Kit list
Everything
you carry
Every item on an 8,000 m expedition, what it needs to do, and what we provide. Your guide checks all of it with you in Kathmandu.
The list
For an
8,000 m peak
Lighter expeditions use part of this list; each expedition's own list comes with your booking.
Down suit
Bring
One-piece, with a hood and a drop seat.Rated to −40 °C
Down jacket
Bring
For base camp and the camps below the Col.800 fill or better
Hard shell
Bring
Jacket and trousers, fully taped, with a helmet-sized hood.
Base layers
Bring
Two sets of merino, light and medium.
Summit mitts
Bring
Down mitts with liner gloves inside.Bring two pairs
Expedition boots
Bring
8,000 m boots with an integrated gaiter.Fitted in your first month
Crampons
Bring
Twelve points, fitted to your boots before you fly.
Ice axe
Bring
A light general mountaineering axe, 55–65 cm.
Harness, jumar and belay plate
Bring
With two locking carabiners and a cow's tail.
Helmet
Bring
Fixed ropes and anchors
Provided
Fixed by our Sherpa team before you climb.
Sleeping bag
Bring
For the high camps.Rated to −30 °C
Two sleeping mats
Bring
One foam, one inflatable.
Tents
Provided
Private tents at base camp, shared high on the mountain.
Stoves, fuel and meals
Provided
Satellite internet
Provided
At base camp
Oxygen
Provided
Eight bottles a climber, with spares at every camp.
Mask and regulator
Provided
With a spare of each on summit day.
Personal first-aid kit
Bring
Your guide sends a list of what to put in it.
Doctor and medical tent
Provided
8,000 m peaks
Fitting
Boots first,
everything after
Most problems on the mountain start with the feet. We fit boots and crampons with you in your first month, and you train in them for the rest of the year.
Renting
Or rent it
in Kathmandu
Down suits, sleeping bags and boots can be rented from our partners in Kathmandu and checked by your guide before you leave the city.
