Equipment Checklist

Following is the equipment checklist for our outdoor adventure trekking trips. This is a guideline and all that listed here is not a must. Some gear can be rented from Kathmandu (such as down jackets and sleeping bags). We recommend clothing that you can layer: mountain weather can change rapidly.

Footwear:

1. Trekking or running shoes with good soles (Broken in!!!)
2. Socks (woolen, both thick and thin)

Clothing

3. Down or fiber filled jacket
4. Fleece jacket
5. Hiking shorts/skirts
6. Waterproof jackets, poncho or umbrella if trekking during the rainy season
7. Hiking pants
8. T shirts (long and short sleeves)
9. Sun hat/caps
10. Gloves

Other equipment

10. Small backpack,
11. Duffel bags
12. Sleeping bags
13. Water bottle (two liters worth)
14. Torch (flashlight), batteries and bulbs and/or headlamp

 Miscellaneous items

15. Toiletries
16. Sun screen and snow block cream
17. Towel
18. Laundry soap
19. Your personal medical kit ( paracetamol, iodex, handyplast, bandages, diamox for altitude sickness
20. Goggles or sunglasses (with UV protection)
21. Water purification tablets or filtration system if you do not intend to buy bottled water

For treks higher than 4000m

23. Mountain trekking boots
24. Woolen socks to wear with boots
25. Light cotton sock liners
26. Woolen baselayer
27. Insulated pants
28. Nylon wind breakers
29. Nylon wind pants
30. Woolen hats (balaclava)