| Clothing
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Light Weight Long Underwear. Tops and bottoms.
"Expedition Weight" Long Underwear. Tops and bottoms.
Polypropilene or Capaline, cotton blends are not acceptable.
- Pile Jacket. Mid-weight to heavy-weight.
- Pile Trousers. Light-weight pile. Recomended with full separating
side zippers to allow for easy accessibility and effective
ventilation. Bibs are not recommended due to the extra weight.
- Parka. Down or synthetic parka with hood. Expedition tipe,
needs to fit over all insulation layers.
- Jacket. Waterproof/breathable. Good storm-proof mountain
jacket with attached hood. Suggested: Gore-Tex.
- Wind Pants. Waterproof/breathable. Suggested: Gore-Tex.
- Full separating side zips required.
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| Headgear
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Sun hat. Sun hat with good visor and white bandana for protecting
neck.
- Balaclava. 1 light weight. Suggested: Polypropilene or Capaline.
- Wool or pile ski hat.
- Head lamp (spare bulbs & batteries). Suggested: Petzl
Zoom.
- Glacier glasses. 100% UV, must have side covers. If you
wear contacts or glasses, we recommend packing a spare pair
of glasses. Suggested: Cebe, Julbo, Bolle and Ray Ban.
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| Hands
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Synthetic gloves. 2 pair light weight, pile or polypopilene.
Mittens. 1 pair. Pile or wool.
- Gore-Tex overmitts. Recommend "tough-tek" shell
palms for better grip.Suggested: Outdoor Research Expedition
- Modular Mitts or Wild Country Extremitties.
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| Footwear
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Light hiking boots or trekking shoes.
- Climbing boots. Double plastic boots. Suggested: Koflach
or Assolo.
- Gaiters. Gore-Tex + Cordura. Suggested: Outdoor Research
Crocodiles.
- Wool socks. (3 pair) Cold weather socks. Expedition-weight
wool or woolen blend.
- Liner socks. 2 pair of smooth wool, nylon or polypropylene
to be worn next to the skin. This reduces the incidence of
blisters and hot-spots.
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| Climbing
equipment
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Ice axe. General mountaineering tool. Sizing is important:
under 1.7 mts (5'7") use a 60cm tool; 1.7-1.9 mts (5'7"-6'2")
use a 65cm tool; over 1.9 mts (6'2") use a 70cm tool.
Recommended: Grivel.
- Crampons. Step-in bindings. Suggested: Charlet Moser Super
12. No Footfangs or Simond Scorpions or Grivel Rambo
- Ski poles. 1 pair collapsible. Optional
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| Camping
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Backpack. Internal frame pack at least 5,000 cu.in. Must have
ice axe haul loops and crampon attachment point. Recommended
: The North Face, Lowe Alpine, Greggory.
- Daypack. Optional.
- Sleeping bag. Expedition quality to at least -18ºC
(0ºF).1 kg. of down preferred. (High Quality only, 650-700cu.in.fill.)
- Ridge Rest sleeping pad. 1 full length foam.
- Therma rest pad. 1 3/4 length with repair kit. Optional.
- Pocketknife. Swiss Army knife or Leatherman tool.
- Water bottles. one one-liter wide-mouth water bottle, one
one-liter thermous
- Pee bottle. 1 1litre wide mouth water bottle.
- Pee Funnel (for women). Suggested: Freshette.
- Sunscreen. SPF 30-40.
- Lipscreen. SPF 20-40, at least 2 sticks.
- Personal first aid kit. simple and light.
- Four seasons tent. Not required on our guided trips.
- Stove. Not required on our guided trips. Propano-butano
or wite gas. Do not forget matches or lighter. Suggested :
- Camping-Gaz or MSR. Fuel is available in Mendoza.
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