Archive:Misty ski trip 2009
Misty Ice Field Traverse 2009
This orphaned page is to help organize the trip being planned by Frances Sharpe, Evan Morris, Megan Anderson, Greta Raymont, Ben Singleton-Polster
Tasks
Still to do:
- Maps (Do we want 1:20 000?) we should water proof these maps
- Organise boat ride - Ben
- Give trip plan to someone
- Plan food
- Organize transportation (drop off and pickup)
- Sat phone rental - Evan and Greta
Personal Gear
Personal Clothing
- 2 pairs socks
- 2 pairs underwear
- 1 warm lower
- 1 base lower (preferred light, to wear in the sun)
- 1 shell lower
- 1 warm upper
- 1/2 base upper (preferred light, high collar, to wear in the sun)
- 1 shell upper
- toque/balaclava
- down jacket
- 1 pair gloves with removable liners
- 1 pair overmit shells
- 1 pair lightweight gloves to protect hands from sun
- optional gaiters
- camp booties (or equivalent)
Personal Skiing Gear
- Skiis
- Skins
- Poles
- Boots + Liners
- Beacon
- Shovel
- Probe
Personal Small bits
- Voile Straps (4 each - two medium one large one garbage sealer)
- Sunglasses
- Goggles (lighter lenses?)
- Sunscreen
- Sunhat/sunshield/bandana
- nosesheild
- hand sanitizer/soap
- toothbrush
- toothpaste
- dental floss
- TP?
- spf30 or better Lip Balm
- moisturizer with aloe
- small knife, < 50g
- lighter
- menstrual cup for the ladies (better than disposables - if it works for you)
- Birth control (If ya use the stuff)
- whistle
- Compass
- Headlamp spare batteries
- Camera spare batteries
Personal Sleeping
- Sleeping Pad
- Sleeping Bag
Eating
- Bowl/measuring cup
- Spoon
- Nalgenes
- Water Bladder
Mountain Gear
- 2x 30m ropes (Evan and Ben; maybe buy new lighter ones?)
- 1 iceaxe each
- Secondary super-light axe (?)
- Single long screw with hooker
- Crampons ?
- Harnesses
- Ski crampons ?
- Helmets ?
- 2 prussiks each
- 2 small locking biners each
- 1 large locking biner
- 1 double length sling each
- 2 non-lockers
- 2 prussik minding pulleys total (?)
- 10m rap tat
Not bringing
- Snowsaw
- Pickets
- Rock Pro
- Belay Device
Group Gear
Cooking Stuff
- 2x pots (Ben will bring a 2????L and a 3????L, Evan has a 1.4L only)
- 2x stoves (doubled with Alpine). E:should we bring a backup stove body?
- water treatment (pristine drops - 60ml)
- Fuel: 150mL per person per day = 5x150x9?
- 1x pot scrapers - Greta
- 1x spondonacles
General Group Gear
- Tent (Ben will bring 2 person and someone else will bring a Tarn 3)
- Kickwax??
- Globstopper
- Maps - buy 1:50000 or just print on paper? 1:20000?
- Guidebook - photocopy relavent peaks - Greta
- GPS with spare batteries - Ben or Meghan
- Altimeter - Evan's watch
- Sat phone - need to sort out rental - Evan and Greta
Repair kit
- Tent Repair
- Binding repair (Evan has G3 repair kit) (who has a spare toe plate??)
- goretex patches
- thermarest patch kit
- spare thermarest valve ????
First Aid Kit
Drugs:
- T3 pain killers
- Cephalexen (broad spectrum antibiotic) (This was taken from Whitemantle trip? do we want all the same drugs for 9 days? -->FS)
- ibuprofen
- nitrile gloves
- povidone iodine prep pads
- isopropyl alcohol prep pads
- Ziploc for waste
Bandaging:
- lots of bandaids
- 2nd skin blister pads
- numerous 3x3" and 4x4" sponges
- some non-adherent dressings
- moleskin
- triangular bandage
- tensor bandage
- small rolls of gauze
Entertainment
- Ben will bring a small deck of cards
- Book ???? E: Suggest 2 or 3 paperbacks.
Food
Meal Requirements
- 8 Breakfasts (max 3 warm, min 6 cold)
- 9 Lunches (must be edible as snacks - we will likely not find beaches to eat at)
- 8 Dinners
- Emergency food? (i.e. cliff bars)
Transport/Faffing
- Breakfast at ?????
- Dinner at ??????
All dinners will be shared!
- Everyone brings
9 lunches 8 breakfasts 1.3 dinners to share: X soups - 1 per night? (each person provide a soup with the dinner they are organising)
Dinner 1 - spaghetti with veggie/bean bolognase sauce and parmesan cheese - Greta
Dinner 2 - blue cheese, parmesan and nut pasta - Greta (everyone can carry a small portion of the meal)
Dinner 3 - ?
Dinner 4 - ?
Dinner 5 - ?
Dinner 6 - ?
Dinner 7 - ?
Dinner 8 - ?
Dinner 9 - ? small emergency meal (just soups??)
Supplements
- 2 servings Protein Goo per day
- multivitamin
Extras
- Extra salt and pepper, teas, candy?
Trip Plan
Transportation
Options: 1. Rent a van for the start and end days, pay/bribe some nice person to drop off/pick us up
Boat: - need to book the Pitt Lake boat ride.
Route
Our intended route is...
NTS maps with the planned alpine route:
Contacts en route
Fill in maybe none????????????
Overdue dates
They are considered overdue, and rescue should be called if they don't make contact, and attempts to contact them via the sat phone fail
EMERGENCY CONTACTS
Ben Singleton Polster
Name: Genevieve Singleton
Relationship: Mother
Day Phone: 250 746 8052
Cell Phone: 250 701 1054
Email: twinflower [] telus.net
Frances Sharpe
Name: Heather McCoy/Ian Sharpe
Relationship: Parents
Day Phone: 250.877.9237 (cell)
Evening Phone: 250.847.8971 (home)
Email: sharpemccoy@telus.net
Evan Morris
Name: Dolores Antonsen
Relationship: Mother
Day Phone: 604 591 9579 (home)
Email: delrose & lightspeed.ca
Greta Raymant
Name: Dolores Antonsen
Relationship: Evans Mum
Day Phone: 604 591 9579 (home)
Email: delrose & lightspeed.ca
People to inform if something unexpected happens
Emergency contacts (above)
Ben's work: Thurber Engineering 604 684 4384
Evan's work: PBA Engineering 604 408 7222, Contact Ian
Greta's work: Moerman Lab in Life Sciences Bldg at UBC, contact Angela Tardiff 604 822 5582