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!!!!!!!!!!!THIS LIST RUNS ONLY WITH NELE´S LIST AND THE USAGE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you have any issues please don´t hesitate to ask me!

packlist spitsbergen svalbard august 2008 (andi)

trip upshot:

Primary i was wearing the top-layer, the base-layer and 2 t shirts when walking. Even when it was snowing the temperature was fine for me. When it got windy i additionally put on the mid-layer.

The "emergency" insulation layers were use by my girlfriend for sleeping.
things which were missing:
some soothing gel (etrat etc), bigger or more water bottles.
 

top-layer
lowe alpine evolution jacket event membrane size medium used it every day!
mid-layer zippable thin freshjive jacket with fleece inlay size m used it only when taking breaks
base-layer zippable schoeffel micro plus size m used it every day
t-shirts 4x thin cotton t-shirts amount ok
"emergency" longsleeves 1x loeffler trans tex size medium didnt use them. provided them to nele 
main pants fjällräven karl size medium used it every day
overpants german army gore tex size medium didnt use them
"emergency" insulation layer löffler trans tex size medium didnt use them. provided them to my girlfriend
underpants 4x boxershort amount ok
socks 2x smartwool size 42 used it every day
beanie freshjive wool beanie used ~6 times, switched then to other beanie
mittens no name leather mittens with wool used only once
gloves mammut underwear gloves ~ every second day
shoes meindl perfect size 42 1/2 used it every day
shoes fake crocs used them to traverse rivers


hardware

tent exped vella 2 extreme used it every day
footprint exped vella 2 used it every day
tent pegs 10x tnf alu pegs used 2 every day, when it got windy i put in all 10
backback lowe alpine summit 65+15L used it every day, but at beginning very jam packed ;)
sleeping bag custom made roberts traveller 600mw- 700cuin  -5°comfort temperature with standard pertex shell used it every day
sleeping mat no name 1,5 cm pu foam used it every day
stove primus multifuel carried out its duty but next trip i am going to switch to gas. i dont want to know how much fuel i inhaled
fuel bottle(s) 1 liter and 1,5 liter primus fuel bottle used it every day, used~ 1 liter fuel for 1 week
waterbottle 1 liter nalgene used it every day but little amount, bought some coke bottles
cooking pot 1,5 liter primus eta power used it every day
cutlery spork light my fire my favorite piece
knife medium sized opinel good
walking poles 1x exped backcountry good, was used with the the other 2 walking poles to set up the bear alarm system
towel dm ground cleaning cloth used it every day!!!
rifle norwegian haer 7,62 mm second world war rifle  
ammunition 10x armor-piercing?? and 30x big game hunting rounds
tape duct tape from local store amount ok
gps garmin etrex ~ used 5 times a day
telephone kyocera iridium mobile 4 x used
map 1:200000 touring map checked every minute ;)
medicine 1 x deer tallow creme and ~10 cm of plaster deer tallow creme was deep frozen but carried out its duty! plaster wasnt really needed.
plastic bags 5x 80l waste disposal bags 1 bag was used as layer between backpack and filling
1 bag to cover the sleeping mat
1 for clean clothes
1 for food
1 was spare
packsack exped medium packsack used for the mobile, i additionaly put it in my wool beanie so that it wont squash up
packsack exped medium packsack used it for my sleeping bag
packsack exped small packsack used for ammunition, trip wire string

food(shared carriage)
Data: 2 persons
- 25x lunch 
- 25x dinner

breakfast
 nothing we are both not breakfast eaters

lunch
25x noodle packages from "hofer" (bolognese, quadro formaggi, etc.) yuck!ate it every day

dinner
25x noodle packages from "hofer" (bolognese, quadro formaggi, etc.) still yuck!ate it every day

"in between food"
nothing we only ate snacks when we were in longyearbyen
tea about 30 pieces with different flavors amount was ok
sausage 1 kg hungarian salami to little, already finished on way to oslo airport :)


!!!!!!!!!!!IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!THIS LIST RUNS ONLY WITH NELE´S LIST AND THE USAGE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you have any issues please don´t hesitate to ask me!