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28 RGS-IBG Polar Expeditions Manual<br />
The feet should not be constricted inside tight footwear. Some activities may<br />
require them to be firm. One pair of thick socks should be sufficient, and if this is not<br />
warm enough the situation may demand some kind of double boot or boots with liners and<br />
insoles. Which footwear to take is one of the most common topics of discussion and<br />
everyone will have a different opinion. A skiing or mountaineering expedition will most<br />
easily opt for modern plastic double boots but if most of the skiing is to be flattish then<br />
perhaps a softer (and warmer) mukluk boot with mukluk ski binding may be more<br />
appropriate. Mukluks are undoubtedly the warmest boot with their felt insulation and felt<br />
liners. Leather boots, if they get wet and then freeze can be almost impossible to<br />
manipulate. If operating in soggy summer tundra, rubber boots with plenty of pairs of<br />
socks may be the answer.<br />
Again moisture is your enemy. Socks and liners should all be dried out overnight<br />
(in your sleeping bag if necessary). In temperatures below –20ºC, vapour barrier socks (or<br />
plastic carriers bags – cheap and minimum space) have been used to great effect to prevent<br />
damp getting into the boot’s insulating layers.<br />
3.6 An expedition's kit selection<br />
For a 4-person, 3 week very lightweight Easter ski-touring trip to Greenland with simple<br />
mountaineering objectives (food list cited in section 4.9), the following expedition kit was<br />
used:<br />
*= shared between two<br />
**=shared between group<br />
( ) = optional<br />
Camping Kit<br />
*tent (North Face Mtn 24 and Quasar)<br />
thermarest<br />
sleeping bag of sufficient rating<br />
compression sack<br />
Gore-tex bivvi bag<br />
vapour barrier liner<br />
short karrimat (use rucksack as foot<br />
insulation)<br />
Skiing<br />
rucksack<br />
skis for touring with ‘telemark’ bindings<br />
poles (telescopic)<br />
‘Nordic’ boots<br />
skins<br />
**waxes (polar, blue, green and red)<br />
*scraper<br />
*cork<br />
*snow shovel<br />
**snow saw<br />
2 snow stakes for tent pegs<br />
plastic kiddy sledge with traces of<br />
plumbers’ piping, 3x2m 4/5mm cord, 2<br />
karabiners, made up inner bag secured<br />
with bungee cord<br />
**Repair kit<br />
Leatherman (multi-purpose tool)<br />
crampon spanner<br />
ski repair: screws, wire wool, special<br />
screwdriver<br />
Araldite<br />
Superglue<br />
wire<br />
paracord<br />
duct tape<br />
thermarest repair kit<br />
tent splint<br />
spare trace pieces<br />
stove spares kit<br />
ski pole<br />
Climbing and Crevasse Rescue<br />
harness<br />
ice axe/hammer<br />
crampons<br />
2 prusik loops<br />
2 locking karabiners<br />
sling<br />
*30m 7mm rope<br />
*30m 9mm rope<br />
*pulley<br />
*ice screw<br />
*belay device
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