Gear list as taken on the complete North Ridge of Lone Pine Peak (29 hour no-bivy-gear push)
Personal Climbing Gear:
Backpack (stripped down, no lid)
Harness - the crappy old light one
Rock shoes (big enough for socks)
Belay device and locker
Ice Axe
Crampons (ultralight aluminum - didn’t use them, almost pulled them out on the descent)
Ultralight Helmet (petzl meteor, but it looks pretty dorky)
Boots (La Sportiva Trango Evo S, freaking light and they climb really well)
Clothing:
Socks: one liner pair and 1 thicker pair
Light powerstretch gloves
Shell gloves that fit over the light ones
lightweight Long Underwear
Soft shell pants
Baselayer - Patagonia R1 hoody (this thing is unbelievably warm, only useful at freezing or below)
Shell - marmot 13.5 oz
Western Mountaineering down jacket - 13oz
balaclava - didn’t use it (the r1 hood is super warm)
extra thin top layer - didn’t wear it
gaiters
Rack: (shared between 3 people)
Six nuts
Double set of cams from blue TCU to 2 camalot, and a 3 camalot
6 or so tripled draws
7 slings with 1 biner each (saves weight over a tripled draw)
2 or 3 anchor setups (double length sling and a locker)
Rope - two pieces of 35m 8mm
Cooking Gear: (shared between 3 people)
Stove and Fuel: MSR Reactor and a partial canister of fuel (and a windscreen)
2 Lighters
1 Spoon
Food/Water:
Water: 2 liter capacity each (2 gatorade bottles)
Food: (shared between 3 people) summer sausage, block of cheese, pound of cooked bacon, handfull of choc-espresso beans, 2 packs of mashed potato flakes, half stick of butter, couple of gu’s/bars
Misc:
Headlamp
Spare headlamp (tiny petzl one)
Couple of light stuffsacks to organize stuff in the pack (since there was no lid)
Toilet Paper
Camera
Topos
Knife
Sunglasses
Pirate hat
Sword
Firecrackers
Notes:
The Reactor was awesome, made us about 9 liters of water really quickly. The windscreen kept the canister from getting too cold, so we didn’t have to play any crotch tricks to get it warm again.
Even though it was pretty cold, we never stopped moving and so never had to wear much clothing. Our two breaks were limited to about an hour and a half at which point the cold forced us to keep moving.
The climb-through-the-night push approach worked really well, though by about hour 25 I was at about 20% physically and mentally. A short half-hour nap totally refreshed us though, and we could have kept going for a while.
Next time: more food (would have helped us descend faster, I was bonking hard), some caffiene, a super-bright headlamp since we’re climbing all night.