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Andy's Checklist of Stuff to Bring on a 14er Climb
- by Andy, AAØCM
Andy's checklist of stuff to bring on a 14er climb. Of course, your mileage may vary, and this list may be neither necessary nor sufficient, depending on your climbing style, which peak you're climbing, time of year, weather, etc.
*** = Must
** = High Want
* = Nice
TO BASE CAMP:
- Back-pack ***
- Tent, stakes ***
- Ground cloth (for under tent) ***
- Sleeping Bag ***
- Sleeping Pad ***
- Bivy sac for sleeping bag (If trying to sleep on summit) **
- Spare cord (for guying tent, clothesline, emergency, etc.) *
- Food ***
- 2 Garbage bags (for trash) **
- Water filter & pump **
- Soap **
- Camp-stove *
- Fuel *
- Pots, pans *
- Silverware *
- Towel *
- Summit gear (see following list) ***
SUMMIT GEAR: (a lot of this stuff is also used during the hike in)
- Large Day-pack ***
- Shorts ***
- Polypropylene long-john bottoms ***
- Rain chaps or rain pants (to keep wind off legs if it gets cold and windy) ***
- T-shirt ***
- Warm sweater ***
- Rain coat ***
- Hiking boots ***
- Warm, padded socks. ***
- Gloves + glove covers ***
- Cap or hat ***
- Sun glasses ***
- Watch ***
- Swiss Army knife ***
- Toilet Paper ***
- Aspirin or Advil (headaches at high altitudes are common) ***
- SPF 15 or higher sun-screen (REQUIRED AT 14,000 FT) (I use SPF-30) ***
- 2 each 1-liter bottles of water, Gatorade, or similar. ***
- Food - candy bars, fruit, sandwich, gorp. ***
- Topo map ***
- First aid kit (mine includes blister stuff, advil, Tums, first-aid tape, Band-Aids, etc.) ***
- Compass ***
- Flashlight (if hiking in the dark is a possibility) **
- Garbage bag **
- Gaiters (if there may be snow on trail) *
- Tums (optional, reduces the chance of altitude sickness) *
- Signal mirror (for fun) *
- Chap stick with SPF >= 15 (A GOOD IDEA AT 14,000 FT) *
- Matches (for emergency) *
- Paper Copy of instructions to summit, from 14er book. *
RADIO GEAR:
- - HT, pre-programmed with 14er frequencies
- - Spare Batteries (the more the better). If you have AA capability, Lithium AA cells are excellent for ham use; they are lightweight, work well when cold, and are far more efficient than alkaline batteries under high current drain.
- - 1/2-wave whip antenna (Hot-Rod or equivalent)
- - small antenna (for talking to other members of your party during climb)
- - Waterproof cover for radio
- - Pen (ball-point) & pencil
- - paper (for logging contacts). Can be a small spiral notebook, etc.
- - copy of 14er event guidelines, including list of frequencies used by other peaks, and who signed up for which peak.
- - list of repeater frequencies you might be able to hit from summit, along with access codes for phone patches, if available.
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