| Pack & Bag |
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| Backpack: | Owned | Lowe Alpine Mountain Guide Adjustable | 70+ Litre Pack?!?! |
| Sleeping Bag: | | Mountain Hardwear Lamina 0° or 20° bag | 0° to 20° bag |
| Compression Stuff Sack | | Sea to Summit eVent Compression Dry Sack | |
| Technical Gear |
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| Ice Axe | | Black Diamond Raven Pro Ice Axe or Grivel G1 Plus SA Ice Axe | |
| Climbing Harness | Own |  Momentum AL | May be too small with equipment? |
| Locking Carabiner | Own | Rocklock Screwgate | |
| Helmet | | Petzl Elios or BD Half Dome | |
| Crampons | | BD Contact Strap or Grivel G10 | |
| Avalanche Transceiver | ?? | Mammut Barryvox Pulse | Matt, do we need this or will the guides have? |
| Trekking Poles | | BD Contour Elliptic or BD Contour Elliptic Compact | |
| The Head |
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| Warm Hat | Own |  Micro Dome | Nice lightweight! |
| Balaclava | Own | Power Stretch Balaclava | LOVE IT! |
| Ball Cap | ?? | "RMI Mesh Hat | I have cotton ones, anyone have an opinion? |
| Glacier Glasses | | Julbo Dolgan or Julbo Explorer | |
| Goggles | | Smith Scope Pro or Julbo Revolution | |
| Headlamp | Own | Black Diamond Halogen | Confirm + extra AA (3X) |
| Hands |
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| Light Weight Glove | | Marmot Windstopper
Glove or FA Lightweight Softshell Glove | One pair of fleece gloves |
| Med Weight Glove | Own | Marmot Randonnee Glove | Highly recommend |
| Heavy Weight Insulated Glove/Mitten | | Marmot Expedition Mitt | Necessary? |
| Upper Body |
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| Light-Med Weight Baselayer | | Patagonia Capilene 3 Zip Neck or Smartwool Microweight Crew | |
| Light Insulating Layer | | First Ascent Hangfire Hoodie or MH MicroChill | |
| Soft Shell Layer | | FA Mountain Guide Jacket or MH Dragon Jacket | |
| Hard Shell Jacket | | FA Ranier Storm Shell Jacket | |
| Insulated Parka with Hood | | MH Chillwave Parka | I took this out on a cold Chicago day and felt really warm. Amazing! |
| Non-Cotton Hiking Shirt | | MH Wicked T-shirt or Patagonia Lightweight Sun Hoody | Optional |
| Lower Body |
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| Light to Med Baselayer | | Patagonia Capilene 3 Bottoms or Smartwool Microweight Bottoms | |
| Climbing Pant | | FA Mount Guide (Lite) Pant | Two flavours: lighter and heavier |
| Hard Shell Pant | | FA Ranier Storm Shell Pant or Arc'teryz Beta AR Pant | |
| Lightweight Trekking Pants/Shorts | | MH Mesa Convertible Pant | |
| Feet |
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| Mountaineering Boots | | Koflach Degre or Scarpa Inverno | Plastic Recommended over Leather |
| Gaitors | | Outdoor Research Expedition Crocodiles | |
| 2 pairs Socks | | Smartwool PhD outdoor Heavy Cushion Sock or Smartwool Mountaineering Sock | I am biased towards Smartwool, but FA makes some too |
| Miscellaneous Items |
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| Sunscreen | | Doc Martin's Sunscreen? | Any SPF recs? |
| Extra batteries for headlamp | | | Lithium Batteries better in the cold |
| Lipscreen | | Alba Un-Petroleum Lip Balm | High SPF |
| 2 Water Bottles | | Nalgene Wide-Mouth Bottles | I only have the narrow-mouth atm... |
| 2 Garbage Bags | | Large Ones | Keeps Stuff Try |
| 1x Zip-Lock Bag | | 1 Gallon | |
| Ear Plugs | | 3M Soft Foam Ear Plugs | Probably getting these from lab? |
| Bowl | | GSI Fairshare Mug | |
| Insulated Mug | | Whittaker Mountaineering Insulated Mug |