorn zip-off pants (Norrøna Svalbard in KTM as extra)
- Shell Pants: Haglöfs LIM rain pants
- Insulation: primaloft (for when active, can take some sweat) plus down jacket for camp: Macpac Pulsar + Haglöfs L.I.M. Essens
- Insulation pants: Mountain Hardware Compressor Pants
- Socks: Devold Multi-Light sock, Devold hiking liner sock, Icebreaker Multisport Light Micro socks, Icebreaker Hiking+ Medium, Smartwool Cross-country ski socks (warm, for the evening), Devold Compression sock (in KTM)
- balaclava/buff: Icebreaker Flexi Chute + Flåmsbana balaclava
- Beanie Devold Milling Cap
- Woolen gloves: Icebreaker APEX
- Shell Glove: CAMP DryMit’N
- Down Glove: CAMP HotMit’N (in KTM for first part of the hike)
- Montane Fireball booties
- Backpack: Aarn Guiding Light + Sports Balance Pockets
- Dry bags/stuff sacks: 8l drybag + 13 l dry bag + large Sea to Summit ultraist compression drybag for sleeping bag
- A money belt that we can wear on our bodies and fits passports/credit cards: Osprey Stealth Waist Wallet
- Hiking boots: Alfa Kvist Advance (Salewa Mounain Trainer as spare in KTM)
- Support soles: 3 feet high insole
- Gaiters for snow/glaciers: Mount Laurell high gaiter
- Hiking poles and snow baskets: Komperdell C3 Carbon Powerlock + winter baskets
- Full protection sunglasses with high UV filter: Julbo Sunglasses 2.0 Cameleon
Camping:
- Tent: Helsport Reinsfjell Superlight
- Mattress: Therm-a-rest NeoAir Xlite
- Sleeping bag to at least -10: Helsport Kvitbreen Lady
- Liner: Sea to Summit ThermoLite Reactor Compact Plus Liner
- Some spare tent stakes and possibly snow stakes
- Macpac Trek Towel – Nanotrek
- First aid kit
Cooking/water
- cooking set: Snow Peak mini-solo combo
- titanium spork: MacPac
- Lighter
- Swiss army knife
- Primus Omnilite Titanium multi-fuel burner
- Water containers: Evernew water bottles 0,9l + 0,6l + 0,6l
- Kathadyn Be Free water filter
Mountaineering equipment:
- Petzl Leopard FL crampons
- Petzl Summit 52cm ice axe
- 3 carabiners, 1 figure eight, 1 60cm sling and one meter of 6mm cord
Electronics:
- Headlight: Petzl Tikka
- Polar watch
- Camera and charger: Olympus Tough TG-4
- Camera spare battery
- Loksack waterproof bags
- Powerbank: Brunton Ember 6000 Hybrid Power Bank
- GoPro: Hero 3+ Silver
- Phone and charger
- Spare batteries for watch
PJ’s gear list for the GHT
Base weight including mountaineering equipment: 16 kg
Base weight without mountaineering equipment (but still with crampons): 14 kg
Clothing:
- Shell: Montbell Torrent Flier Rain Jacket
- Montbell Tachyon Wind Jacket
- Montbell Tachyon Wind Pants
- Montbell U.L. Thermawrap primaloft parka
- Hagløfs L.I.M down jacket
- LoweAlpine Rain Pants Triplepoint2
- Mountain Hardware Compressor Pants
- Bergans Imingen zip-off pants
- Devold Breeze t-shirt
- Devold Active long sleeve shirt
- Devold Hiking shirt
- Devold Breeze long john’s
- Devold Islender long john’s
- Devold Millet beanie
- Socks: Devold hiking liner socks, Devold compression socks, Bridgedale hiking socks
- Devold Hiking boxer, Devold Breeze boxer, Devold Duo Active windstopper boxer
- Devold liner gloves
- Hiking boots: Alfa Juv A/P/S (Cripsi Besseggen in KTM)
- Flåmsbana buff
- sun hat
- Camp Hotmit’N
Sleeping system:
- Therm-a-rest NeoAir X-lite mattress
- Mountain Equipment Kryos Crimson down sleeping bag
- Montane Fireball booties
- Therm-a-rest ultralite pillow case
Cooking system:
- Snow Peak titanium pot
- Macpac titanium spork
- Primus Omnilite Titanium (same as Eef)
- Swiss Army pocket knife
- Komperdell carbon C3 power lock hiking poles
- Led Lenser H7.2 250 lumen head torch
- MP3 player
- phone
- chargers + travel documents
- compass
- SPOT Gen3 PLB
- Kindle e-reader
- GPS: Garmin GPSMAP 64ST
- Loksak waterproof bags
- Julbo Explorer cameleon sunglasses
- Macpac Trek towel – Nanotrek
- Aarn Guiding Light backpack + Sports balance pockets
- First aid kit
- Sea to Summit Ultrasil dry bag 8l + 4l
- Evernew water bottle 0,9l
- Petzl Leopard FL crampons
- Osprey money belt
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