Tips, Gear Used, & Things I Could Have Done Differently while Climbing Mt Washington in Winter.

Primary Winter Ascent Gear Shown

• EMS Longtrail 70 Backpack (used to carry my base camp gear – you may not need a pack this big if doing a single day summit attempt)
• Black Diamond Raven Ice Axe
• Clothing – Make sure to have to ability to cover every square inch of exposed skin. Extreme wind speeds and sub-freezing temps are a recipe for permanent skin damage or even lost fingers and toes (gangrene, frost bite etc).  Bring coverage. Bring spares.
• Seirus Innovation Cold Weather Face Mask
• EMS Packable Pack
• CAMP Stalker Universal Crampons (Strap-On Crampons)
• Rope – Rothco General Purpose Utility Rope 3/8″
• Ski Goggles – Bolle Mojo Snow Goggles (Shiny Black, Lemon)
• Spot Gen3 Locator – GPS Emergency Locator Device

My Preferred map for Mt Washington Hikes: AMC Map: Presidential Range: White Mountains Trail Map

 Other Gear Seen / Discussed

• Camp stool I’m sitting on – Byer of Main Tri Lite Stool
• ULA Ohm 2.0 Backpack
• Winter Hiking / Trekking Poles – Black Diamond Distance FLZ Z-Poles
• Gloves I’m wearing (great everyday glove that I would also bring to Mt Washington) – Sealskinz Waterproof Gripper Glove
• Hammock Gear Cuben Hex Tarp (Dyneema Fiber Tarp)
• Dutchware Netless Hammock 
• Dutchware Winter Vented Sock
• Hammock Gear Burrow 0° Top Quilt
• Hammock Gear Incubator 0° Underquilt
• Garmont GTX Snow Winter Hiking Boots
• Kahtoola Microspikes lightweight traction device

Opening Music: Beethoven – Coriolan Overture, Op. 62, 1807

Stock Footage: Various Public Domain pieces from the U.S. War Department, circa WWII.