Everest Packing List

As of now, I still haven't heard from my team because the telephone and internet services are down in Nepal.  Poor people, it's always the countries that experience high levels of poverty which seem to be hit hard by natural calamities and disasters.  I hope they are well and Katmandu does not suffer more violent aftershocks which might cause more of the infrastructures to fail.

I also do not know when the airport is going to reopen.

Having said that, I am all set.  For those of you who might do this little adventure in the future, here is a proposed packing list.  I obviously did not hold back and tried to cover all emergency needs in the mountain knowing I have a sherpa and two porters.  I feel comforted by having more than enough kit. This list is a combination of several lists posted by people who made their way up.  I would hate to think of all the additional kit you need to summit.

A lot of wet wipes

Nalgene bottles (large and small) and warming case

Soap

Dry shower

Iphone holder

Hot water bottle

Water purifying tablets

Down shoes

Thin and thick raincoats

Ugly trekking sandals to rest your feet

Hand sanitiser

Detergent

Iphone 5 waterproof cover (for local Nepal sim)

Trekkers hat

Julbo sunglasses for intense altitude glare

Toilet Paper

Tissues

Cotton Pads

Camel back

Battery packs for technology

Head Torch

Extra batteries

Camera

Extra battery for camera

Back up trainers

Extra sunglasses

Sunblock (factor 50)

Arnica

Neutrogena hand cream

Adaptors

Spare plastic bags

Back up trekking trainers

Ear muffs

Neck muffs (thin and thick)

Liner gloves

Medium thick woolen gloves

Waterproof gloves

Fur lined mittens

Trekking smartwool socks 6 pairs

Gaiters, short and long

Down jacket

Mid layers, 2

Baselayers, 3 sets, tops and bottoms

Fleece 

Trekking trousers 2

Trekking waterproof over trousers 2

Down trousers for sleeping

Waterproof and windproof jacket

Icebreaker t-shirts, 2 short 2 long sleeves

 5 Season down sleeping bag

Black diamond collapsible trekking poles

First Aid kit

Large 60 litre rucksack for porter

30 litre daily back pack

Microfibre towels, 2

Plastic pod sacks for technology

20 handwarmers

Silk sleeping bag liner

Spare shoe laces

 

Power gels

Trekking boots, broken in

Compede blister packs and salve

Nuun electrolyte tabets

Cura heating pads for aches and pains

Kool pak for knee swelling

Trekking hat

A lot of medicines

Diamox for altitude

Antibiotics for lung or stomach infections

Savlon

Dioralite

Imodium

Ibuprofen

Paracetamol

Gingko

Voltaren back pain pads

Cough medicine

Strepsils

Vicks

Tiger Balm

Insect repellant

And last but not least, my MSF t shirt!