Shopping List

Ice Climbing

I used the following at Mt Washington Valley Ice Fest 2018:

• Petzl Nomic axes
• Grivel Tech Machine axes
• Mammut El Cap helmet (not the small)
• Grivel Stealth Hard Shell helmet
• OR Project gloves (men's medium)
• Rab Vengeance belay glove (medium)
• Rab Alpine climbing glove (medium)
• La Sportiva Nepal Cube GTX boots (45.5)
• Asolo 6B+ AltaVia boots (size 11)
• Mammut Ophir harness (medium)
• Grivel monopoint crampon
• Black Diamond dual-point crampons

Also tried on:

• OR High Camp mittens (men's small)
• Rab Guide Short glove (men's medium)

Look for:

• Julbo Arise clear

Climbing Helmet

• Petzl Boreo size M/L

Degre Liners

• Intuition Degre Liner
• Intuition Denali Liner
• Intuition Denali Liner

Fitting

• Buckman's Ski Shop
  • 740 DeKalb Pike, King of Prussia, PA 19406
  • 610-265-3330

Headlights

Remote battery headlight?

• Lithium batteries for extreme cold?
• Detached batter compartment to keep warm on body?

Eneloop batteries

Cameras

Wide angle 28mm, or better yet 24mm, lens

• Panasonic Lumix ZS50
• Sony Alpha a6000
• Olympus Tough TG-5
• Sony RX100
• Sony DSCW800/B

Camera shoulder strap clips

• Peak Design Capture Camera Clip
• Cotton Carrier
• Cotton Carrier Strapshot

Additional Storage

Shoulder Strap

• ZPacks Shoulder Pouch
• Mountain Laurel Design Shoulder Strap Pouches/Pockets
• ULA Equipment Shoulder Strap Pocket
• Granite Gear Shoulder Strap Pocket
• Gossamer Gear Shoulder Strap Pocket
• Mountainsmith Cyber
• Lowepro Dashpoint 10

Hip Belt

• Mountain Laurel Pack Pockets
• Gossamer Gear Hip Belt Pocket

Interior

• Mountain Laurel Designs Stow Zip Pouch

Radios

• BC Link 2.0

GPS Locators

Tracker comparison

• Garmin inReach: $400 device ($450 w/ topo maps), basic service plan $144/year or $25+$15/month
• SPOT Gen3: $150 device, $200/year service plan
• SPOT Rental: $75 up to 3 days, plus $15/day after

Shoes

• Merrell Chameleon

Books

• Desperate Steps
• Backpacking PA

Travel

• ZPacks Airplane Case