High Altitude Climbing Gears, Storages and Logistics
I will write about this broad topic with pictures as I prepare for my next Himalaya Expedition
There are no oxygen bottles
The difference between Himalayan and Alpine mountaineering equipment
Different equipment is needed for steep and high altitudes
Two options in Himalayan mountaineering
Systems thinking in the construction of upper mountain camps
Strong upper mountain camps
Light and Fast Alppi-tyyli solo-kiipeilyssä
Expedition Logistics System
Equipment procurement process step-by-step
Mountaineering equipment procurement, testing and integration process
Logistics System step-by-step
Logistics network and warehouses
Professional training in the Alps, mountaineering in the Himalayas requires stocks
Logistics chain to the top
International freight
Black Swan
1. Everest Base Camp Village
Himalaya Base Camp
A mountain climbing village of 2,000 inhabitants
Hospital, helipad, restaurants, communication tents, warehouses, …
Home in the Himalayas
Lots of gear
Recovery from rotations in the upper mountains
Systems thinking
2. High Altitude Camp System
The equipment system is different on different mountains
C1 – C2 – C3 – C4
3. Climbing Gears on the Summit Ridge (Summit Gears)
Each kilogram on the summit ridge is equivalent to five kilograms of weight
Gramma’s filing
Functionality vs. Performance
Fight against oxygen consumption
A storm on the summit ridge could be fatal
Resting before performing 100 hours
4. Energy, Body heat and Hydration
Energy, water, movement and heat
20 hours of mountain climbing on the summit ridge
In a snowstorm in a tent at an altitude of 7100 meters
In the heat at an altitude of 6300 meters
At Base Camp
Maintaining functional capacity
Muscle energy level and surviving a blizzard
Hydration on the summit ridge and Mountain sickness
Kettle and tent at 8000 meters
Use of equipment
Kettles and their use
Thermos flasks and their use
Nalgenes and their use
Food
Energy and nutritional content of foods
Hiking food test 2022 – 200 hiking food bags and six manufacturers in the test
What if the food doesn’t taste good in two months?
5. Expedition Electricity System
Electronics at the cutting edge
Electronics in upper mountain camps Camp 1 – Camp 4
Computer at Base Camp
And then physics bills
Solar panels – 95% energy from the sun
Power banks
30 electrical appliances
6. Expedition Medical System
Healthy survival in Nepal – a small big challenge
Seven times sick
Covid, 39 C fever and vomiting sickness at 5000 meters for 7 days
Fourth food poisoning
Five times in the hospital in Finland and half a year of antibiotics
Helicopter evacuations, only in good weather
Field hospital at an altitude of 5350 meters
Four kilogram medical backpack
(I will publish the content later)
200 gram medical kit
Ueli Steck’s Annapurna medical kit