>> Travel Wallet: A secure travel wallet is a must for carrying your important documents including passport, extra photos, and money. We suggest that you use a travel wallet that you can hang around your neck and place inside your shirt, or around your waist tucked under your shirt or trousers.
>> Passport: Carry a photocopy of the first two pages and an extra photo in a separate location. Send copies of all important documents to your own e-mail address, to be able to retrieve at any time any where.
Trekking Gear
>> Trekking Poles: Poles come in handy for balance and easing impact to your knees. Get collapsible poles that can attach to your backpack.
>> Backpack: You need a pack big enough for your clothes, water, camera, food, etc during the day. Packs should be in the 50 litre / 3000 cu in range. Not too big, not too small.
>> Pack Cover: Waterproof rain cover for your pack.
>> Sleeping Bag: Rated to minus 15 degrees Celsius .
>> Sleeping Pad: (chose either a self-inflating or closed-cell foam pad)
>> Tip: Bring 5 large plastic rubbish bags to pack gear inside duffels to protect gear from rain. Clothing
>> Base Layer: 2 pair synthetic long johns: one mid-weight set and one expedition weight set.
>> Mid Layers: One additional warm layer (wool sweater, another fleece jacket, shelled vest, etc, that can be worn in conjunction to the other layers).
>> Warm Pants: Look for construction that provides freedom of movement and/or stretch materials. Fleece is good. Wear over long-johns with shell on top for cold weather.
>> Shell Jacket: Waterproof/breathable jacket with hood.
>> Shell Pants: Waterproof/breathable pants (full side zips are best).
>> Parka: REQUIRED (it gets VERY COLD on summit morning!). Down or synthetic. This should be big enough to go over other garments.
>> Rain Poncho.
>> Hiking Clothes: Light hiking trousers and / or hiking shorts – NOT cotton. Shirts for hiking on nice days (t-shirts OK, quick-drying synthetic fabric far better.)
>> Casual Clothes: For travel/safari/meals in dining rooms. You’ll want a shirt or two with a collar to wear on flights and in the lodges. A sweatshirt or light jacket might be nice in the evening.
>> Swimming trunks/suit Some of the hotels have pools.
>> Clothing Accessories
>> Gloves and Mittens: Light gloves for hiking and around camp, warm ski gloves or similar, and down or warm insulated mittens for summit day.
>> Hats: Balaclava best – Warm wool or heavy fleece hat, sun hat and bandana. Footwear
>> Lightweight Shoes: Running/tennis shoes for camp, around town, safari, etc.
>> Hiking Boots: Medium-weight hiking boots, waterproofed and broken-in.
>> Gaiters: To keep snow, mud, and scree out of your hiking boots.
>> Socks: 3 complete changes of socks, Make sure your boots are roomy enough for the sock you intend to use. Tight boots will make your feet cold.
>>Camp Accessories
>> Headlamp with extra batteries.
>> Water Bottles: 2 water bottles with foam insulation shells (or camel pack ).
>> Water Treatment: Iodine tablets (Potable Aqua or similar), iodine crystals, for water purification.
>> Camera: With spare batteries, and film or memory cards.
>>Personal Accessories
>> Wrist Watch: With alarm.
>> Eyewear: Bring good sunglasses. For contact lens wearers, ski goggles with light colour lenses (for use at night) might be useful in windy conditions that cause dust.
>> Vision correction: Bring extra prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses if you wear them. Lens solutions are not widely available in Africa.
>> Skin Care: Maximum SPF sunscreen and lip balm.
>> First Aid: Hand sanitizer , moleskin, tape, aspirin / ibuprofen / acetaminophen, Imodium for diarrhea, Band-Aids, small towel, antacid, insect repellent, ear plugs, and several rolls of toilet paper.
>> Prescription Medications:
1. Antibiotic such as Ciprofloxacin and/or Zithromax Z-Pak
2. Diamox for acclimatization, 125mg tabs recommended, enough for one week
3. Malaria phrophylaxis (we suggest Malarone, one tablet a day starting two days before the trip and going until one week after the trip)
>> Personal Snack Food: You should bring some extra snacks for the climb, especially for summit day, and some drink mixes if you like these to add to your water bottle