Don’t you wish gear never broke or malfed? Modern ski mountaineering kit is incredibly robust, but stuff happens. So you need a comprehensive repair kit for a 3-week 7-man Alaskan glacier expedition. But what do you put in there? Bailing wire. Check. Duct tape. Check. After that it gets complicated, mainly because they don’t allow snowmobiles on the Kahiltna Glacier so you have to man haul your whole junkshow.
MSR XGK stoves are quite reliable, but, a broken one can be life threatening so you've got to have the parts and the know-how. Practicing at home is a lot easier than doing it during a bivvy at 30 below zero.
So here is our list so far, anyone have any ideas for additions, deletions? The idea with this list is to go somewhat overboard. Once we assemble everything, we’ll whittle the weight down so it’s somewhere below a lead brick.
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WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain.