4 hours from take-off. Final destination – Lima!

It’s been an all nighter this night, cleaning up the house for my 3 month absence and getting packed. I’m hoping for no trouble at check-in due to exceeding weight restrictions. Here is my poorly formatted gear list (copying and pasting from excel didn’t work so well). I’m excited to now have a Peru category on the sidebar on the right.

Gear List
Climbing / Technical
Harness Camp Alp 95
Daisy chain
Rap webbing
Cordelette 3mm: 4m x2, 10m x1
Belay Device ATC
Prussik loops x2
Glacier Rope 8mm x 30m Rando
Ice screw x1
Snow picket 24″ x1
Caribiners
Locking caribiners
Ice axe Charlet Moser
Boots Scarpa Charmoz
Crampons Grivel Air-Tech Newmatic
Gaiters MEC
Walking pole Black Diamond
Shovel BCA Arsenal w/ tour blade
Helmet
Bags
Backpack MHW South Col 70
Day pack MHW Scrambler 30
Other Marmot Kompressor
Sleeping
Tent MHW EV2
Tent pegs Yes
Sleeping pad Prolite Plus
Sleeping bag MHW Banshee 0 MHW Banshee 0
Compression bag Yes Yes
Ear plugs Yes
Cooking
Pot GSI Pinnicle Soloist
Stove MSR Whisperlite International
Fuel 650mL
Water purification tablets 150x Aquatabs
Lighter Bic
Utensils Spork
Bowl or cup to eat 470mL Thermos container
Cup to drink ~300mL GSI cup
Clothes
Gore-tex Jacket MHW Optimo
Gore-tex Pants Arcteryx
Down parka MHW Sub-Zero
Fleece jacket MHW Monkey Man
Fleece pants MEC
Base-layer top Icebreaker 150 x2
Base-layer bottom Icebreaker 150
Thin socks
Ankle socks Icebreaker x2
Thick socks Icebreaker x2
Glove liners North Face
Expedition gloves MHW Bazuka
Expedition mitts North Face
Underwear Icebreaker x2
Toque MHW
Face Mask MHW
Sun hat Yes
Other
Water bottle 1L Nalgene
Sun glasses Ryders
Headlamp Princeton Tec Remix
Pocket knife Victorinox
Journal and pen Yes
Book Mexico, James Michener
Money belt or wallet Yes
Passport, ID, etc Yes
Tripod Yes
Mini tripod Yes
Hygeine
Toothbrush Yes
Toothpaste Yes
Nail clipper Yes
Medical Kit
Sunscreen SPF50 88mL x3
Bandaids Yes
Heel tape Yes
Chapstick Yes
Tylenol Yes
Asperin Yes
Tylenol-3 Yes
General antibiotic Cephalexin
Diarhea Ciprofloxacin
Diomox
Dexamethosone
Electronics
GPS GPSMAP 62
Laptop Macbook
Camera Canon s95
Food
dried apricots 1kg
dried blueberries 1kg
dried cranberries 1kg
dried mango 1kg
craisens 1kg
dehydrated milk powder some
chocolate chips 1kg
salted almonds 1kg
lentils 1kg
quinoa 2kg
Cliff bars x30
Quick-cook oats 1kg
Trail mix 1kg
Tea Bengal Spice x40
Coffee Starbucks Via x24
Spice mix yes
Brown sugar yes

One Response to “4 hours from take-off. Final destination – Lima!”

  1. katie Says:

    you got a macbook?? hope you’re doing well in peru so far, looking forward to reading more 🙂
    ps- it made me smile seeing that you’d be bringing michener along

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