HELEN'S PACKING LIST

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Bags

- 44 litre Talon Osprey back pack

- 1 day bag

- 3 medium packing cubes

- 1 large dry bag

Clothes for the trek

- 3 underwear (Icebreaker)

- 1 short sleeve t-shirt (Icebreaker lightweight)

- 1 long sleeve t-shirt (Icebreaker heavier weight)

- 2 hiking socks (Smartwool)

- 1 sports bra (Icebreaker)

- 2 fleeces (Berghaus lightweight, Northface heavier weight)

- 1 wooly gloves

- 1 waterproof gloves (Sealskinz)

- 1 thermal leggings

- 1 hiking trousers (Craghoppers kiwi, super stretchy)

- 1 waterproof trousers (Craghoppers)

- 1 sun hat 

- 1 wooly hat

- 1 waterproof jacket (Berghaus)

- 1 down jacket (Patagonia)

- 1 pair of trainers (Converse)

- 1 hiking boots (Northface)

Non trek clothes

- 2 t-shirts

- 2 vest tops

- 2 long sleeve shirts

- 1 black jumper

- 1 denim shorts

- 1 cotton trousers

- 1 bikini

- 1 summer dress

- 1 maxi skirt

- 1 leggings

- plus extra underwear that shall remain a mystery 

Extras

- safety whistle

- compass

- spork (YES!! Always wanted one of these)

- 2 padlocks

- travel towel

- universal travel adaptor (thanks Ali!)

- penknife (thanks Tracy!)

- silk sleeping bag liner

- head torch plus are batteries

- mosquito net

- headphones and probably the most important kit: a headphone splitter so me and Will can listen to the same thing

- antibacterial hand wash

- pacsafe bag lock

- 2 one litre Nalgene bottles

- duct tape

- Pilgrim mug

First Aid

- all shared between me and Will... Hopefully we won't be needing THAT much Diarrhoea medicine.

Toiletries/make up/prescription medicine/glasses

- malaria tablets (3month supply)

- 2 glasses

- a pair of prescription sunglasses

- years supply of microgynon

- mascara

- eyeliner

- moisturiser

- tweezers

- nail clippers

- lip butter

- toothpaste

- toothbrush 

- deodorant

- razor

- shampoo

- conditioner

- shower gel

Electricals/important documents

- iPad case/document case

- iPad 

- iPad charger

- iPhone charger

- paper driving license

- passport

- driving license

- yellow fever certificate

- iPod

- iPhone 3

- Casio watch