GEAR CHART FOR THE GREAT TATSHENSHIHI-ALSEK EXPEDITION
(as of 6/16/99)
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Item |
Boardman |
Clayton |
Diener |
Eldridge |
Hempel |
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Tents |
6 man dome tent with vestibule (sleeps 3) 5 man older dome tent (sleeps 3) |
4 man tent w/ tarps and ground cloth 2 man tent w/ tarps and ground cloth |
2 person dome tent (<6' tall); old, worthy of <35mph |
Sierra Designs Meteor CD Light tent (sleeps 2, 10 pounds or so) big dome tent, sleeps at least 6, probably weighs about 24 pounds |
3 person dome tent one megamid one large and heavy 4 person canvas tent (may not work too well on this trip since is heavy and not too easy to set up and take down each day) 6 person nylon tent |
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Tarps/ |
2 - 15 X 10 tarps 1 - 8x8 tarp |
large tarp w/ poles to make a shelter for cooking/smoking cigars |
several tarps of miscellaneous sizes; tarps and plastic |
one tarp, about 8 X 8 one space blanket |
4 to 5 tarps of various sizes |
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Stoves |
single burner Coleman stove |
2 burner Coleman stove w/ Coleman fuel single burner whisperlite stove w/ Coleman fuel |
MSR cookset, compact w/ 2 small pots and plates |
one small fuel bottle one Peak 1 white fuel stove one Peak 1 white fuel lantern one fuel filter |
1 one burner Coleman, 2 two burner Colemans (need spare regulator for each different type Coleman product we bring) |
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Folding chairs |
folding table; two folding chairs |
2 beachchairs |
Folding chair Folding chair/sleeping pad |
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Pots, pans, plates |
cooking kit (4 people) new, Teflon large coffee pot |
one fry pan one dutch oven some cook pots and cook utensils |
also have a Coleman family cookset w/ utensils |
one Peak 1 cook kit (backpacker, very small, for very small eater) |
have dutch oven, small pans & plates - will need more to cook for 12 people at once. |
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Waterproof bags/packs |
several waterproof bags (and I can borrow more) |
one large dry bag/backpack |
one huge Dry Bag (SEAL LINE PRO PACK 115) one small Dry Bag (Seattle Sports Super Sack 3500) |
No extra bags? Maybe 1 medium |
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Coolers |
2 medium coolers |
one expedition cooler |
sizes galore, 1 24-pack collapsable |
two medium coolers |
have 2 medium, one extra large - will have quite a bit of space left in the large one. |
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Water jugs |
2 - 5 gallon water jugs |
2 3-gallon water jugs |
2 collapsable 5-gal jugs |
"will get four water jugs to bring" plan to drink crick water |
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First aid kits |
one "Pro-paddler" med kit |
two: 1 compact and 1 comprehensive |
one very, very small first aid kit (bandaids basically) |
a small standard kit |
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Lanterns |
gas mantle lantern, small and bright |
one UK 400 Dive Light, 4 D cells, good to 500 feet deep, very bright one UK SL4 Sun Light, 4 C cells, good to 500 feet deep, very bright one Candle Lantern (UCO Corporation), 3 Candles (not good underwater) |
2 one burner & 1 two burner Colemans |
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Flashlights |
headlamp and small mag lite |
2 Headlamps 2 mini mag flashlights |
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Firestarters |
paste and gel |
have quite a lot of this stuff, but the more the merrier in this dept |
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Water purifiers |
small water purifier |
water purifier |
Crick water, like life itself, has good bugs and bad bugs. |
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Communication devices |
we have 2 handheld VHF radios - Jim is looking into getting 2 others so we can have one in each boat. |
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Reading materials |
1) Wilderness Medical Society, "Wilderness First Aid: Emergency Care for Remote Locations (1998) 2) Kathleen Meyer, "How to Shit in the Woods" (2nd Ed. Revised 1994). |
Have mini disc recorder with remote speakers (battery op) which I can bring if you would like to listen to Pantera or anything but opera. |
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Miscellaneous |
large plastic gear box 5 large waterproof bags 2 large semi-waterproof bags 1 — shitter to be provided large tackle box small and large poles with reels 4 sleeping pads 2 sleeping bags mirror 3 unsuitable lifevests cooking spice kit plastic bags hockey/whitewater helmets (2) |
small grill top only for the beach, etc. Flares (compact--pwc-size) compass possibly be able to borrow a GPS, Survival kit bear spray |
one waterproof match container one field tested spade w/ lanyard |
wooden camp box used to carry and store the camp cook stuff (will be ok in wet boat if covered with tarp) two extra paddling oars extra rubber knee-high boots: one mens 12, one mens 11, one womans 7 extra rain gear: one xl suit (pants and jacket), one xl pants, one med pants, one medium -large jacket |