CLIMBING EQUIPMENT FOR CLIENTS
- Malaria prophylaxis
- Diamox (helps acclimatization and reduces risk of edema)
- Non-prescription painkillers (like panadol - avoid aspirin).
- Sleeping pills (hard to sleep at altitude for some)
- Sun Screen, about 45 or 60 spf
- Dark sunglasses
- 2x hats for sun/rain
- 1x warm hat for high altitude climbing
- mountain jacket
- Rain gear (optional - you'll get wet no matter what) Fleece jacket
- Fleece vest (if light, a nice addition to the fleece jacket) Sweater
- Trekking shirts (long sleeve)
- T-shirt(s)
- 2x Hiking, climbing pants
- 1x shorts for walking at lower altitudes light weight long underwear
- Down jacket (optional)
- Sunglasses
- 1x light pair of gloves for camp
- 1x mountain gloves or mittens/overmitts for climbing climbing rope
- crampons
- ice axe
- climbing harness
- carabiners
- slings
- Day pack/climbing pack
- Tent
- Sleeping bag
- Sleeping mat
- Waterproof sacks (indiv for tent and sleeping bag and clothes)
- Waterproof sacks (large canoe bags - eg, Ortlieb - for packing all gear)
- gaiters (probably a set for low alt and a set for high alt)
- Comfortable camp shoes or sandals
- Comfortable walking shoes (runners)
- Mountain boots that can fit crampons for going to summit
- The shoe issue is loaded with a lot of problems. Our solution is 2 pairs of running shoes and lots of socks, at least one pair for each day (you could give away the wet ones at the end of the day to the porters and put on fresh dry socks in the morning). You can alternate days wearing the running shoes, trying to get one pair dry each day. On the other hand, some people like wearing gum boots (these are rubber boots that cover ¾ of the lower part of the legs up to the knee). But whatever you do, on the approach DO NOT wear vibram soled hiking boots because the ground is really wet and slippery and the vibram soles are too stiff and hard to hold on the wet moss and rocks. Frankly, the cheaper the running shoes or the rubber boots, the better, because the cheap ones have really sticky soles. Around the camp you could wear sandals, except at some Huts, but sandals might be too cold an alternative to a lot of people, so they should bring something comfortable and lightweight. Going to the summit, the client will need a GOOD pair of mountain boots that can fit crampons (some trekking boots are too soft-soled for crampons).
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