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| Equipment | Brand | Model | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backpacks | Karrimor | Cougar 50-75ltr L | Durable and comfortable |
| Doite | Aspen 70ltr | Uncomfortable, not enough padding, difficult to adjust, straps slip continualy and have to be re-tightened. Generaly awful. No wonder they only sell these things in Chile. | |
| Sleeping bag compression sack | Jack Wolfskin | Medium | For Sierra Designs sleeping bag |
| Sleeping mat bag | Sea to Summit | L | For thermarest |
| Waterproof bag | Ocean Pack | 10 L x2 | Night bags |
| 20 L | Book bag | ||
| 30 L | Electronic gear | ||
| 40 L | Clothes | ||
| OR | Size 5 | For sleeping bag | |
| Sea to Summit | XXL | For carrying food | |
| For sleeping bag |
| Equipment | Brand | Model | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground sheet | Unknown | Emergency blanket | Thermal blanket, large enough for base of tent |
| Sleeping bag | Mountain Equipment | Firewalker II std LZ | Toasty warm, but not to -7°C like it says |
| Sierra Designs | Unknown ladies model | Wider at the hips | |
| Sleeping bag Liners | Snugpak | Pertex Liner | Not wider at the hips |
| Sleeping pad | Thermarest | Guidelite full length | Thermarest patch successfully fixed a tiny hole |
| Old original with metal valve | Still working fine | ||
| Tent | The North Face | Roadrunner 2 | Free standing and inner portion mostly netting |
| Equipment | Brand | Model | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balaclava | --------- | --------- | 100% polyamide |
| Boots | Calgary | --------- | Bought at French market for 12 Euros |
| Scarpa | GTX | Never had any blisters wearing these, very comfortable and the Goretex keeps the water out well | |
| Bras x3 | --------- | --------- | 3 sports bras |
| Fleece | --------- | --------- | Doubles as a pillow |
| --------- | --------- | Extra warm ( Dana wears two ) | |
| Montagne | --------- | Doubles as a pillow | |
| Fleece neck warmer x3 | Montagne | --------- | With tie to make into hat |
| Flip Flops | --------- | --------- | Useful for trail bathing and airing feet |
| Gaiters | Mountain Designs | Large, knee high | Rip stop nylon, showing some wear after 3 months of continual use |
| OR | Medium, knee high | Velcro pulled away from side with 3 months continual use | |
| Gloves | --------- | --------- | Leather and fleece |
| --------- | --------- | Wool | |
| --------- | --------- | Thermal liners | |
| Kokatat | Pogies | Waterproof shell with Velcro closures so hands can hold sticks while still being covered by a wind and water resistant layer. | |
| Hair Scrunchy | --------- | --------- | |
| Hat - Warm | --------- | --------- | Polar fleece |
| Hat - Sun | Kiwi original | Kangaroo | Kangaroo leather - incredibly durable, waterproof, and foldable |
| SolarEclipse | --------- | Daft looking practical hat | |
| Trousers/Pants | Fastnet | Zip off to shorts | 100% Polyamide, ripped to shreds in a bamboo patch :( |
| --------- | --------- | Windbreak trousers with zippered bottom for boot access | |
| Rain Jackets | Macpac | Hollyford | Also acts as extra blanket in cold areas |
| Marmot | 3 ply Goretex | ||
| Rain Trousers | Gelert | --------- | Nylon with breathable coating, with zip over boot feature |
| Sandals | Teva | --------- | River crossings, easy bathing and feet drying at lunch and night |
| Sarong | --------- | --------- | Town clothes and doubles as a sheet and bathrobe |
| Shirt, Black | --------- | --------- | Town clothes |
| Shirts, Sun x2 | Montagne | --------- | 100% Polyamide, sleeves roll up, vented, fast drying, lots of pockets, fine weave for UV protection |
| Shorts | Kechika | --------- | Amazing, lasted 2 years of hard wear so far, they look new and were bought second hand |
| Silk shirt | REI | 100% silk | Very warm, very light |
| Small umbrella | --------- | --------- | Allows photos to be taken in the rain |
| Socks - standard | Various | Various | All 0% cotton |
| Socks - waterproof | Porelle | Drys | Prefer Sealskin brand but couldn't find them for sale in England |
| Spare shoe laces | --------- | --------- | Gaiters have laces that ride under the heal of the boot and also a sharp metal clip that cuts through boot laces. |
| Thermal leggings | --------- | --------- | One pair each |
| Towels | Cascade Designs | Pack towel | Fast drying, a real luxury after each nightly cold shower |
| T-shirts x3 | --------- | --------- | Cotton night shirts (to protect sleeping bag) and town wear |
| Underwear | --------- | --------- | 3 pairs |
| Vietnamese face mask | --------- | --------- | Covering/preventing sun/wind burn |
| Equipment | Brand | Model | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batteries | Uniross | 2100 mAh Ni-MH | Long lasting rechageables |
| Olympus | CR-V3 lithium | Temperature resistant, long life | |
| Battery Charger | POWERhaus | Rapid charger (PC-81-1) | Not light, but it is fast and has battery-full detector - charges AA's and AAA's |
| Binoculars | Tasco | 8x21 | Cheap and nasty |
| Camera Equipment | Olympus | 5050z Digital camera | Small, light, takes great photos |
| E-10 Digital camera | Low end professional | ||
| Chips | Compact Flash, XD, Smart media | ||
| Lens | Olympus | B-Macro | |
| Lens cleaning set | --------- | ||
| GPS | Garmin | etrex | |
| Headlamps x2 | Petzl | Tikka | Good, batteries last forever, but the switch can be difficult to operate |
| Plug converter | --------- | Currently does Australia/Argentina to France/Chile |
| Equipment | Brand | Model | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | Langenscheidt | Pocket dictionary, spanish | ISBN: 1-58573-055-6, extremely useful, can even translate with it |
| Journal | --------- | --------- | Yearly |
| Maps | See walk sections for details | As needed | |
| Phrasebook | Lonely Planet | Latin American Spanish phrasebook | ISBN: 0-86442-558-9, grammar and general info |
| Equipment | Brand | Model | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucket | REI | Folding bucket | Pumping water, washing dishes, clothes, etc. |
| Bug head net | OR | Spring ring headnet | Elastic for neck, requires hat to be worn |
| Comb & scissors | --------- | --------- | For cutting hair |
| Compass | --------- | --------- | |
| Lip balm | Chapstick, Labello, Blistex | --------- | |
| Med kit | Follow the link for the list of contents | ||
| Rip stop nylon tape | --------- | --------- | For repairing everything rip-stop nylon (most of our gear) |
| Sewing Kit | --------- | --------- | Needles and various colour threads |
| Small denomination foreign coins | Australia, New Zealand, Europe, GB, Thailand,USA | various | Presents for kids en-route |
| Sunglasses | --------- | --------- | |
| Sunscreen | --------- | --------- | |
| Towels | --------- | --------- | Fast drying, wringing fabric |
| Washing up liquid | Nettoyeur | Campsuds | Useful in case of disasters, and salt water, not used very often |
| Washing up sponge | --------- | --------- | |
| Watch | --------- | --------- | |
| Water bottles | Mineral water bottles | 2 x 2 L, 2 x1½ L | Easy to replace and cheap |
| Nalgene | 1 L | Very solid | |
| Water filter | SweetWater | Guardian Microfilter | Fast, effective, syphonable, just a pleasure to use and own! |
| Water purification | Potable aqua | --------- | Pills, tastes awful |
| SweetWater | Viral stop | Chlorine Solution | |
| ZipLock bags | ZipLock and Tesco | various | Extremely useful |
| Equipment | Notes |
|---|---|
| Container | Tupperware, stores the soap |
| Deodorant | |
| Loofa | For healthy feet and easy remote bathing |
| Nail clippers | |
| Razors | |
| Shampoo | |
| Soap | |
| Toothbrush x2 | |
| Toothpaste |
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