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Posted by Bill S on January 10, 2007 at 8:08:31 am EST
In reply to Climbers and attitudes posted by Bill S on January 9, 2007 at 10:08:38 am EST

The brands of gear used by our group might be of some interest.

Most of the sleeping bags were Feathered Friends. There was one Stephenson (yes, Jim, with the down air mattress insert).

Most of the parkas were Feathered Friends or Marmot, with the exception of the old geezers there for the 40th Anniversary, who had their Eddie Bauer red expedition parkas from the original first ascent trip.

Boots included the Millet Everest, Scarpa´s version of that all in one, Scarpa Invernos with overboots (Brooks Rangers and Below 40), and a couple Koflach).

Tents were loaned, but were mostly Kelty 3-person tents that I definitely do not recommend - much too hard to put up in a storm. We did have some Mountain Hardwear and TNF tents, plus our beloved Posh Tent (a tent desinged for a dining tent, of the pyramid design).

XGK stoves were used exclusively, as you would expect for a real expedition in a harsh environment.

crampons were mostly Grivels, and ice axes a wide variety, including a couple wood-handled ones from the original first ascent.

Cameras were almost all Nikons, with a few Canons, mostly DSLRs, and lots of small P&S digis as backups. But there was one "old faithful" Nikon FM film camera.

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