Your gear list on Rainier?

[saxybrian]

Having been to Rainier 3x already and each time taking less and less items up the mountain. I'm curious to see what everyone brings up on their trip to Rainier doing the DC/ID routes in the June-Aug time frame.

 

I'll start by throwing in my gear list and see what everyone would add/take out and you can post yours too to see if the same would apply to it.

 

I may have left some stuff off, but this is my gear sheet pretty much on my trips.

 

Also if you guys want let's post stuff to make your trip more enjoyable. I've noticed that easy to eat food and sugar water like gator-aid is best used on the hike to muir/summit.

 

Personal Gear:

Head (everything is NOT cotton)

-bandana

-Beanie

-Facemask

-Glacier Glasses

-Goggles

-Helmet

Upper Body (everything is NOT cotton)

-Under Armor

-TShirt

-Fleece

-Gortex Medium Weight Jacket

-Parka

Hands

-Glove Liners

-Light Gloves

-Mittens

Lower Body (everything is NOT cotton)

-Underarmor

-Cargo Pants zipable into shorts

-Soft Shell Pants

Feet

-Gators

-2x Sock Liners

-2x Wool Socks

-Double Plastic Boots

Misc. Personal Gear

-Harness

-Crampons

-Ice Axe (with 6ft of Duct Tape wrapped around it)

-Belay Device

-Sleeping Bag

-Sleeping Pad

-Thermarest inflatable

-Headlamp

-3xLocking Biners

-4xNon Locking Biners

-Snow Picket

-2xRunners

-2xPrusiks (premade)

-Compass

-Whistle

-Compass Berrings

-Backpack

-2x32oz Nalgeens

-2xInsulation for water bottles

-Toilet Paper

-Sunscreen

-Lip Balm

-Treking Poles

-Knife

-Blister/First Aid stuff

-Extra Batteries

-Food (Obvious)

-2x Plastic Bags for (External Blue Bag removal)

 

Group Gear

-Tent

-Rope

-Stove/Pot

-Fuel

-Lighter/Matches

-Cell Phone

-Shovel

Edited June 10, 2010 by saxybrian

[saxybrian]

Every time I see a gear list like this I'm amazed it fits in my backpack.

Edited June 10, 2010 by saxybrian

[Dane]

You might want to rethink that list:

 

http://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2010/05/why-weight-of-your-footwear-is.html

 

[Jarek]

Great list! I use very similar one with some minor differences:

1. Instead of T-shirt I use a long sleeve white synthetic undershirt stretching over my neck - it is a great protection from a sun if it is hot specifically on the approach

2. Gore-tex pack-light jacket instead of Medium Weight to save on weight

3. Light non-plastic boots, but with capability to use step-in crampons (this way you can use the same set of crampons for both plastic and non-plastic boots). I use Boreal model - this is major weight saving item! - I use these boots from trekking to climbing technical, vertical ice routes and they perform well assuming it is not extremely cold. For DC summer route they are perfect. Needless to say Rainier winter time I go full plastic!

4. Belay device - on DC I don't take one, I use Munter Hitch instead if needed at all...

5. Thermarest inflatable - heavy, I just use standard non-inflatable single Thermarest. It was always sufficient for me...

6. GPS instead of compass, altimeter and clock

7. I like to have a pee bottle - I drink a large Gatorade during approach and have a bottle to use as a pee-bottle

8. I typically take pulley with me...

9. I don't take a shovel summer time...

 

Other comments to save weight:

I use very light tent - Black Diamond Lighthouse - total ~ 3 lb with some change...

Rope - light 8mm...

Backpack - BD Predator ~ 4lb...

 

I think the biggest problem is always to justify the $ expense on a better-lighter item, specifically if you already have something which works. But the technology and materials are getting better and lighter each year, so I try to follow and to slim down the weight of my pack within a $ reason... I am sure manufacturers of the gear like it very much

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TMO]

Here is what I have been packing lately on Rainier. My strategy is to sleep during the heat of the day and when I wake up cold, it's time to go for the summit.

 

Clothing:

Head

-balaclava

-WHITE ball cap with a skirt on the back

-Glacier Glasses

-Helmet

Upper Body

-wicking shirt

-WHITE button up dress shirt

-wind shirt (dri-clime)

-shell jacket (marmot pre-cip)

-belay parka (wild things)

Hands

-Glove Liners

-Fleece Gloves

-Alpine Gloves

Lower Body

-wicking pants

-light weight fleece pants

-Light Colored thin Soft Shell Pants

Feet

-Gators

-1x Sock Liners

-1x Wool Socks

-Double Plastic Boots

 

Climbing Gear

-Harness

-Crampons

-Ice Axe

-1 Picket (per person)

-2xPrusiks

-Z pulley kit (biners, pulleys, runners)

 

Misc. Personal Gear

-Backpack (Wild Things Ice Sack)

-35 degree Sleeping Bag

-Sleeping Pad

-Headlamp (petzel zipka)

-Extra Batteries

-Map and Compass

-3 liter insulated water bladder

-Toilet Paper

-Sunscreen

-Lip Balm

-1 Treking Pole

-Knife

 

Food

-6 to 12 Gu's

-2 days worth of munchies (nuts, beef jerky, delicious halva)

-1 freeze dried dinner (or 2 cup-o-noodles)

-1 freeze dried granola (or instant oatmeal)

-COFFEE!

 

Group Gear

-Tent (maybe)

-Rope (30 meter ice floss for 2 guys)

-Stove/pot (jetboil)

-1 Spork

-Fuel (1 canister per person per day)

-Lighter

-Blister/First Aid stuff

-Watch with alarm clock

 

[saxybrian]

Dane we've gone over this already, I'm replacing plastics next year.

[TMO]

I totally agree with the weight of the boot thang, but my ol' Scarpa Invernos just RULE! Comfy, warm, front point machines. I climbed Rainier once with my single leathers... they were warm enough but wore my ankles out.