Private Shasta Summit Climb

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Equipment

Technical Gear

❏ Climbing Helmet

❏ Headlamp - with fresh batteries

❏ Climbing harness (alpine or rock harness)

❏ Two Locking carabiners - Petzl Attache, etc

❏ Climbing boots - LaSportiva trango, Scarpa Charmoz or similar

❏ Gaiters - OR mini gaiters to keep snow out of boots

❏ Crampons (Steel crampons that are compatible with your boots)

❏ Ice Axe (55 to 65cm Axe)

❏ Trekking Poles - adjustable preferred

Layers

❏ Sun Hat

❏ Sun Glasses

❏ Warm Hat

❏ 2x Buffs or face masks (These are for warmth and wind protection and are

required for Covid-19 face coverings)

❏ Long sleeve base layer top

❏ 1 to 2 fleece weight upper layers (I'm using a Patgonia R1 and Nano Air)

❏ Puffy - Mid Weight Down/synthetic, Patagonia Fitzroy or similar

❏ Waterproof Shell Jacket with Hood - Gore-Tex (or similar) - basic, lightweight shell, NOT

insulated

❏ Gloves-TWO pair

❏ one pair light/mid weight for warm temps

❏ one mid/heavy weight for cold

❏ Socks - TWO pair. Both mid-weight wool/synthetic

❏ Underwear - wool/synthetic

❏ Sports Bra - wool/synthetic

❏ Goggles (bring to gear check, we may choose to leave at the car depending on Weather

Forecast)

❏ Long johns (bring to gear check, we may choose to leave at the car depending on Weather

Forecast)

Camping & Backpacking Gear

❏ Sleeping Bag (20F) - down preferred due to weight and pack-ability.

❏ Sleeping Pad - Inflatables are comfortable, but make sure it is insulated for sleeping on

snow! Therm-a-rest NeoAir X-Therm or X-Lite are expensive, but excellent.

❏ Compression Stuff sack for sleeping bag

❏ Backpack - 50L (or the smallest bag that fits all of your gear and your share of the group

gear). Black Diamond Speed 50 or similar work well for this.

Other Essentials

❏ Sun Screen (SPF 30 minimum)

❏ Lip Balm (with SPF)

Food and water

❏ Two freeze dried dinner meals (or meals that can be made with just hot water):

I recommend Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai, and Mountain House Pasta Primavera, but

everyone has strong opinions on freeze dried meals. If you know you don’t like or do

well with Freeze Dried, please let me know and I will forward some

“just-add-water” options.

❏ Two Breakfasts:

Grits with cheese, oatmeal, cold cereal with powdered milk, bagel and cream cheese,

PB and J sandwich, mountain house freeze dried.

Bring whatever sounds appealing for a midnight breakfast.

❏ Instant Coffee (if you’re a coffee drinker, now is a bad time to kick the habit!)

❏ Decaffeinated tea for evening hot drink

❏ Cup of 1⁄2 liter Nalgene Bottle (for hot drinks). I prefer the 1⁄2 liter Nalgene so that I can

use it for water on the climb as well.

❏ Bowl

To keep things light and compact, I use the freeze dried dinner bag for my breakfast

bowl, but some people don’t like the remaining flavors. If that’s the case, bring a light

bowl (lightweight tupperware works great)

❏ Spoon - choose a long handled spoon if you’re eating freeze dried food out of the bag.

Normal spoons make it hard to reach the food and it gets messy.

❏ Snack Food - 3 days worth of snacks. I usually break this down as:

❏ Water - bring two liters capacity. I prefer using a 1⁄2 Liter Nalgene for hot drinks and a

soft/collapsible 2L Hyrdrapack Bottle) Please bring at least one hard sided water

bottle.

❏ Hand Sanitizer (Bring extra due to increased use for Covid-19)

❏ Toilet Paper

Optional

❏ First Aid/blister Kit

❏ Chemical hand warmers

❏ Hydration System (Camelback, etc). Please bring an additional hard sided water bottle if

you choose to bring a hydration system.