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What Gear to Take – Solo Grand Canyon
From top left to bottom right …
Platypus 4l dromedary
Grey Bag – PUR water filter & MSR Sweetwater
Long Yellow Bag – MSR Hubba tent
Orange Tarp – 2 x 3’x8′ orange panels used for helicopter emergencies and also ground cover for cooking/hanging out and tent ground sheet
Yellow Bag – Warm Clothing (Baffin down booties, micro puff jacket, rain jacket, wool gloves, warm pants & wool turtle neck)
PVC Tube – Toilet (All human waste is transported out of the canyon). Channel locks ensure it can be opened once sand gets in to the threads.
Small Blue Bag – Big Agnes Q Core sleeping pad with repair kit
Orange Bag – Marmot Helium 15F down sleeping bag
Blue Watershed Bag – Kitchen (Jetboil SOL, small ISO gas, bamboo cutlery, wind shield, hand sanitizer & small towel)
Crazy Creek folding camp chair
Small Yellow Bag – First Aid & Repair kit (AMK Day Tripper first aid kit plus a few extras including Ibuprofen & extra batteries) & Boat/gear Repair kit (including Aquaseal, bulkhead nuts, tape, etc.)
Goal Zero Nomad solar panel
White box – Electronics (cameras, extra batteries, SD cards, phone, etc.)
Lendal 4 piece break down paddle
Small yellow bag – Bathroom / toiletries kit
Clear Bag – Book, wallet, pens & permit
Blue Bag – Multi use layers (Buff, Warm hat, IR Union Suit, wool socks, fleece pullover, poogies)
Food (not pictured) – 4000 calories a day including Mountain House for dinner
What I wore paddling – Lycra shorts, wool socks, IR K2 Union Suit, Kokatat Icon Goretex drysuit, Astral Rassler shoes, Bomber Gear K-Bomb spraydeck, Astral Greenvest PFD (with SPOT GPS, food, knife & emergency kit inc. bivy), WRSI Current Pro helmet.
What I paddled – P&H Hammer