Video: Expedition Kit Top 10

Kit List – Hercules Inlet to the South Geographic Pole – 2011 / 2012

Tent items

• Sleeping bag – Rab 1200 with a Rab bivi bag
• Sleeping bag mat – mountain hardwear
• Tent – Hilleberg – nammatj 2
• Pegs – Hilliberg x 5
• Shovel – OR (outdoor research)
• Pulk – Greenland design – snowsled UK
• Harness – snowsled UK
• Skis – x 1pr fisher
• Bindings – Rotterfella x 2pr and 2spare
• Boots – extreme planet
• Ski poles – 1 pr tech
• Stuff sacks – x8 lifeventure
• Tent boots – MEC – mountain equipemnt co-op
• Goggles – x 2 Oakley attached home made face guards

Clothing

• Base layersx 2 – Devold
• Midlayer trousers – Jack Wolfskin (with added side vent zips)
• socks – thinnys / thick – smartwool
• VBL socks – MEC
• Underwear – Jack wolfskin
• Buff – Buff
• Necker – extremities
• Thin necker – Devold
• Hat – Oakley
• Expedition Jacket – wintergreen and ruff
• Midlayer extra jacket – thin – Arcteryx
• Down vest top – Kathmandu
• Down Jacket – Marmott
• Working gloves – OR
• Working gloves – thicker – Marmott
• Mitts – OR

Kitchen items

• Stoves x 2 MSR
• Pot x 1 MSR
• Protector x MSR
• Heat exchanger x MSR
• Spare parts – MSR
• Fuel Bottles x 4 MSR
• Wooden board – Bob wood’s garage (will return after the expediton to the North!!)
• Food bowl x MSR
• Flaskx 1 Stanley
• Mug x 1 Stanley
• Spoon x 2
• Water bottle – Lifeventure
• water bottle protector – OR
• Knife – Buck

Communication and filming equipment

• Camcorder – sony HDR-CX115 x 2 spare batteries
• Satalite Phone x 2 – Iridium 9505AC
• Spare Satalite Phone Batteries x 6
• Camera – Canon IXUS – 8 spare batteries
• voice recorder – sony – micro
• solar panel – Brunton
• GPS x2 – etrex / Garmin x 4 spare batteries
• Compass x 2 – silver
• Location beacon – McMurdo

Missing in action

• Ipod – MIA day two!