Gear choices depend a little bit on the type of mission, but this is some of our favorite gear:
Favorite clothing brands
(We pick and choose a bit from these depending on the conditions.)
| brands | favorite products |
| Icebreaker | we looove merino!!! mid layers, base layers (thermals), t-shirts, shorts, socks , accessories |
| Smartwool | just can’t get enough merino gear..! |
| Patagonia | looove all this brand stands for |
| Norrøna | mid- and reinforcement layers (gore-tex jacket, pants) |
| Rab | misc (down puffy, alpine gaters etc.) |
| Mountain Equipment | mountaineering gear (winter down gear etc.) |
| Salomon | trail runners (XA Pro 3D GTX, Robson Mid GTX) |
| Lundhags | leather hiking boots (Jaure II LT) |
| La Sportiva | mountaineering boots |
| Superfeet | insoles (green) |
| Dirty Girl | gaiters for trailrunners (= sanity) |
Packing
| brand | size | grams |
| backpack: Osprey Aura AG 65 | 62L | 1900g |
| backpack: Osprey Atmos AG 65 | 65L | 2190g |
| rain cover: Osprey Ultralight L | | 90g
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| waterproof pack bags: Sea to Summit/ Osprey | Misc | |
| compression dry sacks: Sea to Summit UltraSil eVent (sleeping bags) | | 90g |
Sleeping
| brand | size | grams |
| tent: Hilleberg Niak | solo, 3-season | 1700g |
| tent: Hilleberg Allak2 | 2-pers, all-season | 3300g |
| sleeping bag: Marmot Lithium (-12) | mummy | 1176g |
| inflatable mats: Therm-a-Rest Neoair XTherm | L max | 652g |
| pillow: Sea to Summit Aeros Ultralight | | 60g |
Cooking
| brand | size | grams |
| MSR Whisperlite Universal Combo | multi fuel cooker | 276g |
| MSR Ceramic Solo Pot | 1.3L | 210g |
| MSR fuel bottle | 591ml | 134g |
| Wildo vikkåsa (folding cup) | 0.6L | 46g |
| Light my fire spork (titanium) | | 20g |
Water
| brand | size | grams |
| Sawyer Squeeze filter | | 77g |
| Platypus Hoser bladder | 3L | 120g |
| Evernew (filter water sacks) | 2L | 42g |
| Klean Kanteen Classic (stainless bottle) | 0.8L | 174g |
Tools & Misc
| brand | size | grams |
| trekking poles: Black Diamond Trail Pro | | 490g |
| multi-tool: Leatherman Style CS | | 41g |
| knife: Leatherman Skeletool KB | | 37g |
| Therm-a-Rest Z-seat | half each | 42g |
| headlamp: Petzl Bindi (200ln) | x2 | 35g |
| First aid kit | | |
| The Deuce of Spades | potty trowel | 17g |
Technologies
| brand | size | grams |
| iPhone 8 | x2 | 148g |
| Lifeproof (waterproof case) | | 42g |
| Ocean Signal rescueME PLB1 | emergency beacon | 116g |
| Apple 12W USB power adapter(w/travel kit) | | 74g |
| Anker PowerCore | 13000 mAh | 240g |
| Anker Dual USB Solar Charger | 15W | 354g |
| Lexar lightning jumpdrive C25i | 128gb | 10g |
Apps
| brand | use | |
| Gaia GPS | navigation | |
| Guthook Guides* | *Te Araroa Hiker, *PCT guide | |
| DayOne Journal | journalling | |
| Spotify | music/podcasts | |
| iMovie | movie editing | |
| Social media | | |
| Weather/tidal apps | | |
| Messenger | calling/messaging home | |
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