Of the top of my head
What worked:
- Rho Bottoms Arcteryx (when not so cold or wet, just wore a shell over it)
- Merino base layers (nice and no smell)
- Haglofs goretex mitts with leather grip (warm enough and tough enough to handle pots and pans etc)
- Exped downmat with Exped cover (tough enough to sleep straight on bedding/twigs)
- Schnozzel (very easy and fast inflation of Exped mat)
- Wool pants (Codet 210) /jacket (Mackinaw) --> snow does cling to the fabric, but it can be brushed off easily
- PHD down bag --> I was cold at first but after using the collar and hood properly I was toasty
- Rab Event Bivvy --> enough room and breathable enough to even close the bag up completely (to cover the face)
- Snowpeak snowminer lamp/torch --> headlamp with combi of concentrated and dispersed light
- Wool socks --> dry feet every day
- Exped down booties with shell --> walk around in the slush, take off the shell and wear the booties to bed
- Snowshoes Salewa 999 --> they just worked well and have enough spikes for icy surfaces
- Merino buff --> exellent at keeping the wind out your neck/back/face
- Goretex shell (pant and jacket) --> kept the sleet and wind out
- Cheese, hartkeks, sausage --> just nice
- Or bottle parka --> lightweight, sturdy and makes an excellent sleepingbag heater
- Collapsible nalgene container as pee bottle --> worked well
What almost worked (could be better)
- pocket knife instead of fixed blade --> when used with an axe you don't need a fixed blade, but I still prefer to take a fixed blade next time
- Seil Marschall pack boots --> nice and warm but leather uppers and laces froze during the night making it harder to put them on
- OR PS150 liners --> excellent liner gloves (warm and good dexterity) but didn't stand up to stripping branches and the like
- Kifaru MMR packframe with waterproof bags--> did the job and good for organising stuff, but at times wanted to just have one big bag to stuff all my kit in
- Rab Photon --> brilliant, tiny and warm, but doesn't handle sparks or thorns well (excellent as a midlayer though)
- Eagle products 3.2 liter pot --> worked well in the fire but seemed to be unstable when filled with snow/water (perhaps bail handle was misaligned?)
- Fry Bake alpine --> good pot but when frying over the fire things tend to stick (will bring my Muurikka Picknick next time)
- Dried ingredients --> I actually ate quite a bit of vedge, but the recipes I wanted to make turned out to be "stuff it all in a pot and add cheese"
- Gransfors hatchet --> worked even for cutting down reasonable size trees, but could have done with a SFA or larger for two handed work
- Cord --> worked well but didn't have enough of it
What didn't work
- MSR Dragonfly --> always used it with unleaded without any issues but on Meths/Coleman it choked and coughed (didn't use it during the course at all)
